Xinyan Yin

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Xinyan Yin is a leading researcher in bio-inspired robotics and autonomous underwater systems, with a focus on amphibious locomotion and environmental monitoring. Her seminal work on the "Chigon" salamander-like amphibious robot (2012, 16 citations) introduced a novel mechanical design enabling both crawling and swimming, integrating four limbs with a multi-joint body for versatile terrain adaptation. She advanced this by modeling the effect of waist twisting on walking speed (2015, 8 citations) and developing CPG-based control for quadruped amphibious robots (2012, 6 citations), bridging biological neural mechanisms with robotic locomotion. Her contributions extend to underwater propulsion, analyzing thrust generation from oscillating caudal fins (2016, 8 citations). More recently, Yin has applied deep learning to water surface garbage detection (2022, 5 citations) and machine vision for pipeline inspection (2022, 1 citation), demonstrating a shift toward practical environmental and industrial applications. With over 44 citations across her most-cited works, Yin’s research uniquely combines mechanical design, control theory, and AI, offering impactful solutions for amphibious robotics and autonomous underwater vehicle intelligence.

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1. 1
   A salamander-like amphibious robot: System and control design

   16 citations · 2012
2. 2
   The effect of waist twisting on walking speed of an amphibious salamander like robot

   8 citations · 2015
3. 3
   Modelling of thrust generated by oscillation caudal fin of underwater bionic robot

   8 citations · 2016
4. 4
   CPG-based locomotion control of a quadruped amphibious robot

   6 citations · 2012
5. 5
   Garbage Detection on The Water Surface Based on Deep Learning

   5 citations · 2022
6. 6
   Implementation of Underwater Vehicle Pipeline Inspection Based on Machine Vision

   1 citations · 2022

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