Papers
11
Total Citations
208
H-Index
6
About
Wang Yi is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of real-time systems, robotic software frameworks, and autonomous robotics. He has established himself as a leading authority on timing analysis and scheduling within the Robot Operating System (ROS 2), addressing one of the most pressing challenges in safety-critical robotics: guaranteeing that hard real-time constraints are formally satisfied. His most influential contribution, "Response Time Analysis and Priority Assignment of Processing Chains on ROS2 Executors" (2020, 71 citations), laid foundational groundwork for modeling timing behaviors in ROS 2 executors, a problem of direct industrial relevance as robotics increasingly enters safety-critical domains. This line of inquiry has been consistently extended through subsequent work on multi-threaded executors, inter-process communication delays, and the resource-constrained micro-ROS environment, collectively accumulating over 200 citations. Beyond scheduling theory, Wang Yi has explored energy-optimized path planning for mobile robots and, more recently, multimodal human-robot interaction through audio-visual grounding of referring expressions. His development of RTeX, a timing-predictable multithreaded executor, demonstrates a commitment to translating theoretical analysis into practical system improvements. Taken together, his research meaningfully advances the reliability and intelligence of next-generation robotic systems.
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- 2Staying-alive path planning with energy optimization for mobile robots45 citations · 2011
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- 4Audio-Visual Grounding Referring Expression for Robotic Manipulation18 citations · 2022
- 5Real-Time Performance Analysis of Processing Systems on ROS 2 Executors9 citations · 2023
- 6Modeling and Analysis of Inter-Process Communication Delay in ROS 28 citations · 2023
- 7Towards Customizable CPS: Composability, Efficiency and Predictability6 citations · 2017
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- 10Timing analysis of processing chains with data refreshing in ROS 24 citations · 2024