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Yaoxin Guo is a researcher whose work sits at the exciting intersection of soft robotics and cable-driven parallel systems. His primary contributions focus on designing and modeling robots that are both inherently safe and highly adaptable. Guo’s most influential work, "Design and Modeling of an Extensible Soft Robotic Arm" (2019, 42 citations), addresses the complex, coupled degrees of freedom—bending, rotation, and elongation—that give soft arms their remarkable flexibility, moving beyond traditional rigid joints. He further advances the field by developing a wrench-feasible workspace-based design for hybrid thruster and cable-driven parallel robots (2022, 22 citations), a key contribution for applications requiring precise force control. His research also explores novel fabrication methods, including the use of 3D printable origamic soft actuators for environmental insulation (2019, 6 citations), and heuristic frameworks for optimizing cable arrangements (2021). Through this body of work, Guo is helping to unlock the full potential of compliant, safe, and dexterous robotic systems for real-world applications.