Benjamin Katz

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Katz is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Katz has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 3 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 2 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Katz's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (7 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (6 papers) and Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics (3 papers). Benjamin Katz is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (7 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (6 papers) and Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics (3 papers). Benjamin Katz collaborates with scholars based in United States. Benjamin Katz's co-authors include Jared Di Carlo, Sangbae Kim, Gerardo Bledt, Patrick M. Wensing, Matthew J. Powell, Quan Nguyen, João Ramos, Meng Yee Chuah, Shalini Misra and Elizabeth Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Government Information Quarterly, Precision Engineering and DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Katz

8 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Qu... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 2019 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Quadruped Robot
    2018 467 citations Gerardo Bledt, Matthew J. Powell et al. profile →
  2. Dynamic Locomotion in the MIT Cheetah 3 Through Convex Model-Predictive Control
    2018 460 citations Jared Di Carlo, Patrick M. Wensing et al. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) profile →
  3. Mini Cheetah: A Platform for Pushing the Limits of Dynamic Quadruped Control
    2019 354 citations Benjamin Katz, Jared Di Carlo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Katz United States 7 1.3k 624 280 244 240 9 1.5k
Jared Di Carlo United States 6 1.3k 1.0× 616 1.0× 279 1.0× 240 1.0× 239 1.0× 7 1.5k
Gerardo Bledt United States 11 1.1k 0.9× 561 0.9× 268 1.0× 202 0.8× 245 1.0× 14 1.4k
Hongkai Dai United States 14 951 0.7× 696 1.1× 289 1.0× 165 0.7× 143 0.6× 20 1.3k
Hae-Won Park South Korea 23 1.5k 1.2× 670 1.1× 190 0.7× 309 1.3× 280 1.2× 60 1.9k
Mark A. Hoepflinger Switzerland 18 1.6k 1.2× 715 1.1× 251 0.9× 282 1.2× 365 1.5× 36 1.8k
Michele Focchi Italy 21 1.7k 1.3× 766 1.2× 266 0.9× 495 2.0× 267 1.1× 43 1.9k
Vassilios Tsounis Switzerland 5 1.2k 0.9× 632 1.0× 302 1.1× 288 1.2× 283 1.2× 5 1.7k
Marko Bjelonic Switzerland 18 1.1k 0.9× 566 0.9× 419 1.5× 307 1.3× 283 1.2× 28 1.4k
Dennis Hong United States 20 1.1k 0.9× 687 1.1× 325 1.2× 328 1.3× 179 0.7× 161 1.7k
Twan Koolen United States 11 1.3k 1.0× 606 1.0× 214 0.8× 173 0.7× 149 0.6× 14 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Katz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Katz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Katz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Katz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Katz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benjamin Katz. Benjamin Katz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Misra, Shalini, et al.. (2024). Toward a person-environment fit framework for artificial intelligence implementation in the public sector. Government Information Quarterly. 41(3). 101962–101962. 2 indexed citations
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Carlo, Jared Di, et al.. (2020). Vision Aided Dynamic Exploration of Unstructured Terrain with a Small-Scale Quadruped Robot. 2464–2470. 73 indexed citations
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Katz, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Design and validation of a device for the mechanical stimulation of bioengineered 3D neo-tissue constructs. Precision Engineering. 64. 129–137.
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Katz, Benjamin, Jared Di Carlo, & Sangbae Kim. (2019). Mini Cheetah: A Platform for Pushing the Limits of Dynamic Quadruped Control. 6295–6301. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bledt, Gerardo, Matthew J. Powell, Benjamin Katz, et al.. (2019). MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Quadruped Robot. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 19 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Quan, Matthew J. Powell, Benjamin Katz, Jared Di Carlo, & Sangbae Kim. (2019). Optimized Jumping on the MIT Cheetah 3 Robot. 7448–7454. 95 indexed citations
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Carlo, Jared Di, Patrick M. Wensing, Benjamin Katz, Gerardo Bledt, & Sangbae Kim. (2018). Dynamic Locomotion in the MIT Cheetah 3 Through Convex Model-Predictive Control. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1–9. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ramos, João, Benjamin Katz, Meng Yee Chuah, & Sangbae Kim. (2018). Facilitating Model-Based Control Through Software-Hardware Co-Design. 566–572. 18 indexed citations
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Bledt, Gerardo, Matthew J. Powell, Benjamin Katz, et al.. (2018). MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Quadruped Robot. 2245–2252. 467 indexed citations breakdown →

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