Papers
8
Total Citations
71
H-Index
4
About
Yinghao Ning is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on enhancing robot mobility, safety, and human-robot interaction through innovative mechanical design and control. His primary research areas include variable stiffness actuators (VSAs), hopping robots, and cable-driven mechanisms. Ning’s most notable contribution is the development of a wheeled hopping robot powered by a combustion actuator, which enables robots to overcome obstacles several times their own size—a breakthrough for navigating complex environments. His work on the cam-based relocation mechanism VSA (CRM-VSA) has advanced safe human-robot interaction by allowing torque control through internal compliance, with this paper accumulating 22 citations. Ning has also pioneered sensorless force estimation methods for VSAs, using a current-deflection fusion technique to improve safety without external sensors. Additionally, he designed a three-degree-of-freedom tension-amplifying cable-driven parallel mechanism for heavy-load humanoid robot shoulders. With over 70 total citations across his publications, Ning’s research has practical implications for surgical robotics, as seen in his calibration method for spinal surgery robots, and for industrial applications requiring compliant, safe, and agile robotic systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Wheeled hopping robot with combustion-powered actuator22 citations · 2018
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- 6POE-Based Inverse Kinematics Analysis for a Six-DOF Robotic Manipulator2 citations · 2022
- 7A practical calibration method for spinal surgery robot2 citations · 2017
- 8Design of a Compliant Joint Based on Antagonistic-Driven Torsion Springs2 citations · 2021