Biography
Yao joined the Oxford Robotics Institute in October 2020 as a MSc student at Jesus College after completing her undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In Feburary 2023, she transfered to the DPhil programme.
Under the supervision of Prof. Perla Maiolino in the Soft Robotics Lab, Yao's research focuses on the design, modelling and optimisation of soft robotics.
Most Recent Publications
On Feedback Error Learning for Adaptive Soft Robot Control
On Feedback Error Learning for Adaptive Soft Robot Control
SPADA: a toolbox of designing soft pneumatic actuators for shape matching based on surrogate modeling
SPADA: a toolbox of designing soft pneumatic actuators for shape matching based on surrogate modeling
A toolbox for designing 3D-printing-ready pneumatic circuits for controlling soft robots
A toolbox for designing 3D-printing-ready pneumatic circuits for controlling soft robots
Design optimization for bellow soft pneumatic actuators in shape-matching
Design optimization for bellow soft pneumatic actuators in shape-matching
SPADA: A Toolbox of Designing Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Shape Matching based on Surrogate Modeling
SPADA: A Toolbox of Designing Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Shape Matching based on Surrogate Modeling
