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1490
National Ranking
582

Overview

Andy Ruina is a researcher affiliated with Cornell University in the United States, specializing in the field of Engineering. Their scholarly contributions primarily encompass several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Equine studies, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Aerospace Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The research topics covered by Andy Ruina span diverse areas such as Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Sports Performance and Training, Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies, Biomimetic Flight and Propulsion Mechanisms, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Model Reduction and Neural Networks, and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence.

Their publication record includes recent papers with the following details:

  • Full Flight Envelope and Trim Map of Flapping-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles, 2020, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • Construction and Excavation by Collaborative Double-Tailed SAW Robots, 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Standing horse posture: a longer stance is more stable, 2022, Biology Open
  • A longer stance is more stable for a standing horse, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Descriptive Model-based Learning and Control for Bipedal Locomotion, 2025, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Karen Gellman
  • Taylor S. Clawson
  • Silvio Ferrari
  • E. Farrell Helbling
  • Robert J. Wood

Andy Ruina's research findings have been published in multiple venues, illustrating a range of investigative contexts. These include:

  • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Biology Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Slip instability and state variable friction laws

    Andy Ruina

  • Efficient bipedal robots based on passive-dynamic walkers.

    Steve Collins;Andy Ruina;Russ Tedrake;Martijn Wisse

  • The simplest walking model: stability, complexity, and scaling.

    Mariano Garcia;Anindya Chatterjee;Andy Ruina;Michael Coleman

  • Stability of Steady Frictional Slipping

    J. R. Rice;A. L. Ruina

  • A Three-Dimensional Passive-Dynamic Walking Robot with Two Legs and Knees

    Steven H. Collins;Martijn Wisse;Andy Ruina

  • Energetic consequences of walking like an inverted pendulum: step-to-step transitions.

    Arthur D Kuo;J Maxwell Donelan;Andy Ruina

  • Computer optimization of a minimal biped model discovers walking and running.

    Manoj Srinivasan;Andy Ruina

  • Slip motion and stability of a single degree of freedom elastic system with rate and state dependent friction

    Ji-Cheng Gu;James R. Rice;Andy L. Ruina;Simon T. Tse

  • A Bipedal Walking Robot with Efficient and Human-Like Gait

    S.H. Collins;A. Ruina

  • Linearized dynamics equations for the balance and steer of a bicycle: a benchmark and review

    J P Meijaard;J M Papadopoulos;A Ruina;A L Schwab

  • Multiple walking speed-frequency relations are predicted by constrained optimization.

    John E.A. Bertram;Andy Ruina

  • A collisional model of the energetic cost of support work qualitatively explains leg sequencing in walking and galloping, pseudo-elastic leg behavior in running and the walk-to-run transition

    Andy Ruina;John E.A. Bertram;Manoj Srinivasan

  • Planar sliding with dry friction Part 1. Limit surface and moment function

    Suresh Goyal;Andy Ruina;Jim Papadopoulos

  • Efficiency, speed, and scaling of two-dimensional passive-dynamic walking

    Mariano Garcia;Anindya Chatterjee;Andy Ruina

  • A Bicycle Can Be Self-Stable Without Gyroscopic or Caster Effects

    J.D.G. Kooijman;Jacob Philippus Meijaard;J.M. Papadopoulos;A. Ruina

  • Low-bandwidth reflex-based control for lower power walking: 65 km on a single battery charge

    Pranav A. Bhounsule;Jason Cortell;Anoop Grewal;Bram Hendriksen

  • A New Algebraic Rigid-Body Collision Law Based on Impulse Space Considerations

    A. Chatterjee;A. Ruina

  • An Uncontrolled Walking Toy That Cannot Stand Still

    Michael J. Coleman;Andy Ruina

  • Motions of a Rimless Spoked Wheel: a Simple 3D System with Impacts

    Michael J. Coleman;Anindya Chatterjee;Andy Ruina

  • A Helping Hand: Soft Orthosis with Integrated Optical Strain Sensors and EMG Control

    Huichan Zhao;Jonathan Jalving;Rukang Huang;Ross Knepper

Frequent Co-Authors

Chung-Yuen Hui
Chung-Yuen Hui Cornell University
James R. Rice
James R. Rice Harvard University
Anand Jagota
Anand Jagota Lehigh University
Arthur D. Kuo
Arthur D. Kuo University of Calgary
Rong Long
Rong Long University of Colorado Boulder
Roderic S. Lakes
Roderic S. Lakes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Silvia Ferrari
Silvia Ferrari Cornell University

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