Lecheng Ruan

758 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 518 citations indexed

About

Lecheng Ruan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Lecheng Ruan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 518 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Lecheng Ruan's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (12 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (8 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (7 papers). Lecheng Ruan is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (12 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (8 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (7 papers). Lecheng Ruan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Lecheng Ruan's co-authors include Tsu‐Chin Tsao, Yao Su, Chen-Huan Pi, Chiao‐Yueh Lo, Yousif Alsaid, Imri Frenkel, Yusen Zhao, Ximin He, Matthew J. Gerber and Ye Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Energy and IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Lecheng Ruan

22 papers receiving 505 citations

Hit Papers

Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive ph... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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. Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel
    2021 248 citations Yusen Zhao, Chiao‐Yueh Lo et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lecheng Ruan China 12 309 181 144 69 67 24 518
Chen-Huan Pi Taiwan 9 192 0.6× 163 0.9× 172 1.2× 68 1.0× 30 0.4× 15 463
Tianjiang Zheng China 12 423 1.4× 173 1.0× 248 1.7× 70 1.0× 21 0.3× 44 523
Tan Zhang United States 9 235 0.8× 164 0.9× 59 0.4× 39 0.6× 13 0.2× 26 552
Austin Buchan United States 8 416 1.3× 372 2.1× 105 0.7× 90 1.3× 40 0.6× 13 586
Juntian Qu China 12 444 1.4× 184 1.0× 77 0.5× 92 1.3× 32 0.5× 56 678
Riichiro Tadakuma Japan 14 389 1.3× 241 1.3× 318 2.2× 18 0.3× 116 1.7× 71 568
Andrew P. Sabelhaus United States 12 252 0.8× 454 2.5× 76 0.5× 51 0.7× 44 0.7× 26 685
Dongwon Yun South Korea 11 273 0.9× 123 0.7× 114 0.8× 35 0.5× 27 0.4× 70 434
Valter Böhm Germany 15 268 0.9× 259 1.4× 44 0.3× 48 0.7× 11 0.2× 57 562
Chee Kian Lim Singapore 16 196 0.6× 120 0.7× 317 2.2× 49 0.7× 50 0.7× 39 684

Countries citing papers authored by Lecheng Ruan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lecheng Ruan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lecheng Ruan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Level-Ground and Stair Adaptation for Hip Exoskeletons Based on Continuous Locomotion Mode Perception. Cyborg and Bionic Systems. 6. 248–248. 2 indexed citations
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Ruan, Lecheng, et al.. (2025). Prosthetic Control by Learning: A Multi-Agent Cooperative Game Framework. PubMed. 2025. 1761–1766.
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Jiang, Dongjie, Engui Wang, Jiangtao Xue, et al.. (2024). Triboelectric and iontronic dual-responsive bioinspired ionic skin for human–like dexterous robotic manipulation. Nano Energy. 131. 110257–110257. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Chih‐Chao, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired origami-based soft prosthetic knees. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10855–10855. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhihao, Zilu Wang, Lecheng Ruan, et al.. (2024). Reducing Knee Joint Loads During Stance Phase With a Rigid-Soft Hybrid Exoskeleton. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 32. 4164–4173. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, et al.. (2024). A Robotic Transtibial Prosthesis With Equilibrium-Adjustable Parallel Springs to Improve Energy Efficiency in Slope Walking. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 30(3). 2210–2221. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Wanlin, et al.. (2024). Tac-Man: Tactile-Informed Prior-Free Manipulation of Articulated Objects. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41. 538–557. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2023). A Learning-Free Method for Locomotion Mode Prediction by Terrain Reconstruction and Visual-Inertial Odometry. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 31. 3895–3905. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Zilu, Zhihao Zhou, Lecheng Ruan, Xiaojie Duan, & Qining Wang. (2023). Mechatronic Design and Control of a Rigid-Soft Hybrid Knee Exoskeleton for Gait Intervention. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 28(5). 2553–2564. 14 indexed citations
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Su, Yao, et al.. (2023). Compensating Aerodynamics of Over-Actuated Multi-Rotor Aerial Platform With Data-Driven Iterative Learning Control. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(10). 6187–6194. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired Cable-Driven Actuation System for Wearable Robotic Devices: Design, Control, and Characterization. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 40. 520–539. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, Zhihao Zhou, Jinyan Shao, Lecheng Ruan, & Qining Wang. (2022). Reducing Migration of Knee Exoskeletons With Dynamic Waist Strap. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 4(3). 764–774. 4 indexed citations
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Su, Yao, et al.. (2021). An Over-Actuated Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicle With Unconstrained Attitude Angles and High Thrust Efficiencies. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(4). 6828–6835. 25 indexed citations
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Su, Yao, et al.. (2021). Nullspace-Based Control Allocation of Overactuated UAV Platforms. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(4). 8094–8101. 29 indexed citations
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Pi, Chen-Huan, et al.. (2021). A Simple Six Degree-of-Freedom Aerial Vehicle Built on Quadcopters. 14 indexed citations
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Su, Yao, et al.. (2021). A Fast and Efficient Attitude Control Algorithm of a Tilt-Rotor Aerial Platform Using Inputs Redundancies. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(2). 1214–1221. 19 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yusen, Chiao‐Yueh Lo, Lecheng Ruan, et al.. (2021). Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel. Science Robotics. 6(53). 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruan, Lecheng. (2020). Independent Position and Attitude Control on Multirotor Aerial Platforms. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 7 indexed citations
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Luo, Jianwen, Ye Zhao, Lecheng Ruan, Shixin Mao, & Chenglong Fu. (2020). Estimation of CoM and CoP Trajectories During Human Walking Based on a Wearable Visual Odometry Device. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 19(1). 396–409. 18 indexed citations
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Luo, Jianwen, Yao Su, Lecheng Ruan, et al.. (2019). Robust Bipedal Locomotion Based on a Hierarchical Control Structure. Robotica. 37(10). 1750–1767. 27 indexed citations

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