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Xiaoling Jiang is a robotics researcher specializing in the design, modeling, and control of cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs), with a particular focus on expanding their operational capabilities through dynamic trajectory planning. Her work addresses some of the most challenging problems in this field, including navigating singular orientations and maximizing workspace reachability — limitations that have historically constrained the practical deployment of these systems. Among her most influential contributions is her 2020 research on dynamic rotational trajectory planning, which has garnered 15 citations and introduced novel strategies for guiding cable-suspended robots through otherwise problematic singular configurations. Complementing this, her interval-analysis-based framework for determining trajectory-reachable workspaces (2022, 10 citations) offers a rigorous mathematical approach to workspace characterization for planar cable-suspended systems. Her work on sling-like parallel robots for throwing operations (2020, 7 citations) further demonstrates her creativity in leveraging the unique dynamics of suspended cable architectures to enable unconventional, high-performance robot behaviors. Collectively, Jiang's research advances the frontier of what cable-driven robots can achieve, making her work essential reading for engineers and researchers seeking to push beyond the boundaries of conventional rigid-link robotic systems.