Patrick M. Wensing

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Patrick M. Wensing is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick M. Wensing has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 40 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick M. Wensing's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (62 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (51 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (23 papers). Patrick M. Wensing is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (62 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (51 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (23 papers). Patrick M. Wensing collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Patrick M. Wensing's co-authors include Sangbae Kim, Gerardo Bledt, David E. Orin, Jared Di Carlo, Benjamin Katz, Matthew J. Powell, Hae-Won Park, Albert Wang, David M. Otten and Sangok Seok and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, IEEE Access and The International Journal of Robotics Research.

In The Last Decade

Patrick M. Wensing

86 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Qu... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick M. Wensing United States 23 2.5k 1.3k 487 419 344 92 3.0k
Christian Gehring Switzerland 22 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 442 0.9× 516 1.2× 616 1.8× 43 2.8k
Claudio Semini Italy 32 2.9k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 2.2× 419 1.0× 465 1.4× 116 3.5k
C. Dario Bellicoso Switzerland 22 2.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 619 1.3× 826 2.0× 625 1.8× 33 3.7k
Jerry Pratt United States 26 4.2k 1.7× 1.5k 1.1× 485 1.0× 330 0.8× 272 0.8× 57 4.6k
Christine Chevallereau France 26 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.4× 424 0.9× 230 0.5× 372 1.1× 116 3.7k
Gen Endo Japan 28 2.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 810 1.7× 284 0.7× 227 0.7× 219 2.9k
Michael Mistry United Kingdom 26 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 459 0.9× 380 0.9× 251 0.7× 80 2.6k
Jemin Hwangbo Switzerland 19 2.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 623 1.3× 826 2.0× 600 1.7× 39 3.6k
Gill A. Pratt United States 21 3.2k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 586 1.2× 245 0.6× 202 0.6× 39 3.9k
Hae-Won Park South Korea 23 1.5k 0.6× 670 0.5× 309 0.6× 190 0.5× 280 0.8× 60 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick M. Wensing

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wensing, Patrick M., et al.. (2025). A Task-Space Control Framework for Powered Ankle Prostheses: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 7(4). 1553–1564.
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Wensing, Patrick M., et al.. (2024). 3D Hopping in Discontinuous Terrain Using Impulse Planning With Mixed-Integer Strategies. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(7). 6194–6201. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, David J., et al.. (2024). Task-space Control of a Powered Ankle Prosthesis. 3262–3268. 2 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M., et al.. (2024). Center of mass kinematic reconstruction during steady-state walking using optimized template models. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0313156–e0313156. 2 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M., et al.. (2024). Cafe-Mpc: A Cascaded-Fidelity Model Predictive Control Framework With Tuning-Free Whole-Body Control. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41. 837–856. 9 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M., Michael Posa, Yue Hu, et al.. (2023). Optimization-Based Control for Dynamic Legged Robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 40. 43–63. 83 indexed citations
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Papini, Gastone Pietro Rosati, et al.. (2023). CACTO: Continuous Actor-Critic With Trajectory Optimization—Towards Global Optimality. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(6). 3318–3325. 13 indexed citations
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Lee, Taeyoon, et al.. (2023). Robot Model Identification and Learning: A Modern Perspective. 7(1). 311–334. 11 indexed citations
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Rucker, D. Caleb & Patrick M. Wensing. (2022). Smooth Parameterization of Rigid-Body Inertia. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(2). 2771–2778. 9 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M., et al.. (2021). Exploring the Limits of a Redundant Actuation System Through Co-Design. IEEE Access. 9. 56802–56811. 5 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M., et al.. (2020). Approximate Simulation for Template-Based Whole-Body Control. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(2). 558–565. 6 indexed citations
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Prete, Andrea Del, et al.. (2020). One Robot for Many Tasks: Versatile Co-Design Through Stochastic Programming. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(2). 1680–1687. 21 indexed citations
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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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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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Wensing, Patrick M., Albert Wang, Sangok Seok, et al.. (2017). Proprioceptive Actuator Design in the MIT Cheetah: Impact Mitigation and High-Bandwidth Physical Interaction for Dynamic Legged Robots. 2 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M.. (2014). Optimization and Control of Dynamic Humanoid Running and Jumping. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 5 indexed citations
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Wensing, Patrick M. & David E. Orin. (2013). Generation of dynamic humanoid behaviors through task-space control with conic optimization. 3103–3109. 98 indexed citations

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