Papers
11
Total Citations
228
H-Index
8
About
Xian Yang is a leading researcher in teleoperation systems and cyber-physical control, with a focus on overcoming communication constraints such as time-varying delays, intermittent links, and signal quantization. Her work bridges theoretical stability analysis and practical multi-agent coordination, particularly for applications in underwater and remote robotic operations. Yang’s most influential paper, “Adaptive Formation Control of Cooperative Teleoperators With Intermittent Communications” (2018, 64 citations), addresses the critical challenge of maintaining formation control when communication links fail or become congested—a common issue in real-world teleoperation. Her earlier work, “An Exact Stability Condition for Bilateral Teleoperation With Delayed Communication Channel” (2015, 42 citations), provides a precise method to guarantee system stability under time delays, advancing beyond prior heuristic bounds. Yang has also contributed to consensus and synchronization in multi-slave teleoperation systems, including studies on quantization and saturation effects (2019, 8 citations) and centralized/decentralized control for cyber-physical systems (2017, 8 citations). Her research is essential for designing resilient, high-performance teleoperation networks in hazardous or remote environments.
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- 3Autonomous Underwater Vehicles34 citations · 2021
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- 7Bilateral teleoperation of multiple agents with formation control10 citations · 2014
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- 10Consensus Tracking for Teleoperating Cyber-physical System6 citations · 2018