Thomas G. Sugar

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas G. Sugar is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas G. Sugar has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 25 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 16 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Thomas G. Sugar's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (52 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (45 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (14 papers). Thomas G. Sugar is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (52 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (45 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (14 papers). Thomas G. Sugar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Thomas G. Sugar's co-authors include Kevin W. Hollander, Matthew Holgate, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght, Ronald Van Ham, Vijay Kumar, Joseph K. Hitt, D.E. Herring, Jeffrey A. Ward and Edward J. Koeneman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Experimental Brain Research and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.

In The Last Decade

Thomas G. Sugar

114 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Compliant actuator designs

2009 643 citations Ronald Van Ham, Thomas G. Sugar et al. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas G. Sugar United States	28	2.6k	786	565	417	292	116	3.4k
William Harwin United Kingdom	28	1.5k 0.6×	470 0.6×	1.2k 2.2×	405 1.0×	310 1.1×	141	3.1k
Thomas Seel Germany	24	1.1k 0.4×	726 0.9×	351 0.6×	164 0.4×	197 0.7×	117	2.5k
Caihua Xiong China	31	1.8k 0.7×	953 1.2×	387 0.7×	619 1.5×	132 0.5×	177	2.9k
Joonbum Bae South Korea	29	2.4k 0.9×	871 1.1×	583 1.0×	661 1.6×	171 0.6×	145	3.2k
Samer Mohammed France	24	1.7k 0.6×	247 0.3×	651 1.2×	131 0.3×	660 2.3×	90	2.6k
Gill A. Pratt United States	21	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	253 0.4×	586 1.4×	245 0.8×	39	3.9k
Yasuhisa Hirata Japan	25	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	172 0.3×	747 1.8×	836 2.9×	238	2.4k
Kazuo Kiguchi Japan	27	3.3k 1.3×	886 1.1×	1.7k 2.9×	326 0.8×	301 1.0×	254	4.3k
Yoky Matsuoka United States	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	431 0.8×	313 0.8×	526 1.8×	95	3.4k
Elena García Spain	25	1.2k 0.5×	511 0.7×	303 0.5×	286 0.7×	191 0.7×	90	2.0k

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Miller, Emily J., Paul H. Kane, Kevin W. Hollander, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Functionality Using a Powered Upper Extremity Exoskeleton in Patients With Brachial Plexus Injuries. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 33. 780–786. 1 indexed citations

Sugar, Thomas G., et al.. (2022). Origami-Inspired Wearable Robot for Trunk Support. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 28(3). 1466–1476. 7 indexed citations

Hollander, Kevin W., et al.. (2022). Development and testing of the aerial porter exoskeleton. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e1–e1. 3 indexed citations

Sugar, Thomas G., Sangram Redkar, & Kevin W. Hollander. (2020). Phase controller outperforms impedance controller for a hip exoskeleton. 4(1). 25–28. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Chell, et al.. (2020). An Update On The Implementation Of A New Multidisciplinary Engineering Program. 12.236.1–12.236.10. 3 indexed citations

Redkar, Sangram, et al.. (2018). Development of a Passive Prosthetic Ankle With Slope Adapting Capabilities. 3 indexed citations

Grimmer, Martin, Matthew Holgate, Jeffrey A. Ward, et al.. (2016). A powered prosthetic ankle joint for walking and running. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 15(S3). 141–141. 47 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Michael K. McBeath, & Thomas G. Sugar. (2015). Optical angular constancy is maintained as a navigational control strategy when pursuing robots moving along complex pathways. Journal of Vision. 15(3). 16–16. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Michael K. McBeath, & Thomas G. Sugar. (2014). Navigational strategy used to intercept fly balls under real-world conditions with moving visual background fields. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 77(2). 613–625. 3 indexed citations

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Bernardin, Delphine, Hideki Kadone, Daniel Bennequin, et al.. (2012). Gaze anticipation during human locomotion. Experimental Brain Research. 223(1). 65–78. 48 indexed citations

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Ham, Ronald Van, Thomas G. Sugar, Bram Vanderborght, Kevin W. Hollander, & Dirk Lefeber. (2009). Compliant actuator designs. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 16(3). 81–94. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shaffer, Dennis M., et al.. (2008). Evidence for a generic interceptive strategy. Perception & Psychophysics. 70(1). 145–157. 16 indexed citations

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Holgate, Matthew, et al.. (2008). SPARKy 3: Design of an active robotic ankle prosthesis with two actuated degrees of freedom using regenerative kinetics. 511–516. 125 indexed citations

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Sugar, Thomas G., Jiping He, Edward J. Koeneman, et al.. (2007). Design and Control of RUPERT: A Device for Robotic Upper Extremity Repetitive Therapy. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 15(3). 336–346. 229 indexed citations

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Oberle, Crystal D., et al.. (2005). The Galileo bias: A naive conceptual belief that influences people's perceptions and performance in a ball-dropping task.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 31(4). 643–653. 24 indexed citations

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Sugar, Thomas G. & Vijay Kumar. (2003). Multiple cooperating mobile manipulators. 2. 1538–1543. 37 indexed citations

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Sugar, Thomas G.. (2002). Decentralized control of cooperating mobile manipulators. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 18. 94–103. 8 indexed citations

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Kumar, V., et al.. (2002). Design and control of a 3-DOF in-parallel actuated manipulator. 1659–1664. 22 indexed citations

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Sugar, Thomas G. & Michael K. McBeath. (2001). Robotic modeling of mobile ball-catching as a tool for understanding biological interceptive behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24(6). 1078–1080. 9 indexed citations

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Sugar, Thomas G. & Vijay Kumar. (1998). Metrics for analysis and optimization of grasps and fixtures. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 17(1). 28–37. 2 indexed citations

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