Kuanming Yao

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Kuanming Yao is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of soft electronics, wearable technology, and human-machine interfaces, whose work is reshaping how humans interact with robots and virtual reality systems. His most celebrated contribution, "Electronic skin as wireless human-machine interfaces for robotic VR" (2022, 284 citations), demonstrated how intelligent electronic skin can enable seamless teleoperation of robotics — a breakthrough with profound implications for remote healthcare and pandemic response. Yao's research spans multi-mode haptic feedback, stretchable electronics, and neuromorphic sensing systems, collectively advancing the field of electronic skin capable of mimicking human tactile perception. Among his notable achievements, Yao developed a fully self-powered wireless sensing paradigm (118 citations) that eliminates the need for bulky multi-module systems, and pioneered breathable haptic textiles that overcome the longstanding sweat-interface problem in wearables. His 2024 work on a Mormyroid-inspired electronic skin enables non-contact 3D spatial tracking, while his ingestible robotic interface opens new frontiers in gastrointestinal electrostimulation. With over 860 cumulative citations across a focused body of work, Yao has firmly established himself as an innovative force driving the future of intelligent, body-integrated electronics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Electronic skin as wireless human-machine interfaces for robotic VR

   284 citations · 2022
2. 2
   Recent advances in multi-mode haptic feedback technologies towards wearable interfaces

   126 citations · 2021
3. 3
   A paradigm shift fully self-powered long-distance wireless sensing solution enabled by discharge-induced displacement current

   118 citations · 2021
4. 4
   Electronic Skin from High-Throughput Fabrication of Intrinsically Stretchable Lead Zirconate Titanate Elastomer

   60 citations · 2020
5. 5
   A fully integrated breathable haptic textile

   57 citations · 2024
6. 6
   Mormyroidea-inspired electronic skin for active non-contact three-dimensional tracking and sensing

   54 citations · 2024
7. 7
   Stretchable, skin‐conformable neuromorphic system for tactile sensory recognizing and encoding

   46 citations · 2023
8. 8
   An ingestible, battery-free, tissue-adhering robotic interface for non-invasive and chronic electrostimulation of the gut

   45 citations · 2024
9. 9
   Bioinspired Ultrathin Piecewise Controllable Soft Robots

   38 citations · 2021
10. 10
    Tattoo-like epidermal electronics as skin sensors for human machine interfaces

    35 citations · 2021

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