Faculty Profiles - ZHANG Xiaotian | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Xiaotian ZHANG
張曉天

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Google Scholar

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ORCID

0000-0001-8601-4160

ResearcherID

GYG-3852-2022

Scopus ID

58070405900

Research Interest

Robotics
Computational modeling
Neural engineering

Publications

2024 2

Mind in vitro platforms: versatile, scalable, robust, and open solutions to interfacing with living neurons

Advanced Science, v. 11, (11), article number 2306826
Zhang, Xiaotian; Dou, Zhi; Kim, Seung Hyun; Upadhyay, Gaurav; Havert, Daniel; Kang, Sehong; Kazemi, Kimia; Huang, Kai Yu; Aydin, Onur; Huang, Raymond; Rahman, Saeedur; Ellis-Mohr, Austin; Noblet, Hayden A.; Lim, Ki H.; Chung, Hee Jung; Gritton, Howard J.; Saif, M. Taher A.; Kong, Hyun Joon; Beggs, John M.; Gazzola, Mattia
Article

Neuronal innervation regulates the secretion of neurotrophic myokines and exosomes from skeletal muscle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 121, (19), article number e2313590121
Huang, Kai Yu; Upadhyay, Gaurav; Ahn, Yujin; Sakakura, Masayoshoi; Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Cho, Younghak; Weiss, Amanda C.; Huang, Chen; Mitchell, Jennifer W.; Li, Jiahui; Tan, Yanqi; Deng, Yu Heng; Ellis-Mohr, Austin; Dou, Zhi; Zhang, Xiaotian; Kang, Sehong; Chen, Qian; Sweedler, Jonathan V.; Im, Sung Gap; Bashir, Rashid; Chung, Hee Jung; Popescu, Gabriel; Gillette, Martha U.; Gazzola, Mattia; Kong, Hyunjoon
Article

2023 1

Remote control of muscle-driven miniature robots with battery-free wireless optoelectronics

Science Robotics, v. 8, (74), article number eadd1053
Kim, Yongdeok; Yang, Yiyuan; Zhang, Xiaotian; Li, Zhengwei; Vázquez-Guardado, Abraham; Park, Insu; Wang, Jiaojiao; Efimov, Andrew I.; Dou, Zhi; Wang, Yue; Park, Junehu; Luan, Haiwen; Ni, Xinchen; Kim, Yun Seong; Baek, Janice; Park, Joshua Jaehyung; Xie, Zhaoqian; Zhao, Hangbo; Gazzola, Mattia; Rogers, John A.; Bashir, Rashid
Article

2021 2

Computationally assisted design and selection of maneuverable biological walking machines

Advanced Intelligent Systems, v. 3, (5), article number 2000237
Wang, Jiaojiao; ZHANG, Xiaotian; Park, Junehu; Park, Insu; Kilicarslan, Evin; Kim, Yongdeok; Dou, Zhi; Bashir, Rashid; Gazzola, Mattia
Article

Friction modulation in limbless, three-dimensional gaits and heterogeneous terrains

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), article number 6076
Zhang, Xiaotian; Naughton, Noel; Parthasarathy, Tejaswin; Gazzola, Mattia
Article

2019 3

Modeling and simulation of complex dynamic musculoskeletal architectures

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), article number 4825
Zhang, Xiaotian; Chan, Fan Kiat; Parthasarathy, Tejaswin; Gazzola, Mattia
Article

Neuromuscular actuation of biohybrid motile bots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 116, (40), p. 19841-19847
Aydin, Onur; Zhang, Xiaotian; Nuethong, Sittinon; Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Bashir, Rashid; Gazzola, Mattia; A Saif, M. Taher
Article

A pipe-climbing soft robot

2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019, p. 8450-8456article number 8793815
Singh, Gaurav; Patiballa, Sreekalyan; Zhang, Xiaotian; Krishnan, Girish
Conference paper

2018 3

A nested pneumatic muscle arrangement for amplified stroke and force behavior

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, v. 29, (6), p. 1139-1156
Zhang, Xiaotian; Krishnan, Girish
Article

Simulation and fabrication of stronger, larger, and faster walking biohybrid machines

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (23), article number 1801145
Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Zhang, Xiaotian; Grant, Lauren; Kim, Yongdeok; Aydin, Onur; Cvetkovic, Caroline; Ko, Eunkyung; Solomon, Emilia; Harris, Jennifer; Kong, Hyunjoon; Saif, Taher; Gazzola, Mattia; Bashir, Rashid
Article

Augmented joint stiffness and actuation using architectures of soft pneumatic actuators

2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018, p. 1533-1538article number 8460746
Thompson, Nicholas; Zhang, Xiaotian; Ayala, Fernando; Hsiao-Wecksler, Elizabeth T.; Krishnan, Girish
Conference paper

2016 1

A soft wearable sleeve for joint stiffness modulation

2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016, p. 264-269article number 7576777
Zhang, Xiaotian; Singh, Gaurav; Krishnan, Girish
Conference paper

Article 2

Mind in vitro platforms: versatile, scalable, robust, and open solutions to interfacing with living neurons

Advanced Science, v. 11, (11), article number 2306826
Zhang, Xiaotian; Dou, Zhi; Kim, Seung Hyun; Upadhyay, Gaurav; Havert, Daniel; Kang, Sehong; Kazemi, Kimia; Huang, Kai Yu; Aydin, Onur; Huang, Raymond; Rahman, Saeedur; Ellis-Mohr, Austin; Noblet, Hayden A.; Lim, Ki H.; Chung, Hee Jung; Gritton, Howard J.; Saif, M. Taher A.; Kong, Hyun Joon; Beggs, John M.; Gazzola, Mattia

Neuronal innervation regulates the secretion of neurotrophic myokines and exosomes from skeletal muscle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 121, (19), article number e2313590121
Huang, Kai Yu; Upadhyay, Gaurav; Ahn, Yujin; Sakakura, Masayoshoi; Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Cho, Younghak; Weiss, Amanda C.; Huang, Chen; Mitchell, Jennifer W.; Li, Jiahui; Tan, Yanqi; Deng, Yu Heng; Ellis-Mohr, Austin; Dou, Zhi; Zhang, Xiaotian; Kang, Sehong; Chen, Qian; Sweedler, Jonathan V.; Im, Sung Gap; Bashir, Rashid; Chung, Hee Jung; Popescu, Gabriel; Gillette, Martha U.; Gazzola, Mattia; Kong, Hyunjoon

Article 1

Remote control of muscle-driven miniature robots with battery-free wireless optoelectronics

Science Robotics, v. 8, (74), article number eadd1053
Kim, Yongdeok; Yang, Yiyuan; Zhang, Xiaotian; Li, Zhengwei; Vázquez-Guardado, Abraham; Park, Insu; Wang, Jiaojiao; Efimov, Andrew I.; Dou, Zhi; Wang, Yue; Park, Junehu; Luan, Haiwen; Ni, Xinchen; Kim, Yun Seong; Baek, Janice; Park, Joshua Jaehyung; Xie, Zhaoqian; Zhao, Hangbo; Gazzola, Mattia; Rogers, John A.; Bashir, Rashid

Article 2

Computationally assisted design and selection of maneuverable biological walking machines

Advanced Intelligent Systems, v. 3, (5), article number 2000237
Wang, Jiaojiao; ZHANG, Xiaotian; Park, Junehu; Park, Insu; Kilicarslan, Evin; Kim, Yongdeok; Dou, Zhi; Bashir, Rashid; Gazzola, Mattia

Friction modulation in limbless, three-dimensional gaits and heterogeneous terrains

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), article number 6076
Zhang, Xiaotian; Naughton, Noel; Parthasarathy, Tejaswin; Gazzola, Mattia

Article 2

Modeling and simulation of complex dynamic musculoskeletal architectures

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), article number 4825
Zhang, Xiaotian; Chan, Fan Kiat; Parthasarathy, Tejaswin; Gazzola, Mattia

Neuromuscular actuation of biohybrid motile bots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 116, (40), p. 19841-19847
Aydin, Onur; Zhang, Xiaotian; Nuethong, Sittinon; Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Bashir, Rashid; Gazzola, Mattia; A Saif, M. Taher

Conference paper 1

A pipe-climbing soft robot

2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019, p. 8450-8456article number 8793815
Singh, Gaurav; Patiballa, Sreekalyan; Zhang, Xiaotian; Krishnan, Girish

Article 2

A nested pneumatic muscle arrangement for amplified stroke and force behavior

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, v. 29, (6), p. 1139-1156
Zhang, Xiaotian; Krishnan, Girish

Simulation and fabrication of stronger, larger, and faster walking biohybrid machines

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (23), article number 1801145
Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Zhang, Xiaotian; Grant, Lauren; Kim, Yongdeok; Aydin, Onur; Cvetkovic, Caroline; Ko, Eunkyung; Solomon, Emilia; Harris, Jennifer; Kong, Hyunjoon; Saif, Taher; Gazzola, Mattia; Bashir, Rashid

Conference paper 1

Augmented joint stiffness and actuation using architectures of soft pneumatic actuators

2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018, p. 1533-1538article number 8460746
Thompson, Nicholas; Zhang, Xiaotian; Ayala, Fernando; Hsiao-Wecksler, Elizabeth T.; Krishnan, Girish

Conference paper 1

A soft wearable sleeve for joint stiffness modulation

2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016, p. 264-269article number 7576777
Zhang, Xiaotian; Singh, Gaurav; Krishnan, Girish

2019 3

Modeling and simulation of complex dynamic musculoskeletal architectures

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), article number 4825
Zhang, Xiaotian; Chan, Fan Kiat; Parthasarathy, Tejaswin; Gazzola, Mattia
Article

Neuromuscular actuation of biohybrid motile bots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 116, (40), p. 19841-19847
Aydin, Onur; Zhang, Xiaotian; Nuethong, Sittinon; Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Bashir, Rashid; Gazzola, Mattia; A Saif, M. Taher
Article

A pipe-climbing soft robot

2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019, p. 8450-8456article number 8793815
Singh, Gaurav; Patiballa, Sreekalyan; Zhang, Xiaotian; Krishnan, Girish
Conference paper

2018 3

A nested pneumatic muscle arrangement for amplified stroke and force behavior

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, v. 29, (6), p. 1139-1156
Zhang, Xiaotian; Krishnan, Girish
Article

Simulation and fabrication of stronger, larger, and faster walking biohybrid machines

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (23), article number 1801145
Pagan-Diaz, Gelson J.; Zhang, Xiaotian; Grant, Lauren; Kim, Yongdeok; Aydin, Onur; Cvetkovic, Caroline; Ko, Eunkyung; Solomon, Emilia; Harris, Jennifer; Kong, Hyunjoon; Saif, Taher; Gazzola, Mattia; Bashir, Rashid
Article

Augmented joint stiffness and actuation using architectures of soft pneumatic actuators

2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018, p. 1533-1538article number 8460746
Thompson, Nicholas; Zhang, Xiaotian; Ayala, Fernando; Hsiao-Wecksler, Elizabeth T.; Krishnan, Girish
Conference paper

2016 1

A soft wearable sleeve for joint stiffness modulation

2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016, p. 264-269article number 7576777
Zhang, Xiaotian; Singh, Gaurav; Krishnan, Girish
Conference paper

Research Interest

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2023 1

2021 2

2019 3

2018 3

2016 1

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2019 3

2018 3

2016 1

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 27 January 2026)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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