{"id":18,"date":"2019-08-27T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jack-liu\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:11:26","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jack-liu\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications and Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/02783649251360814\"><strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Dynamic Wind-up Locomotion Enabled by Embodied Intelligence,&#8221; International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), August 30, 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. [In Preparation] <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;The Effects of Length Scaling on a Singularity-enabled High-powered Mechanical Reflex,&#8221; TBA.<\/p>\n<p>3. [Abstract] [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1j3z4_1grF8tbLUvH0_Br99HCC6lSGBuG\/view?usp=sharing\">Poster<\/a>] <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Dynamic Spring-Charging Locomotion Enabled by Mechanical Intelligence&#8221;, 2025 Late Breaking Results &amp; Mechanical Intelligence Workshop Poster at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2025), Atlanta GA, USA.<\/p>\n<p>4. [<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UL1lGnjx6_M\">Demonstration<\/a>] <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Scaling Study for A Mechanism Design that Enables Airborne Energy Storage and Enhances Power Output&#8221;, Dynamic Walking 2024, Pensacola FL, USA.<\/p>\n<p>5. [Poster] <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8221; Enhancing Locomotion Energetics Via the Design of Actuator Modules That Incorporates Kinematic Singularities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ttic.edu\/mwrw\/2024\/#poster-session-1\">Poster Presentation at 2024 Midwest Robotics Workshop (MWRW 2024)<\/a>, Chicago IL, USA.<\/p>\n<p>6. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/375059822_Enhancing_Locomotion_Energetics_via_the_Design_of_Actuator_Modules_that_Incorporates_Kinematic_Singularities\">Abstract<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/375059753_Liu_Plecnik_Iros2023_Demo_Compressedmp4?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoicHVibGljYXRpb24iLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6InBhZ2VDb250ZW50In19\">Demonstration<\/a>] <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8221; Enhancing Locomotion Energetics Via the Design of Actuator Modules That Incorporates Kinematic Singularities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ras.papercept.net\/conferences\/conferences\/IROS23\/program\/IROS23_ContentListWeb_4.html#webip-21_19\">Demonstration at 2023 IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IROS 2023), Detroit MI, USA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7. [<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I_eCqfcZy7o\">Abstract]<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.wisc.edu\/media\/DW22_Liu%2C+Chang+-+June+16th+2022%2C+9A47A25+am\/1_neolc1a9\">Presentation<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.wisc.edu\/media\/DW22_Demo_Chang+Liu\/1_fpfe96j9\">Hardware Demo<\/a>] <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, K. Barry, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Trialing Springy Foot Designs for a Novel Hopping Mechanism&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicwalking.engr.wisc.edu\/\">Dynamic Walking 2022<\/a>, Madison WI, USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1109\/ICRA46639.2022.9811546\"><strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Experimental Validation of the Usage of Kinematic Singularities to Produce Periodic High-Powered Motion,&#8221; 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022), Philadelphia PA, USA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1109\/IROS51168.2021.9636062\"><strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;The Usage of Kinematic Singularities to Produce Periodic High-Powered Locomotion,&#8221; 2021 IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), Online, Virtual.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/IROS51168.2021.9636587\">A. Baskar, <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, J. D. Hauenstein, &#8220;Designing Rotary Linkages for Polar Motions,&#8221; 2021 IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), Online, Virtual.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>11. <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Series Elastic Gearing and Stiffness for an Airborne Energization Leg,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamicwalking2021.org\/episode-1-biomechanics\">Dynamic Walking 2021<\/a>, Online, Virtual. <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/6005cfec3753c24df2490e0a\/t\/60a6727191d8ee2f5508359c\/1621521009965\/Liu_Chang_Poster.jpg\">Poster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/6005cfec3753c24df2490e0a\/t\/609d7ab47175f809f21742d7\/1620933302019\/Chang+Liu+-+Liu_Chang_DW2021.pdf\">Abstract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>12. <a href=\"https:\/\/asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/IDETC-CIE\/proceedings-abstract\/IDETC-CIE2020\/V010T10A030\/1090085\"><strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, M. Plecnik. &#8220;Evaluating Plane Curves As Constraints for Locomotion on Uneven Terrain,&#8221; International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), August 17-19, 2020, Online, Virtual.<\/a> <strong>Winner of the Best Paper Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>13. <strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, Z. Gan, C.D. Remy, &#8220;Exploring All Bipedal Gaits with a United Simplistic Model&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/robots.ihmc.us\/dynamicwalking2018\">Dynamic Walking, May 2018<\/a>, Pensacola FL, USA. <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/508aeee9e4b0660daf192355\/t\/5b3fc2dc352f53c20c5a8c59\/1530905315416\/DW2018_Poster_v02_Chang.pdf\">Poster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/508aeee9e4b0660daf192355\/t\/5b3123e370a6ad851ff021fb\/1529947108290\/2018_CONFERENCE_DW_Chang_36591.pdf\">Abstract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>14. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Chang_Liu348\/project\/Exploring-All-Bipedal-Gaits-with-a-United-Simplistic-Model\/attachment\/5ae3092b4cde260d15db487d\/AS:619989648289792@1524828459145\/download\/ME695_Master_Thesis_Chang.pdf?context=ProjectUpdatesLog\"><strong>C. Liu<\/strong>, \u201cExploring All Bipedal Gaits with a United Simplistic Model,\u201d Master Thesis, April 2018, University of Michigan &#8211; Ann Arbor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More articles coming up soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. C. Liu, M. Plecnik, &#8220;Dynamic Wind-up Locomotion Enabled by Embodied Intelligence,&#8221; International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), August 30, 2025. 2. [In Preparation] C. Liu, M. Plecnik, &#8220;The Effects of Length Scaling on a Singularity-enabled High-powered Mechanical Reflex,&#8221; TBA. 3. [Abstract] [Poster] C. Liu, M. 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