Yingchao You

Cardiff University

Papers

6

Total Citations

62

H-Index

4

About

Yingchao You is a leading researcher in human–robot collaboration (HRC) for smart manufacturing, with a focus on creating human-centric, intelligent automation systems. Their work centers on three key areas: mutual cognitive human–robot interaction, digital twin-based worker monitoring, and reinforcement learning for adaptive task planning. You’s major contributions include developing a mixed reality-enabled visual reasoning method for proactive HRC (25 citations), which significantly improves task understanding and ergonomic satisfaction. They also pioneered a human digital twin approach for real-time physical fatigue estimation and fatigue-aware task allocation in collaborative assembly (23 citations), directly addressing worker well-being—a critical gap in traditional automation. Their research has garnered growing impact, with over 60 total citations across recent high-impact publications. Notably, You has advanced the field by automating the generation of assembly task knowledge models from human–human collaboration data, enabling robots to learn complex tasks without expert programming. Their latest work on offline reinforcement learning for proactive robot assistance (2025) promises to further revolutionize mass personalization manufacturing. You’s research is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of human-centric, intelligent manufacturing systems.

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H-Index
6
Papers
62
Total Citations
10
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Mutual-cognition for proactive human–robot collaboration: A mixed reality-enabled visual reasoning-based method
25 citations · 2024
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2024 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 10
🏛 Institutions: Cardiff University

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