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About
Xiufeng Yang is a pioneering roboticist at the forefront of insect-scale robotics, specializing in microactuator design, flapping-wing flight control, and autonomous microrobot locomotion. His most celebrated contribution is the creation of the first 88-milligram autonomous crawling robot, powered by a catalytic artificial muscle—a breakthrough that demonstrated subgram robots capable of complex, untethered behaviors using a high-energy-density fuel source (187 citations). Yang also led the development of Bee⁺, a 95-milligram four-winged flying robot that dramatically improved controllability over two-winged predecessors like the Harvard RoboBee (67 citations). His subsequent work on Bee⁺⁺ introduced an inclined-stroke-plane approach for six-degree-of-freedom flight control, enabling unprecedented agility in aerial microrobots (27 citations). Beyond flight, Yang engineered a 7-milligram catalytic-combustion engine for millimeter-scale actuation, pushing the boundaries of onboard power generation. His research has been published in top venues like *Science Robotics* and *IEEE Transactions on Robotics*, and his work is widely cited for its impact on microrobotics, autonomous systems, and bio-inspired engineering. Yang’s innovations are paving the way for future applications in environmental monitoring, search-and-rescue, and medical robotics.
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- 4A Multiplatform Position Control Scheme for Flying Robotic Insects12 citations · 2022
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- 6Control of Flying Robotic Insects: A Perspective and Unifying Approach8 citations · 2019
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