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Yuwen Xie is a robotics researcher whose work bridges planetary exploration and high-voltage power infrastructure. His early career focused on extraterrestrial robotics, most notably through his 2006 conceptual design of a novel multi-robot system for planetary exploration (8 citations). This system proposed a flotilla of robots—one main carrier with scientific instruments and four smaller mapping units—featuring a redundant double transmission system to prepare for human missions to other planets. Xie also contributed to robot perception, developing a monocular camera-ultrasonic sensor configuration for position and orientation measurement (2005, 2 citations). His more recent work addresses critical challenges in ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission lines. In 2019, he designed and applied an insulator detection robot system (6 citations) to automate the inspection of line insulator strings, which can reach tens of meters in length and pose significant safety risks for manual testing. Additionally, Xie has explored precision robotics through error modeling and analysis of a 6-UPS micro parallel mechanism (2021, 3 citations). His research demonstrates a notable transition from space robotics to practical industrial applications, reflecting a commitment to solving real-world problems in both frontier and infrastructure domains.