Jiantao Yao
Papers
28
Total Citations
544
H-Index
13
About
Jiantao Yao is a prolific robotics researcher whose work spans soft robotics, parallel mechanisms, and bioinspired robotic systems. Best known for his innovations in soft pneumatic actuation, Yao has made significant strides in developing high-performance compliant robotic systems, including novel casting methods for soft pneumatic actuators that have garnered 91 citations, and an untethered soft robotic gripper achieving exceptional payload-to-weight ratios with 56 citations. His bioinspired design philosophy is evident across multiple landmark contributions, from a swallowing robot mimicking biological prey-capture mechanisms to an elephant trunk-inspired continuum robot with variable diameter capabilities. Yao's expertise extends equally into rigid robotics, with influential work on kinematically redundant planar parallel mechanisms and a 7-DOF heavy-load assembly robot designed for spacecraft applications. His 2021 reconfigurable wheel-legged mobile robot, capable of dynamically adapting its morphology to complex terrain using scissor-like mechanisms, further demonstrates his versatility. An early foundational contribution clarifying the relationship between classic and modified Denavit-Hartenberg modeling methods remains a valuable reference for the broader robotics community. Collectively, Yao's research portfolio reflects a researcher skillfully bridging theoretical kinematics with innovative real-world robotic design.
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- 2An untethered soft robotic gripper with high payload-to-weight ratio56 citations · 2020
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- 4Design and motion analysis of reconfigurable wheel-legged mobile robot47 citations · 2021
- 5A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Robot Based on Compliant Guiding Structure47 citations · 2020
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