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6
Total Citations
64
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About
Zhixin Yao is a leading researcher in the field of fusion energy robotics, specializing in the design, control, and intelligent maintenance of remote handling systems for experimental fusion reactors. Their major contributions center on developing advanced robotic solutions for the extreme environments of fusion devices, particularly the Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) and the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). Yao pioneered on-line precision control techniques for multipurpose overload robots using deformation models, achieving 25 citations, and introduced a surrogate model-based cognitive digital twin for smart remote maintenance—a groundbreaking approach that earned 13 citations. They also designed a cable-driven endoscopic manipulator over 3000 mm long for compact fusion reactors, cited 12 times, and optimized robot posture for overload tasks. Notable achievements include vision-based tile recognition algorithms for robot grasping in EAST and real-time structural simulators for deformation prediction. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 60, Yao’s work is pivotal in advancing autonomous, high-precision maintenance for next-generation fusion energy systems, bridging robotics and nuclear engineering.
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- 3Research on the cable-driven endoscopic manipulator for fusion reactors12 citations · 2023
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- 6Vision-based tile recognition algorithms for robot grasping task in EAST2 citations · 2019