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Citations
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World Ranking
560
National Ranking
192

Overview

Ronald S. Fearing is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers various specialized topics, such as:

  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
  • AI-based Problem Solving and Planning

Key recent publications by Ronald S. Fearing include:

  • Precision Robotic Leaping and Landing Using Stance-Phase Balance, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Automatic modeling and fault diagnosis of car production lines based on first-principle qualitative mechanics and semantic web technology, 2021, Advanced Engineering Informatics
  • Designing Dynamic Machines With Large-Scale Root Finding, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Monopedal robot branch-to-branch leaping and landing inspired by squirrel balance control, 2025, Science Robotics
  • The Robustness of Tether Friction in Non-Idealized Terrains, 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Ronald S. Fearing include:

  • Chen Dai
  • Ezequiel Goldschmidt
  • Yifan You
  • Justin K. Yim
  • Eric K. Wang

Regular publication venues for their research are:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Advanced Engineering Informatics
  • Science Robotics

Best Publications

  • Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair

    Kellar Autumn;Yiching A. Liang;S. Tonia Hsieh;Wolfgang Zesch

  • Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae

    Kellar Autumn;Metin Sitti;Yiching A. Liang;Anne M. Peattie

  • Nanowire active-matrix circuitry for low-voltage macroscale artificial skin

    Kuniharu Takei;Toshitake Takahashi;Toshitake Takahashi;Johnny C. Ho;Johnny C. Ho;Hyunhyub Ko

  • Neural Network Dynamics for Model-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning with Model-Free Fine-Tuning

    Anusha Nagabandi;Gregory Kahn;Ronald S. Fearing;Sergey Levine

  • Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives

    Metin Sitti;Ronald S. Fearing

  • Survey of sticking effects for micro parts handling

    R.S. Fearing

  • Wearable Microfluidic Diaphragm Pressure Sensor for Health and Tactile Touch Monitoring

    Yuji Gao;Hiroki Ota;Hiroki Ota;Ethan W. Schaler;Kevin Chen;Kevin Chen

  • Optically- and thermally-responsive programmable materials based on carbon nanotube-hydrogel polymer composites

    Xiaobo Zhang;Xiaobo Zhang;Cary L. Pint;Cary L. Pint;Min Hyung Lee;Min Hyung Lee;Bryan Edward Schubert;Bryan Edward Schubert

  • Microrobot Design Using Fiber Reinforced Composites

    R. J. Wood;S. Avadhanula;R. Sahai;E. Steltz

  • Insect-scale fast moving and ultrarobust soft robot

    Yichuan Wu;Yichuan Wu;Justin K. Yim;Jiaming Liang;Jiaming Liang;Zhichun Shao

  • Learning to Adapt in Dynamic, Real-World Environments Through Meta-Reinforcement Learning

    Anusha Nagabandi;Ignasi Clavera;Simin Liu;Ronald S. Fearing

  • Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

    Xiaobo Zhang;Zhibin Yu;Chuan Wang;David Zarrouk

  • Robotic vertical jumping agility via series-elastic power modulation

    Duncan W. Haldane;M. M. Plecnik;J. K. Yim;R. S. Fearing

  • Effective elastic modulus of isolated gecko setal arrays

    K Autumn;C Majidi;R E Groff;A Dittmore

  • DASH: A dynamic 16g hexapedal robot

    P. Birkmeyer;K. Peterson;R. S. Fearing

  • Tactile sensing mechanisms

    R. S. Fearing

  • Carbon Nanotube Active-Matrix Backplanes for Conformal Electronics and Sensors

    Toshitake Takahashi;Kuniharu Takei;Andrew G Gillies;Ronald S Fearing

  • Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect

    R.S. Fearing;K.H. Chiang;M.H. Dickinson;D.L. Pick

  • Optimal energy density piezoelectric bending actuators

    R.J. Wood;E. Steltz;R.S. Fearing

  • Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

    Ranjana Sahai;Srinath Avadhanula;Richard E Groff;Erik Steltz

  • Towards a 3g crawling robot through the integration of microrobot technologies

    R. Sahai;S. Avadhanula;R. Groff;E. Steltz

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Full
Robert J. Full University of California, Berkeley
Robert J. Wood
Robert J. Wood Harvard University
Ali Javey
Ali Javey University of California, Berkeley
Carmel Majidi
Carmel Majidi Carnegie Mellon University
Metin Sitti
Metin Sitti Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Sergey Levine
Sergey Levine University of California, Berkeley
Kuniharu Takei
Kuniharu Takei Osaka Metropolitan University
Roya Maboudian
Roya Maboudian University of California, Berkeley
Hyunhyub Ko
Hyunhyub Ko Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Daniel I. Goldman
Daniel I. Goldman Georgia Institute of Technology

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