Gerardo Bledt

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Gerardo Bledt is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerardo Bledt has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gerardo Bledt's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (11 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (8 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (4 papers). Gerardo Bledt is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (11 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (8 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (4 papers). Gerardo Bledt collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Gerardo Bledt's co-authors include Sangbae Kim, Patrick M. Wensing, Jared Di Carlo, Benjamin Katz, Matthew J. Powell, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Matthew Chignoli, Donghyun Kim, Andrew J. Kurdila and Tomonari Furukawa and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference.

In The Last Decade

Gerardo Bledt

13 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Quadruped Robot

2018 467 citations Gerardo Bledt, Matthew J. Powell et al. profile →
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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerardo Bledt United States	11	1.1k	561	268	245	202	14	1.4k
Jared Di Carlo United States	6	1.3k 1.1×	616 1.1×	279 1.0×	239 1.0×	240 1.2×	7	1.5k
Benjamin Katz United States	7	1.3k 1.1×	624 1.1×	280 1.0×	240 1.0×	244 1.2×	9	1.5k
Hongkai Dai United States	14	951 0.8×	696 1.2×	289 1.1×	143 0.6×	165 0.8×	20	1.3k
Mark A. Hoepflinger Switzerland	18	1.6k 1.4×	715 1.3×	251 0.9×	365 1.5×	282 1.4×	36	1.8k
Andrés Valenzuela United States	9	793 0.7×	485 0.9×	243 0.9×	118 0.5×	133 0.7×	15	1.1k
Fabian Jenelten Switzerland	11	734 0.6×	406 0.7×	289 1.1×	160 0.7×	152 0.8×	14	929
Vassilios Tsounis Switzerland	5	1.2k 1.1×	632 1.1×	302 1.1×	283 1.2×	288 1.4×	5	1.7k
Marko Bjelonic Switzerland	18	1.1k 1.0×	566 1.0×	419 1.6×	283 1.2×	307 1.5×	28	1.4k
Michele Focchi Italy	21	1.7k 1.5×	766 1.4×	266 1.0×	267 1.1×	495 2.5×	43	1.9k
Twan Koolen United States	11	1.3k 1.2×	606 1.1×	214 0.8×	149 0.6×	173 0.9×	14	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerardo Bledt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerardo Bledt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerardo Bledt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerardo Bledt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerardo Bledt 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 Gerardo Bledt. Gerardo Bledt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Bledt, Gerardo & Sangbae Kim. (2020). Extracting Legged Locomotion Heuristics with Regularized Predictive Control. 406–412. 36 indexed citations

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Chignoli, Matthew, et al.. (2020). Robust Autonomous Navigation of a Small-Scale Quadruped Robot in Real-World Environments. 3664–3671. 29 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

4.

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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Bledt, Gerardo & Sangbae Kim. (2019). Implementing Regularized Predictive Control for Simultaneous Real-Time Footstep and Ground Reaction Force Optimization. 6316–6323. 50 indexed citations

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Powell, Matthew J., et al.. (2019). Online Gait Transitions and Disturbance Recovery for Legged Robots via the Feasible Impulse Set. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 1611–1618. 29 indexed citations

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Bledt, Gerardo, et al.. (2018). Contact Model Fusion for Event-Based Locomotion in Unstructured Terrains. 2 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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Bledt, Gerardo, et al.. (2018). Contact Model Fusion for Event-Based Locomotion in Unstructured Terrains. 4399–4406. 107 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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Bledt, Gerardo, Patrick M. Wensing, & Sangbae Kim. (2017). Policy-regularized model predictive control to stabilize diverse quadrupedal gaits for the MIT cheetah. 4102–4109. 60 indexed citations

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Bledt, Gerardo, et al.. (2015). Adaptive control for flapping wing robots with history dependent, unsteady aerodynamics. 8. 144–151.

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Bledt, Gerardo, et al.. (2015). Trajectory Estimation of Bat Flight Using a Multi-View Camera System. AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. 10 indexed citations

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Bayandor, Javid, et al.. (2013). Adaptive control for bioinspired flapping wing robots. 609–614. 8 indexed citations

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