a) Sensing, Perception & Visual GNC

·        Alexandra Parichenko, Brais Gonzalez Sousa, Suresh Nuthalapati, Cheng Yin, Yang Gao, Leif Riemenschneider, Robert Rosenkranz, Shirong Huang, Shu-Chen Li, Ercan Altinsoy, and Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Digitalization of Olfactory and Tactile Senses in 6G, in 6G Life, Elsevier, 9780443274107, 2025

·        Montanaro, U, Martini, S, Hao, Z, Gao, Y, Sorniotti, A. Multi-input enhanced model reference adaptive control strategies and their application to space robotic manipulators. Int J Robust Nonlinear Control. 2023; 33 (10): 5246- 5272. doi: 10.1002/rnc.6639

·        Thomas Barbier, Yang Gao, Relative visual navigation around an unknown and uncooperative spacecraft, Acta Astronautica, Volume 206, 2023, Pages 144-155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.02.022.

·        M. Visca, R. Powell, Y. Gao and S. Fallah, "Probabilistic Meta-Conv1D Driving Energy Prediction for Mobile Robots in Unstructured Terrains," in IEEE Access, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3209259.

·        Marco Visca, Roger Powell, Yang Gao, Saber Fallah, Deep Meta-Learning Energy-Aware Path Planner for Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Unknown Terrains, IEEE Access, 2022, 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3155161,

·        L. Dai, J. Liu, Z. Ju and Y. Gao, "Attention Mechanism based Real Time Gaze Tracking in Natural Scenes with Residual Blocks," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Vol 2 (2), 696-707, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCDS.2021.3064280.

·        Mavrakis Nikos, Hao Zhou, Gao Yang, On-Orbit Robotic Grasping of a Spent Rocket Stage: Grasp Stability Analysis and Experimental Results, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021, doi:10.3389/frobt.2021.652681.

·        Zhou Hao, Ashith Shyam Babu, Arunkumar Rathinam, Yang Gao, Intelligent spacecraft visual GNC architecture with the state-of-the-art AI components for on-orbit manipulation, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, section Space Robotics, 2021, DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.639327.

·        Ashith Shyam Babu, Zhou Hao, Arunkumar Rathinam, Shilp Dixit, Umberto Montanaro, Yang Gao, Gerhard Neumann, Saber Fallah, Autonomous Robots for Space: Trajectory Learning and Adaptation Using Imitation, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, section Space Robotics, 2021, DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.638849.

·        L. Dai, J. Liu, Z. Ju and Y. Gao, "Iris Centre Localization Using Energy Map with Image Inpaint Technology and Post-Processing Correction," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 16965-16978, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2966722.

·        Robert Skilton, Yang Gao, Combining object detection with generative adversarial networks for in-component anomaly detection, Fusion Engineering and Design, Volume 159, 2020, doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111736.

·        Miranda Bradshaw, Yang Gao, Kevin Homewood, “Interpolation methods for tracking spacecraft in ultra-tight formation”, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 5(2), 028003, 2019, doi: 10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.028003.

·        Pedro F. Proença, Yang Gao, "Probabilistic RGB-D odometry based on points, lines and planes under depth uncertainty”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 10 March 2018, doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2018.02.018.

·        Juntian Si, Yang Gao, Abadi Chanik, Feedback Slew Algorithms for Prolate Spinners Using Single-Thruster, Acta Astronautica, Vol 144, pp. 39-51, March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.11.044.

·        Yang Gao, Steven Chien, Review on space robotics: Toward top-level science through space exploration. Science Robotics, 2, eaan5074 (2017). http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/2/7/eaan5074.full

·        Affan Shaukat, Yang Gao, Jeffrey A. Kuo, Bob A. Bowen and Paul E. Mort, "Visual Classification of Waste Material for Nuclear Decommissioning," Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 75, Part B, Pages 365-378, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2015.09.005.

·        Abadi Chanik, Yang Gao, and Juntian Si, Modular Testbed for Spinning Spacecraft, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 2017 54:1, 90-100

·        Conrad Spiteri, Affan Shaukat and Yang Gao "Structure Augmented Monocular Saliency for Planetary Rovers," Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 88, 1-10, 2017, doi:10.1016/j.robot.2016.11.013.

·        Affan Shaukat, Peter Blacker, Conrad Spiteri, and Yang Gao "Towards Camera-LIDAR Fusion-Based Terrain Modelling for Planetary Surfaces: Review and Analysis," Sensors, 16(11), 2016, doi:10.3390/s16111952.

·        Yang Gao, Conrad Spiteri, Chun-Lai Li and Yong-Chun Zheng, “Lunar Soil Strength Estimation based on Chang’E3 Images”, Advances in Space Research, Volume 58, Issue 9, p. 1893-1899, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.07.017.

·        Abhinav Bajpai, Affan Shaukat, Guy Burroughes, Yang Gao, Planetary Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (PM-SLAM), Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 33, Issue 2, pages 229–242, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/rob.21608.

·        Conrad Spiteri, Yang Gao, Said Al-Milli, and Aridane Sarrionandia de León, Real-time Visual Sinkage Detection for Planetary Rovers, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol 72, pp. 307–317, 2015.

·        Yang Gao, Conrad Spiteri, Minh-Tri Pham, and Said Al-Milli, A Survey on Recent Object Detection Techniques Useful for Monocular Vision-based Planetary Terrain Classification, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 62, Issue 2, pp. 151-167, 2013, 10.1016/j.robot.2013.11.003.

·        Peter Yuen, Yang Gao, Andrew Griffiths, Andrew Coates, Jan-Peter Muller, Alan Smith, Dave Walton, Craig Leff, Barry Hancock and Dongjoe Shin, ExoMars PanCam: Autonomy and Computational Intelligence, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 52-61, Nov. 2013.

·        Robin Raus, Yang Gao, Yunhua Wu, Mark Watt, Analysis of state-of-the-art single-thruster attitude control techniques for spinning penetrator, Acta Astronautica, Volume 76, pp. 60-78, 2012.

·        Yunhua Wu, Yang Gao, Robin Raus, Mark Watt, “A Trade-off Study of Single Thruster Attitude Control Algorithms for Prolate Spinning Spacecraft”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 35, no.4, pp. 1143-1157, 2012.

·        Yang Gao, Renato Samperio, Karin Shala and Ye Cheng, “Modular Design for Planetary Rover Autonomous Navigation Software using ROS”, Acta Futura, Issue 5, pp. 9-16, 2012.

·        Dario L. Sancho-Pradel and Yang Gao, “A Survey on Terrain Assessment Techniques for Autonomous Operation of Planetary Robots”, Journal of British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 63, No. 5/6, pp. 206-217, May/June 2010.

 

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