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Yuqing Hao is a researcher whose work bridges fundamental robotics theory and advanced distributed control. Her primary research areas include the controllability and observability of multi-link robotic systems, as well as formation and formation-containment control for networked mobile robots. Hao’s major contributions lie in two key directions. First, she has rigorously analyzed the linear controllability and observability of n-link planar robots with multiple active links around the upright equilibrium point, establishing necessary and sufficient conditions that are crucial for designing output-feedback controllers. Second, she has pioneered the application of the Udwadia–Kalaba (U-K) approach to distributed formation control, developing novel algorithms for both leaderless and leader-following scenarios in networked mobile robots. Her most cited work, “Controllability and observability of an n-link robot with multiple active links” (2017, 19 citations), provides foundational insights into the structural properties of underactuated robots. More recently, her 2023 paper on distributed formation-containment control (17 citations) demonstrates the practical power of the U-K method in achieving complex multi-robot coordination. With a growing citation record and a clear trajectory from theoretical analysis to distributed control synthesis, Hao’s work is essential reading for researchers in nonlinear robotics, multi-agent systems, and mechanical control theory.