Amir Patel
Associate Professor in Robotics and AI
Studies how animals achieve agility and speed and applies those insights to legged robotics.
Amir Patel's lab at UCL works on legged locomotion & humanoids. 29 papers since 2023, 5 at top venues, mostly ICRA and 3DV.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 8/ year
- at T1 venues
- 17%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 5 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 6 papers2025 · T1 0
- 4 papers2024 · T1 2
- 14 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, 3DV, IROS, Science Robotics
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Legged locomotion & humanoids2 papers
- robotics2 papers
- legged1 paper
- animals0 papers
- applies0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20265 papers
- ICRA (T1)Autonomous Rotating Cameras Boost 3D Wildlife Motion Capture Yield without Human Operators
- Journal of BiomechanicsSpecies-specific effects of spinal stiffness on gait and actuation-cost proxy in simulated cheetah and horse galloping (opens in a new tab)
- JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCESUsing markerless motion capture to <i>explore changes in</i> tackle kinematics and load-based tackling technique proficiency
- Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceWildDepth: A Multimodal Dataset for 3D Wildlife Perception and Depth Estimation
- IEEE Sensors LettersWildPose v2: A Compact Tri-Modal Platform for Long-Range Animal Motion Capture (opens in a new tab)
20256 papers
- MATEC Web of ConferencesDevelopment of force control and proprioception on a closed chain 5-segment leg
- IEEE Sensors LettersM2S2: A Multimodal Sensor System for Remote Animal Motion Capture in the Wild (opens in a new tab)
- 3DVmmDiffusion: mmWave Diffusion for Sequential 3D Human Dense Point Cloud Generation (opens in a new tab)
- MATEC Web of ConferencesOptimal spine morphology for high-speed bounding in quadruped robots
- IEEE Sensor LettersRemote Heart Rate Estimation of Canines Using a Mmwave Radar and Depth Camera (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Experimental BiologyWildPose: a long-range 3D wildlife motion capture system. (opens in a new tab)
20244 papers
- ICRA (T1)AeroDima: Cheetah-Inspired Aerodynamic Tail Design for Rapid Maneuverability
- Scientific ReportsMarkerless 3D kinematics and force estimation in cheetahs
- IROS (T1)Monocular 3D Reconstruction of Cheetahs in the Wild∗
- IEEE Sensors JournalToward Noncontact Muscle Activity Estimation Using FMCW Radar (opens in a new tab)
202314 papers
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyAcute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
- Journal of Experimental BiologyChasing the cheetah: how field biomechanics has evolved to keep up with the fastest land animal
- CureusCorrection: Disseminated Histoplasmosis Found in Bone Marrow in a Newly Diagnosed AIDS Patient: A Literature Review and Report of a Rare Case. (opens in a new tab)
- SCIENTIFIC AFRICANFrom<i> Dima</i> to<i> Kemba:</i> Ten years of cheetah-inspired research at the African robotics unit
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyFunctional Diarrhea in IBD
- ICRA (T1)Getting Air: Modelling and Control of a Hybrid Pneumatic-Electric Legged Robot
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyManaging Post-Op Crohn’s
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyMiscellaneous Questions About IBD
- British Machine Vision Conference BmvcmmPoint: Dense Human Point Cloud Generation from mmWave
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyMusculoskeletal Complaints in a Patient on Anti-TNFs
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyNonspecific Ileal Ulcers
- Managing Complex Cases in GastroenterologyPatients with IBD Who Are Squeamish About Rectal Meds and Self-Injection
Where alumni went
Alumni are not listed on the lab homepage.
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