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Xingya Yan is a robotics and ocean engineering researcher whose work spans biomimetic underwater robotics and deep-sea exploration vehicles. Drawing inspiration from marine biology, Yan has pioneered the development of crab-inspired robots capable of operating in challenging shallow coastal and deep-ocean environments. His most-cited work, "Subsea crab bounding gait of leg-paddle hybrid driven shoal crablike robot" (2017, 37 citations), established foundational principles for hybrid locomotion systems that mimic the paddle-driven swimming mechanics of *Portunus* crabs, blending legged and paddled propulsion for versatile underwater mobility. Complementary studies on swimming gait planning and experimental validation further refined the hydrodynamic performance of these bionic platforms. Beyond shallow-water robotics, Yan has contributed to landmark deep-sea exploration, co-developing the Haidou-1 hybrid Autonomous and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ARV), which reached a record depth of 10,908 meters in the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep—conducting observation, sampling, and bathymetric mapping at the ocean's extreme frontier (2024, 15 citations). With a research trajectory spanning biomimetic locomotion to full-ocean-depth engineering, Yan's work represents a compelling bridge between nature-inspired design and real-world oceanographic application.