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Dr. Jinjun Xia is a leading figure in space robotics and dexterous manipulation, whose work has been pivotal in advancing China’s on-orbit servicing capabilities. His research centers on robotic hand design, variable stiffness actuation, and real-time control systems for extreme environments. Dr. Xia’s most notable contribution is his leadership in developing the TianGong-2 robotic hand, a key technology for human-robot collaborative experiments aboard China’s spacelab, which has garnered 22 citations and demonstrated the feasibility of complex in-space tasks. He further advanced the field with a bio-inspired robotic hand featuring antagonistic variable stiffness (AVS), enabling safe and adaptive interactions for delicate operations. His innovative work on reconfigurable parallel VLSI co-processors using FPGAs and DSP-based joint impedance controllers has significantly enhanced computational efficiency and control precision for space robots, with his 2006 and 2009 papers each cited 7 times. Additionally, Dr. Xia pioneered distributed hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation systems on CAN bus networks, reducing development risks and costs for space missions. With a career spanning foundational hardware design to cutting-edge actuation, his achievements have directly supported China’s space station ambitions, making him a key innovator in the next generation of autonomous robotic systems.