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Journal Publications
1. Liyu Wang#, Yang Yang#, Yonghua Chen, Carmel Majidi, Fumiya Iida, Erin Askounis, Qibing Pei: Controllable and reversible tuning of material rigidity for robot applications. Materials Today. 2018, 21(5): 563-576. (IF 24.537, JCR Q1)
# Co-first author
2. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen: Innovative design of embedded pressure and position sensors for soft actuators. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 04/2018, 3(2): 656-663. (also accepted for presentation at ICRA2018, top 50 most frequently accessed documents for RA-L in 12/2017, 01/2018, 02/2018 and 03/2018)
3. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen, Yingtian Li, Zheng Wang, Yunquan Li: Novel variable-stiffness robotic fingers with built-in position feedback. Soft Robotics, 12/2017, 4(4): 338-352. (IF 5.057, JCR Q1)
4. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen, Yingtian Li, Michael ZQ Chen, Ying Wei: Bio-inspired robotic fingers based on pneumatic actuator and 3D printing of smart material. Soft Robotics, 06/2017, 4(2): 147-162. (IF 5.057, JCR Q1)
5. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen, Ying Wei, Yingtian Li: Novel Design and Three-Dimensional Printing of Variable Stiffness Robotic Grippers. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Transactions of the ASME, 09/2016; 8(6): 061010. (IF 2.233, JCR Q2)
6. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen, Ying Wei, Yingtian Li: 3D printing of shape memory polymer for functional part fabrication. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 06/2016; 84(9): 2079-2095. (IF 2.601, JCR Q2)
7. Yang Yang, Yingtian Li, Yonghua Chen: Principles and Methods for Stiffness Modulation in Soft Robot Design and Development. Bio-Design and Manufacturing, 03/2018; 1(1): 14-25.
8. Yingtian Li, Yonghua Chen, Yang Yang, Ying Wei: Passive Particle Jamming and Its Stiffening of Soft Robotic Grippers. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 04/2017; 33(2):446-455. (IF 4.264, JCR Q1)
9. Ying Wei, Yonghua Chen, Tao Ren, Qiao Chen, Changxin Yan, Yang Yang, Yingtian Li: A Novel, Variable Stiffness Robotic Gripper Based on Integrated Soft Actuating and Particle Jamming. Soft Robotics, 09/2016; 3(3):134-43. (IF 5.057, JCR Q1)
10. Ying Wei, Yonghua Chen, Yang Yang, Yingtian Li: Novel Design and 3D Printing of Non-Assembly Controllable Pneumatic Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 04/2016; 21(2):649-659. (IF 3.936, JCR Q1)
11. Ying Wei, Yonghua Chen, Yang Yang, Yingtian Li: A soft robotic spine with tunable stiffness based on integrated ball joint and particle jamming. Mechatronics, 02/2016; 33: 84-92. (IF 2.423, JCR Q2)
12. Yingtian Li, Yonghua Chen, Yang Yang, Yunquan Li: Soft Robotic Grippers Based on Particle Transmission. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 06/2019; 24(3): 969-978. (IF 3.936, JCR Q1)
Conference Proceedings
1. Yang Yang, Zicheng Kan, Yazhan Zhang, Yu Alexander Tse, Michael Yu Wang: A Novel Variable Stiffness Actuator Based on Pneumatic Actuation and Supercoiled Polymer Artificial Muscles. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, 05/2019, pp. 3983-3989.
2. Yang Yang, Yu Alexander Tse, Yazhan Zhang, Zicheng Kan, Michael Yu Wang: A low-cost inchworm-inspired soft robot driven by supercoiled polymer artificial muscle. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Seoul, 04/2019, pp. 161-166.
3. Zicheng Kan, Yazhan Zhang, Yang Yang, Yu Alexander Tse, Michael Yu Wang: An Origami-Inspired Monolithic Soft Gripper Based on Geometric Design Method. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Seoul, 04/2019, pp. 470-476.
4. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen: 3D printing of smart materials for robotics with variable stiffness and position feedback. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Munich, 07/2017, pp. 418-423. (Best Student Paper Finalist)
5. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen: Novel design and 3D printing of variable stiffness robotic fingers based on shape memory polymer. 2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Singapore, 06/2016, pp. 195-200.
6. Yang Yang, Yonghua Chen, Yingtian Li, Michael Zhiqiang Chen: 3D printing of variable stiffness hyper-redundant robotic arm. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, 05/2016, pp. 3871-3877.
7. Yili Fu, Yang Yang, Bo Pan, Shuguo Wang: Dynamic modeling and analysis of A 3-DOF parallel haptic device. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Takamatsu, 08/2013, pp. 110-115.
Thesis
1. Yang Yang, Investigation of Smart Soft Robotic Grasping with Variable Stiffness, Ph.D. dissertation, 2017
2. Yang Yang, Design and Experimental Research of Haptic Master Manipulator for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery System, M.E. thesis, 2013
3. Yang Yang, Design of Bucket Type Loading Equipment and Belt Conveyer, B.E. thesis, 2011
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