Zeyang Xia

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Zeyang Xia is a robotics researcher whose work spans humanoid locomotion, robotic manipulation, medical robotics, and human-robot interaction. His early contributions focused on biped navigation and humanoid robot design, including development of the THBIP-2 humanoid platform at Tsinghua University and pioneering sampling-based footstep planning algorithms that addressed the unique locomotion challenges of bipedal robots in complex environments. These foundational works garnered tens of citations and helped establish practical navigation frameworks for humanoid systems. Xia's highly cited work on ROS and Gazebo-based manipulation simulation (91 citations) became a widely referenced resource for roboticists seeking rapid prototyping methods, demonstrating his talent for making advanced robotic frameworks accessible. He extended this contribution with a follow-up study integrating MoveIt for mobile manipulation tasks. His research has increasingly intersected with medical robotics, including surgical planning for liver tumor coagulation therapy, robotic brachytherapy calibration, and automated orthodontic archwire bending — translating robotic precision into clinical settings. He has also explored brain-computer interfaces, using deep learning and EEG signals to control robotic arms, and developed neural-network-based gesture recognition for intuitive human-robot interaction. Collectively, Xia's portfolio reflects a versatile and impactful career bridging fundamental robotics research with real-world medical and assistive applications.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Manipulation task simulation using ROS and Gazebo

   91 citations · 2014
2. 2
   Global Navigation for Humanoid Robots Using Sampling-Based Footstep Planners

   32 citations · 2010
3. 3
   Mobile manipulation task simulation using ROS with MoveIt

   24 citations · 2017
4. 4
   A Mechanism-Image Fusion Approach to Calibration of an Ultrasound-Guided Dual-Arm Robotic Brachytherapy System

   22 citations · 2021
5. 5
   A random sampling-based approach to goal-directed footstep planning for humanoid robots

   22 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Dynamic gesture recognition by directional pulse coupled neural networks for human-robot interaction in real time

   22 citations · 2019
7. 7
   Automatic Multiple-Needle Surgical Planning of Robotic-Assisted Microwave Coagulation in Large Liver Tumor Therapy

   20 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Towards Control of EEG-Based Robotic Arm Using Deep Learning via Stacked Sparse Autoencoder

   19 citations · 2018
9. 9
   Development of a robotic system for orthodontic archwire bending

   19 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Design aspects and development of humanoid robot THBIP-2

    16 citations · 2007

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