Xiaohui Xiao
Papers
51
Total Citations
640
H-Index
16
About
Xiaohui Xiao is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans rehabilitation robotics, compliant actuator design, human-robot interaction, and multi-robot systems. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to upper limb rehabilitation technology, most notably the CURER exoskeleton — a lightweight, cable-driven compliant device designed to restore functionality for stroke patients — which has garnered 60 citations since its 2022 publication. His foundational work on cable-driven rotary series elastic actuators and serial variable stiffness actuators (SVSA) has helped advance safer, more adaptive physical human-robot interaction, reflecting a sustained commitment to compliant mechanism design throughout the 2010s and beyond. Xiao's research portfolio is notably broad. His early work on transmission line inspection and deicing robots, developed at Wuhan University from 2001, demonstrated real-world infrastructure applications of mobile robotics. More recently, he has explored robot learning from human demonstration, bilateral teleoperation motion mapping, bipedal locomotion on uneven terrain, and heterogeneous multi-robot cooperation using reinforcement learning. With over 320 cumulative citations across his top works, Xiao's research consistently bridges theoretical modeling and practical deployment, making his contributions highly relevant to students and engineers working at the intersection of assistive technology, autonomous systems, and intelligent robotic control.
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Top Papers
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- 2Learning Force‐Relevant Skills from Human Demonstration45 citations · 2019
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- 5Adaptive Neural Network Control of Serial Variable Stiffness Actuators28 citations · 2017
- 6Motion Mappings for Continuous Bilateral Teleoperation28 citations · 2021
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