Cai, Y., 2023, “Chapter 62: Process Engineering”, Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, Publisher: McGraw-Hill.
1. Gao, Y., Xu, T., Liao, Z., and Cai, Y.*, 2005, “A Multi-Objective Global-Local Fusion Algorithm for Autonomous Navigation of Underwater Robots”, submitted to Robotics and Autonomous Systems, under review.
2. Zhan, F., Gan, W., Huang, Z., Hu, L., and Cai Y.*, 2025, “Multi-view Unwrapping Collaborative Network for Printed Circuit Boards Defect Classification”, submitted to Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, under review.
3. Qu, H., Qu Y., and Cai, Y.*, 2025, “Deep Learning Algorithm Based Melt Penetration Prediction and Feedback Correction System under Dynamic Process Parameters in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing”, submitted to Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, under review.
4. Li, T. and Cai, Y.*, 2025, “Modeling and Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of Belt Drive Systems with a Harmonic Balance and Alternating Frequency/Time Domain Method”, submitted to Engineering Computation, under review.
5. Zhang, L., Bian, Y., Wei, W., Liao, Z., Cang, M., Yang, A., Zhi, H., Zhang, W., Chen, M., Cui, H. and Cai, Y.*, 2025. Dendrite-Inspired and 3D Printed Multidirectional Sensing Piezoresistive Metamaterials. Advanced Functional Materials, p.2508987.
6. Li, T. and Cai, Y.*, 2025, “Motion planning and compensation of autonomous surface manipulator systems for grasping tasks on water surface”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10(6), pp. 5593 - 5600.
7. Li, T. and Cai, Y.*, 2025, “Optimized Visual Servo Control and Digital Twin-driven Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation Methods for Autonomous Surace Manipulator Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, pp. 1-12.
8. Liao, Z., Wei, W., Gao, Y., Zhang, L., and Cai Y.*, 2025, “AR-enabled Digital Twin System for Reconfigurable Soft Robot: Visualization, Simulation and Interaction”, Computers in Industry, 168, p. 104285.
9. Eischens, R., Li, T., Vogl, G.W., Cai, Y. and Qu, Y., 2025. “State Space Neural Network with Nonlinear Physics for Mechanical System Modeling”, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 259, p.110946.
10. Li, T. and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “Modeling and Methods for Improving Anti-rolling Ability of Autonomous Surface Manipulator Systems”, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 16(9), p.2450100.
11. Qu, H. and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “Improved Semantic Segmentation Method for Weld Penetration Prediction of TIG Welding with Dual Ellipsoid Heat Source”, Manufacturing Letters, 41, pp. 310-319.
12. Wei, W., Liao, Z., Zhang, L., and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “Aerosol Jet Printing of Advanced Capacitive Strain Gauge for Vibration Monitoring of the Human Body”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 138, pp. 31-43.
13. Qu, H., Chen, J., and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “A Digital Twin Approach for Weld Penetration Prediction of TIG Welding with Dual Ellipsoid Heat Source”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, pp. 1-21.
14. Liao, Z., Cai, Y.*, 2024, “AR-enhanced Digital Twin Interface for Human-Robot Interaction in Manufacturing Systems”, Energy, Ecology and Environment, 9, pp. 530-548.
15. Guo, Z., Yang, F., Li, P., Li, L., Zhao, M., Shi, J., Zhang L., and Cai, Y., 2024, “A Partially Hollow BCC Lattice Structure with Capsule-shaped Cavities for Enhancing Load-bearing and Energy Absorption Properties”, Engineering Structures, 305, 117777.
16. Li, T. and Cai, Y.*, 2024. “Modeling and Stability Analysis for Autonomous Surface Manipulator Systems”. Ocean Engineering, 291, p.116424.
17. Li, T., Liao, Z., Cai, Y.*, 2023, “Physical Modeling for Digital Twin of Continuous Damping Control Damper”, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 100, pp. 55-63. NAMRC 51 Outstanding Paper Award
18. Liao, Z., Li, T., Cai, Y.*, 2023, “Soft Pneumatic Actuator Optimal Design Based on Isogeometric Analysis”, Manufacturing Letters, 35, pp. 55-63.
19. Chen, J., Liao, Z., Cai, Y.*, 2023, “Enhancing Size Perception with True-Size Viewing CAD plug-in and Cloud-enabled AR APP”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 20(6), pp.1128-1140.
20. Liao, Z., Chen, J., Cai, Y.*, 2023, “Reconfigurable Soft Robots based on Modular Design”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 20(6), pp.1141-1153.
21. Wang, Y.*, Cai, Y., Gong, H., Lee, Y.-S., 2022, “Design and 3D Printing of Waveguide-based Ultrasonic Longitudinal-torsional Transducers for Medical Needle Insertion”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 344, pp. 113706.
22. Wang, Y., Cai, Y., Lee, Y.-S.*, 2022, “Design and Development of Longitudinal and Torsional Ultrasonic Vibration-assisted Needle Insertion Device for Medical Applications”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 19(4), pp. 797-811.
23. Ogunsanya, M., Isichei, J., Parupelli, S., Desai, S., Cai, Y.*, 2021, “In-situ Droplet Monitoring of Inkjet 3D Printing Process using Image Analysis and Machine Learning Models”, Procedia Manufacturing, 53, pp. 427-434.
24. Wang, Y., Cai, Y., Lee, Y.-S.*, Sun, Y., and Gong H., 2020, “Design of Ultrasonic Longitudinal-Torsional Vibrator based on Waveguide Principle for Manufacturing and Medical Applications”, Procedia Manufacturing, 48, pp. 114-122.
25. Cai, Y.*, Wang, Y., and Burnett, M., 2020, “Using Augmented Reality to Build Digital Twin for Reconfigurable Additive Manufacturing System”, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 56, pp. 598-604.
26. Cai, Y.*, and Choi. S. H., 2019, “Deposition Group-based Toolpath Planning for Additive Manufacturing with Multiple Robotic Actuators”, Procedia Manufacturing, 34, pp.584-593.
27. Cai, Y.*, Moore, J., and Lee, Y.-S., 2019, “Vibration Study of Novel Compliant Needle used for Vibration-assisted Needle Insertion”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 16(4), pp. 742-754.
28. Lies, B.T., Cai, Y., Spahr, E., Lin, K. and Qin, H.*, 2018. “Machine Vision Assisted Micro-Filament Detection for Real-Time Monitoring of Electrohydrodynamic Inkjet Printing”, Procedia Manufacturing, 26, pp.29-39.
29. Cai, Y., Moore, J., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2017, “Novel Surgical Needle Design and Manufacturing for Vibration-assisted Insertion in Medical Applications”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 14(6), pp. 833-843.
30. Qin, H., Cai, Y., Dong, J., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2017, “Direct Printing of Capacitive Touch Sensors on Flexible Substrates by Additive E-Jet Printing with Silver Nanoinks”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 139(3), pp. 031011.
31. Zhang, J., Starly, B., Cai, Y., Cohen, P. H., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2017, “Particle Learning in Online Tool Wear Diagnosis and Prognosis”, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 28(3), pp. 457-463.
32. Cai, Y., Moore, J., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2017, “Thin-Slots Machining of Compliant Needles for Vibration-assisted Medical Insertion”, Procedia Manufacturing, 10, pp. 392-406.
33. Cai, Y., Starly, B., Singh, S., Cohen, P., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2017, "Sensor Data and Information Fusion to Construct Digital-Twins Virtual Machine Tools for Cyber-Physical Manufacturing”, Procedia Manufacturing, 10, pp. 1031-1042.
34. Choi, S. H.*, Cai, Y., and Cheung, H. H., 2015, "Reconfigurable Multi-material Layered Manufacturing”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 12(4), pp. 439-451.
35. Choi, S. H.*, and Cai, Y., 2014, "A Virtual Prototyping System with Reconfigurable Actuators for Multi-material Layered Manufacturing”, Computers in Industry, 65(1), pp. 37-49.
36. Choi, S. H.*, and Cai, Y., 2011, "A Toolpath Design Platform for Multi-material Layered Manufacturing”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 8(5), pp. 759-771.
1. Li, J., Song, H., Zhou, J., Nie, Q., and Cai, Y.*, 2025, “RMG: Real-Time Expressive Motion Generation with Self-collision Avoidance for 6-DOF Companion Robotic Arms”, Accepted by 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, October 19 to 25, 2025.
2. Gao, Y. and Cai, Y.*, 2025, “MULoc: Robust Monocular Visual Localization for Underwater Robots via Multi-modal Feature Fusion”, Accepted by 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (CASE 2025), Los Angeles, USA, August 17-21, 2025.
3. Qu, H. and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “A Hybrid Structure-Based Semantic Segmentation Method for Industrial Measurement of Form and Position Tolerance on Chip Sockets”, Accepted by 51st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE), Kensington Campus, UNSW Sydney, Australia, December 9-11.
4. Liao, Z. and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “Computer Vision-based Decision-making Framework for Reconfigurable Soft Robot Manipulation”, Accepted by 51st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE), Kensington Campus, UNSW Sydney, Australia, December 9-11.
5. Qu, H. and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “An Image Segmentation Algorithm-Based Method for Extracting Melt Pool Parameters in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing”, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Singapore, August 3-6, pp. 180-194.
6. Gao, Y., Xu, T., and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “Minimum-Snap Trajectory Optimization for Underwater Manipulator", Proceedings of 2024 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), Tokyo, Japan, July 8-11, pp. 1099-1104.
7. Liao, Z., Wei, W., Zhang, L., and Cai, Y.*, “Sensor Fusion-based Parameterized Curve-driven Digital Twin for Reconfigurable Soft Robot”, Proceedings of 2024 6th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR), Chicago, IL, USA, June 24-27, pp. 575-580.
8. Xu, T., Gao, Y., and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “AI-based Structural Feature Recognition for Robotic Grasping of Additive Manufacturing Parts”, 33rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2024), Taichung, Taiwan, June 23-26.
9. Tutor L., and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “Monitoring Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients Using Automated Fugl-Meyer Assessment: A Digital Twin Approach”, Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2024), Nice, France, July 24-27, pp. 105-113.
10. Qu, H. and Cai, Y.*, 2024, “A Hybrid Structure-based Semantic Segmentation Method for Industrial Measurement of Form and Position Tolerance on Chip Sockets”, Proceedings of 2024 IISE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 18-21, pp. 1-7.
11. Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Cai, Y.*, 2023, “A Bionic Design with Wing Structures to Assist Flexible Microelectrode Implantation”, Proceedings of ASME 2023 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, June 12 - July 16, p. V001T03A018.
12. Chen, J., Liao, Z., Cai, Y.*, 2022, “Enhancing Size Perception with True-Size Viewing CAD plug-in and Cloud-enabled AR APP”, Proceedings of the 19th annual International CAD Conference, Beijing, China, July 11-13, pp. 318-323.
13. Liao, Z., Chen, J., Cai, Y. *, 2022, “Reconfigurable Soft Robots based on Modular Design”, Proceedings of the 19th annual International CAD Conference, Beijing, China, July 11-13, pp. 324-328.
14. Wang, Y., Cai, Y., Lee, Y.-S.*, 2021, “Design and Development of Longitudinal and Torsional Ultrasonic Vibration-assisted Needle Insertion Device for Medical Applications”, Proceedings of the 18th annual International CAD Conference, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, July 5-7, pp. 277-282.
15. Alrajhi, A. and Cai, Y*., 2021, “Detecting Road Defects using a Low-cost Sensing Device”, Proceedings of 2021 IISE Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, May 22-25.
16. Cai, Y.*, and Derouin, J., 2019, “A Low-cost On-board Sensing Device for Road Surface Condition Assessment”, Proceedings of 2019 IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, United States, May 18 – 22. Best Track Paper Award 2nd Place.
17. Cai, Y.*, Starly, B., and Lee, Y.-S., 2018, "Sensor Fusion for Digitalization of Legacy Machine Tools”, Proceedings of 2018 IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, United States, May 18 – 22.
18. Qin, H.*, Lies, B., Spahr, E., Lin, K., and Cai, Y., 2018, "In-situ Quality Inspection for Micro/nano Scale Additive Manufacturing System based on Electrohydrodynamic Inkjet Printing using Machine Vision”, Proceedings of 2018 IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, United States, May 18 – 22.
19. Cai, Y.*, Moore, J., and Lee, Y.-S., 2018, "Study of Vibrational Motions for Novel Compliant Needle used for Vibration-assisted Needle Insertion in Medical Applications”, Proceedings of the 15th annual International CAD Conference, Paris, France, July 9 – 11, pp. 169-173.
20. Cai, Y., Moore, J., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2016, "Intricate Geometric Design and Manufacturing on Vibration-assisted Needles for Medical Applications”, Proceedings of ASME 2016 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Blacksburg, VA, USA, June 27 - July 1, pp. V002T003A011.
21. Cai, Y., Moore, J., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2016, “Novel Surgical Needle Design and Manufacturing for Vibration-assisted Insertion in Medical Applications”, Proceedings of the 13th annual International CAD Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 27-29, pp.352-356.
22. Cai, Y., Qin, X., and Lee, Y.-S.*, 2013, "Data and Information Fusion for Multi-Stage Design and Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of IIE Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 18 - 22, pp. 2367-2376.
23. Lee, Y.-S.*, Qin, X., Prim, P., and Cai, Y., 2013, "Data and Information Fusion for Bio-Medical Design and Bio-Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of the Institute of Industrial Engineers Asian Conference 2013, Taipei, Taiwan, July 18-20, pp. 1513-1520.
24. Choi, S.*, and Cai, Y., 2010, "A Virtual Dual-level Reconfigurable Additive Manufacturing System for Digital Object Fabrication”, Proceedings of the 21st International SFF Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, pp. 266-277.
1. “Digital Twin-enabled Development and Testing of Novel Soft and Surface Robots”, The 9th Digital Twin and Smart Manufacturing Service Academic Conference, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, June 29, 2025. (In Chinese).
2. “Digital Twin-Driven Melt Pool Morphology and Weld Penetration Prediction in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing”, The 9th National Forum for Young Scientists in Additive Manufacturing, Xi’an, Shanxi, China, April 27, 2024. (In Chinese).
3. “The Construction and Implementation of Digital Twins for Advanced Robotic Manufacturing Systems”, National Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing Theories and Practices, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, December 14, 2024. (In Chinese)
4. “Building Digital Twins for Additive Manufacturing: from Macro to Micro Scale”, The 4th Digital Twin International Conference, Milan, Italy, October 17, 2024.
5. “Digital Twin-driven Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation for Robots”, The 8th Digital Twin and Smart Manufacturing Service Academic Conference, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, July 16, 2024. (In Chinese)
6. “Design and Optimization for Functional Lattice Structures based on DLP Additive Manufacturing”, The 8th National Forum for Young Scientists in Additive Manufacturing, Wuhan, Hubei, China, April 27, 2024. (In Chinese)
7. “In-situ Monitoring and Digital Twin for Inkjet Additive Manufacturing”, 1st Workshop on Design x Manufacturing, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, April 25, 2024.
8. “Development of Digital Twins for Micro-droplet Additive Manufacturing”, The 7th National Forum for Young Scientists in Additive Manufacturing, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, April 22, 2023. (In Chinese)
9. “Improving Capability, Efficiency and Quality for Additive Manufacturing using Collaborating Robots and in-situ Closed-loop Control”, Systems Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), November 12, 2020.
10. “A Low-cost On-board Sensing Device for Road Surface Condition Assessment”, 2019 IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 19, 2019. Invited Presentation for Best Paper Award Competition.
1. “A Hybrid Structure-Based Semantic Segmentation Method for Industrial Measurement of Form and Position Tolerance on Chip Sockets”, 51st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE), Kensington Campus, UNSW Sydney, Australia, December 9-11, 2024. Presented by student Huangyi Qu.
2. “Computer Vision-based Decision-making Framework for Reconfigurable Soft Robot Manipulation”, 51st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE), Kensington Campus, UNSW Sydney, Australia, December 9-11, 2024. Presented by student Huangyi Qu.
3. “Sensor Fusion-based Parameterized Curve-driven Digital Twin for Reconfigurable Soft Robot”, 2024 6th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR), Chicago, IL, USA, June 24-27, 2024. Presented by student Zhongyuan Liao.
4. “Aerosol Jet Printing of Low Hysteresis, Highly Flexible Double-layer Capacitive Strain Sensors for Vibration Monitoring of Human Body”, 33rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Taichung, Taiwan, June 23-26, 2024. Presented by student Wanzhen Wei.
5. “Improved Semantic Segmentation Method for Weld Penetration Prediction of TIG Welding with Dual Ellipsoid Heat Source”, SME North America Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 52, Knoxville, TN, USA, June 17-21, 2024. Presented by student Huangyi Qu.
6. “Physical Modeling for Digital Twin of Continuous Damping Control Damper”, SME North America Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 51, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, June 12 - July 16, 2023. Presented by student Tao Li.
7. “Soft Pneumatic Actuator Optimal Design Based on Isogeometric Analysis”, SME North America Manufacturing Research Conference 51, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, June 12 - July 16, 2023. Presented by student Zhongyuan Liao.
8. “A Bionic Design with Wing Structures to Assist Flexible Microelectrode Implantation”, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, June 12 - July 16, 2023. Presented by student Leihan Zhang.
9. “Enhancing Size Perception with True-Size Viewing CAD plug-in and Cloud-enabled AR APP”, 19th annual International CAD Conference, Beijing, China, July 11-13,2021. Presented by student Junjian Chen.
10. “Reconfigurable Soft Robots based on Modular Design”, 19th annual International CAD Conference, Beijing, China, July 11-13, 2021. Presented by student Zhongyuan Liao.
11. “Using Augmented Reality to Build Digital Twin for Reconfigurable Additive Manufacturing System”, SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 48, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, June 21 – 25, 2020. Canceled due to COVID-19.
12. “Concurrent Deposition of Multiple Independent Nozzles in Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing”, 2020 IISE Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 31 – November 3, 2020. Online due to COVID-19.
13. “Deposition Group-based Toolpath Planning for Additive Manufacturing with Multiple Robotic Actuators”, SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 47, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, June 13, 2019.
14. "Sensor Fusion for Digitalization of Legacy Machine Tools”, 2018 IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 22, 2018.
15. "Thin-Slots Machining of Compliant Needles for Vibration-assisted Medical Insertion”, SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 45, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 7, 2017.
16. "Sensor Data and Information Fusion to Construct Digital-Twins Virtual Machine Tools for Cyber-Physical Manufacturing”, SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 45, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 6, 2017.
17. "Intricate geometric design and manufacturing on vibration-assisted needles for medical applications”, ASME 2016 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, June 29, 2016.
18. "A Toolpath Design Platform for Multi-material Layered Manufacturing”, 2011 International CAD Conference and Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, June 27, 2011.
19. "A Virtual Dual-level Reconfigurable Additive Manufacturing System for Digital Object Fabrication”, 21st International SFF Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, August 10, 2010.