Faculty Profiles - GAO Yang | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2024 1

Deep Learning based Semantic Segmentation for Mars Rover Terrain Classification

2024 International Conference on Space Robotics, iSpaRo 2024, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024, p. 292-298
Mohammad, Fakher; Gao, Yang; Kay, Steven; Field, Robert; De Benedetti, Matteo; Ntagiou, Evridiki Vasileia
Conference paper

2023 4

Detecting and characterizing the abundance and form of water-ice in permanently-shadowed regions of the moon using a three-band lidar system

Icarus, v. 400, article number 115540
Parkinson, A. E.; Cloutis, E. A.; Applin, D. M.; Turenne, N. N.; Dagdick, B. R.; Mann, J. P.; Stromberg, J. M.; Gao, Y.; Kruzelecky, R. V.; Mertzman, S. A.
Article

MARCEL: Mobile active rover chassis for enhanced locomotion

Journal of Field Robotics, v. 40, (6), p. 1504-1524
Bouton, Arthur; Gao, Yang
Article

Multi-input enhanced model reference adaptive control strategies and their application to space robotic manipulators

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, v. 33, (10), p. 5246-5272
Montanaro, Umberto; Martini, Simone; Hao, Zhou; Gao, Yang; Sorniotti, Aldo
Article

Relative visual navigation around an unknown and uncooperative spacecraft

Acta Astronautica, v. 206, p. 144-155
Barbier, Thomas; Gao, Yang
Article

2022 8

Attention-Mechanism-Based Real-Time Gaze Tracking in Natural Scenes With Residual Blocks

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, v. 14, (2), p. 696-707
Dai, Lihong; Liu, Jinguo; Ju, Zhaojie; Gao, Yang
Article

Deep Meta-Learning Energy-Aware Path Planner for Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Unknown Terrains

IEEE Access, v. 10, p. 30055-30068
Visca, Marco; Powell, Roger; Gao, Yang; Fallah, Saber
Article

Development of a multi-sample acquisition technique for efficient planetary subsurface exploration

Acta Astronautica, v. 198, p. 309-319
Pitcher, Craig; Pang, Xavier; Alkalla, Mohamed; Gao, Yang
Article

Probabilistic Meta-Conv1D Driving Energy Prediction for Mobile Robots in Unstructured Terrains

IEEE Access, v. 10, p. 107913-107928
Visca, Marco; Powell, Roger; Gao, Yang; Fallah, Saber
Article

Crawling Locomotion Enabled by a Novel Actuated Rover Chassis

2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022, p. 8164-8170
Bouton, Arthur; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Journal-First: Formal Modelling and Runtime Verification of Autonomous Grasping for Active Debris Removal

Integrated Formal Methods - 17th International Conference, IFM 2022, Proceedings / edited by ter Beek Maurice H.; Monahan Rosemary. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022, p. 39-44
Farrell, Marie; Mavrakis, Nikos; Ferrando, Angelo; Dixon, Clare; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Lunar Volatiles and Mineralogy Mapper (LVMM) Payload for the Lunar Volatile and Mineralogy Mapping Orbiter (VMMO)

CubeSats and SmallSats for Remote Sensing VI / edited by Babu Sachidananda R.; Norton Charles D.. SPIE, 2022, article number 122360A
Kruzelecky, Roman; Murzionak, Piotr; Peng, Qi Yang; Sinclair, Ian; Corriveau, Michel; Cloutis, Edward; Parkinson, Alexis; Dagdick, Brynn; St-Amour, Amélie; Gao, Yang; Bridges, Chris; Baresi, Nicola; Fabris, Andrea Lucca; Rowe, Samantha; Silva, Nuno; Rosa, Paulo; Gameiro, Mauro; Walker, Roger; Vennekens, Johan
Conference paper

Meta-Conv1D Energy-Aware Path Planner for Mobile Robots in Unstructured Terrains

2022 7th International Conference on Robotics and Automation Engineering, ICRAE 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022, p. 150-157
Visca, Marco; Powell, Roger; Gao, Yang; Fallah, Saber
Conference paper

2021 12

Autonomous Robots for Space: Trajectory Learning and Adaptation Using Imitation

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, v. 8, article number 638849
Ashith Shyam, R. B.; Hao, Zhou; Montanaro, Umberto; Dixit, Shilp; Rathinam, Arunkumar; Gao, Yang; Neumann, Gerhard; Fallah, Saber
Article

DROD: A hybrid biomimetic undulatory and reciprocatory drill: Quantitative analysis and numerical study

Acta Astronautica, v. 182, p. 131-143
Alkalla, Mohamed; Pang, Xavier; Pitcher, Craig; Gao, Yang
Article

Intelligent Spacecraft Visual GNC Architecture With the State-Of-the-Art AI Components for On-Orbit Manipulation

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, v. 8, article number 639327
Hao, Zhou; Shyam, R. B.Ashith; Rathinam, Arunkumar; Gao, Yang
Article

On-Orbit Robotic Grasping of a Spent Rocket Stage: Grasp Stability Analysis and Experimental Results

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, v. 8, article number 652681
Mavrakis, Nikos; Hao, Zhou; Gao, Yang
Article

Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Technologies, advances and applications

Gao, Yang
Book

Autonomous robotic grasping in orbital environment

Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems / Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2021, p. 203-234
Mavrakis, Nikos; Gao, Yang
Book chapter

Autonomous visual navigation for spacecraft onorbit operations

Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems / Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2021, p. 125-157
Rathinam, Arunkumar; Hao, Zhou; Gao, Yang
Book chapter

Biologically-inspired mechanisms for space applications

Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems / Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2021, p. 77-122
Pitcher, Craig; Alkalla, Mohamed; Pang, Xavier; Gao, Yang
Book chapter

Conv1D Energy-Aware Path Planner for Mobile Robots in Unstructured Environments

2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021, p. 2279-2285
Visca, Marco; Bouton, Arthur; Powell, Roger; Gao, Yang; Fallah, Saber
Conference paper

Deep Learning Traversability Estimator for Mobile Robots in Unstructured Environments

Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 22nd Annual Conference, TAROS 2021, Proceedings / edited by Fox Charles; Gao Junfeng; Ghalamzan Esfahani Amir; Saaj Mini; Hanheide Marc; Parsons Simon. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021, p. 203-213
Visca, Marco; Kuutti, Sampo; Powell, Roger; Gao, Yang; Fallah, Saber
Conference paper

Equipment Detection Based Inspection Robot for Industrial Plants

Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 22nd Annual Conference, TAROS 2021, Proceedings / edited by Fox Charles; Gao Junfeng; Ghalamzan Esfahani Amir; Saaj Mini; Hanheide Marc; Parsons Simon. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021, p. 419-429
Heshmat, Mohamed; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

NDT-Transformer: Large-Scale 3D Point Cloud Localisation using the Normal Distribution Transform Representation

2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021, p. 5654-5660
Zhou, Zhicheng; Zhao, Cheng; Adolfsson, Daniel; Su, Songzhi; Gao, Yang; Duckett, Tom; Sun, Li
Conference paper

2020 7

Combining object detection with generative adversarial networks for in-component anomaly detection

Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 159, article number 111736
Skilton, Robert; Gao, Yang
Article

Development of the third generation of the dual-reciprocating drill

Biomimetics, v. 5, (3), article number 38
Pitcher, Craig; Alkalla, Mohamed; Pang, Xavier; Gao, Yang
Article

Erratum: Iris center localization using energy map with image inpaint technology and post-processing correction (IEEE Access (2020) 8 (16965-16978) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2966722)

IEEE Access, v. 8, p. 76595, article number 9086933
Dai, Lihong; Liu, Jinguo; Ju, Zhaojie; Gao, Yang
Article

Iris center localization using energy map synthesis based on gradient and isophote

Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, v. 38, (4), p. 4511-4523
Dai, Lihong; Liu, Jinguo; Ju, Zhaojie; Gao, Yang
Article

Iris center localization using energy map with image inpaint technology and post-processing correction

IEEE Access, v. 8, p. 16965-16978, article number 8960383
Dai, Lihong; Liu, Jinguo; Ju, Zhaojie; Gao, Yang
Article

An inter-disciplinary modelling approach in industrial 5G/6G and machine learning era

2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2020 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020, article number 9145434
Mohamed, Abdelrahim; Ruan, Hang; Abdelwahab, Mohamed Heshmat Hassan; Dorneanu, Bogdan; Xiao, Pei; Arellano-Garcia, Harvey; Gao, Yang; Tafazolli, Rahim
Conference paper

Deep Learning for Spacecraft Pose Estimation from Photorealistic Rendering

2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020, p. 6007-6013article number 9197244
Proenca, Pedro F.; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2019 7

Interpolation methods for tracking spacecraft in ultratight formation

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, v. 5, (2), article number 028003
Bradshaw, Miranda J.; Gao, Yang; Homewood, Kevin
Article

A framework for intelligent monitoring and control of chemical processes with multi-agent systems

Industry 4.0 - Shaping The Future of The Digital World - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing, S2M 2019 / edited by da Silva Bartolo Paulo Jorge; da Silva Fernando Moreira; Jaradat Shaden; Bartolo Helena. CRC Press/Balkema, 2019, p. 18-23
Dorneanu, B.; Arellano-Garcia, H.; Heshmat, M.; Gao, Y.
Conference paper

Customizable and optimized drill bits bio-inspired from wood-wasp ovipositor morphology for extraterrestrial surfaces

Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019, p. 430-435article number 8868816
Alkalla, Mohamed G.; Gao, Yang; Bouton, Arthur
Conference paper

Ground-based high-DoF AI and robotics demonstrator for in-orbit space optical telescope assembly

Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, v. 2019-October, article number IAC-19_C2_3_11_x52326
Hao, Zhou; Mavrakis, Nikos; Proenca, Pedro; Darnley, Richard Gillham; Fallah, Saber; Sweeting, Martin; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Lunar “Volatile and Mineralogy Mapping orbiter (VMMO)” mission

Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, v. 2019-October, article number IAC-19_A3_2B_6_x50377
Gao, Yang; Kruzelecky, Roman V.; Murzionak, Piotr; Lavoie, Jonathan; Sinclair, Ian; Schinn, Gregory; Underwood, Craig; Bridges, Chris; Armellin, Roberto; Fabris, Andrea Lucca; Cloutis, Edward; Leijtens, Johan; Walker, Roger; Vennekens, Johan
Conference paper

Towards fault detection and self-healing of chemical processes over wireless sensor networks

Industry 4.0 - Shaping The Future of The Digital World - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing, S2M 2019 / edited by da Silva Bartolo Paulo Jorge; da Silva Fernando Moreira; Jaradat Shaden; Bartolo Helena. CRC Press/Balkema, 2019, p. 9-14
Dorneanu, B.; Arellano-Garcia, H.; Ruan, H.; Mohamed, A.; Xiao, P.; Heshmat, M.; Gao, Y.
Conference paper

Visual detection of generic defects in industrial components using generative adversarial networks

Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019, p. 489-494article number 8868682
Skilton, Robert; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2018 7

Autonomous Nuclear Waste Management

IEEE Intelligent Systems, v. 33, (6), p. 47-55, article number 8255794
Aitken, Jonathan M.; Veres, Sandor M.; Shaukat, Affan; Gao, Yang; Cucco, Elisa; Dennis, Louise A.; Fisher, Michael; Kuo, Jeffrey A.; Robinson, Thomas; Mort, Paul E.
Article

Feedback slew algorithms for prolate spinners using Single–Thruster

Acta Astronautica, v. 144, p. 39-51
Si, Juntian; Gao, Yang; Chanik, Abadi
Article

Probabilistic RGB-D odometry based on points, lines and planes under depth uncertainty

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, v. 104, p. 25-39
Proença, Pedro F.; Gao, Yang
Article

Robotics and AI-enabled on-orbit operations with future generation of small satellites

Proceedings of the IEEE, v. 106, (3), p. 429-439
Nanjangud, Angadh; Blacker, Peter C.; Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi; Gao, Yang
Article

Physical properties of icy materials

Outer Solar System / Springer International Publishing, 2018, p. 15-29
Pitcher, Craig; Gao, Yang
Book chapter

Fast Cylinder and Plane Extraction from Depth Cameras for Visual Odometry

2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018, p. 6813-6820article number 8593516
Proenca, Pedro F.; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Performance modelling of the fine lateral and longitudinal sensor (FLLS) for ESA's PROBA-3 mission

Optical Modeling and Performance Predictions X / edited by Merrill Catherine D.; Levine-West Marie B.; Kahan Mark A.. SPIE, 2018, article number 107430H
Bradshaw, M. J.; Gao, Y.; Homewood, K.
Conference paper

2017 10

An experimental study of ultrasonic vibration and the penetration of granular material

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 473, (2198), article number 20160673
Firstbrook, David; Worrall, Kevin; Timoney, Ryan; Suñol, Francesc; Gao, Yang; Harkness, Patrick
Article

First implementation of burrowing motions in dual-reciprocating drilling using an integrated actuation mechanism

Advances in Space Research, v. 59, (5), p. 1368-1380
Pitcher, Craig; Gao, Yang
Article

Modular testbed for spinning spacecraft

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, v. 54, (1), p. 90-100
Chanik, Abadi; Gao, Yang; Si, Juntian
Article

Review on space robotics: Toward top-level science through space exploration

Science Robotics, v. 2, (7), article number eaan5074
Gao, Yang; Chien, Steve
Article

Structure augmented monocular saliency for planetary rovers

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, v. 88, p. 1-10
Spiteri, Conrad; Shaukat, Affan; Gao, Yang
Article

Study of the formation of duricrusts on the martian surface and their effect on sampling equipment

Icarus, v. 281, p. 220-227
Kömle, Norbert; Pitcher, Craig; Gao, Yang; Richter, Lutz
Article

Fine lateral and longitudinal sensor (FLLS) on-board ESA’S PROBA-3 mission

68th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2017, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2017, p. 4248-4254
Bradshaw, M. J.; Gao, Y.; Homewood, K. P.; Gagnon, L.; Gagnon, S.
Conference paper

LEIA: The landing LIDAR for ESA-roscosmos' lunaresurs mission

68th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2017, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2017, p. 2549-2555
Bradshaw, M. J.; Gao, Y.; Homewood, K. P.
Conference paper

Probabilistic combination of noisy points and planes for RGB-D Odometry

Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 18th Annual Conference, TAROS 2017, Proceedings / edited by Gao Yang; Fallah Saber; Jin Yaochu; Lekakou Constantina. Springer Verlag, 2017, p. 340-350
Proença, Pedro F.; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

SPLODE: Semi-probabilistic point and line odometry with depth estimation from RGB-D camera motion

IROS 2017 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017, p. 1594-1601article number 8205967
Proenca, Pedro F.; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2016 16

Investigation of the properties of icy lunar polar regolith simulants

Advances in Space Research, v. 57, (5), p. 1197-1208
Pitcher, Craig; Kömle, Norbert; Leibniz, Otto; Morales-Calderon, Odalys; Gao, Yang; Richter, Lutz
Article

Lunar soil strength estimation based on Chang'E-3 images

Advances in Space Research, v. 58, (9), p. 1893-1899
Gao, Yang; Spiteri, Conrad; Li, Chun Lai; Zheng, Yong Chun
Article

Ontology-based self-reconfiguring guidance, navigation, and control for planetary rovers

Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, v. 13, (8), p. 316-328
Burroughes, Guy; Gao, Yang
Article

Planetary Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Journal of Field Robotics, v. 33, (2), p. 229-242
Bajpai, Abhinav; Burroughes, Guy; Shaukat, Affan; Gao, Yang
Article

Self-reconfiguring robotic framework using fuzzy and ontological decision making

Studies in Computational Intelligence, v. 650, p. 133-152
Shaukat, Affan; Burroughes, Guy; Gao, Yang
Article

Slew control of prolate spinners using single magnetorquer

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, v. 39, (3), p. 715-723
Si, Juntian; Gao, Yang; Chanik, Abadi
Article

Towards camera-LIDAR fusion-based terrain modelling for planetary surfaces: Review and analysis

Sensors (Switzerland), v. 16, (11), article number 1952
Shaukat, Affan; Blacker, Peter C.; Spiteri, Conrad; Gao, Yang
Article

Visual classification of waste material for nuclear decommissioning

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, v. 75, p. 365-378
Shaukat, Affan; Gao, Yang; Kuo, Jeffrey A.; Bowen, Bob A.; Mort, Paul E.
Article

Contemporary planetary robotics: An approach toward autonomous systems

Gao, Yang
Book

Mission operations and autonomy

Contemporary Planetary Robotics / wiley, 2016, p. 321-401
Gao, Yang; Burroughes, Guy; Ocón, Jorge; Fratini, Simone; Policella, Nicola; Donati, Alessandro
Book chapter

Planetary robotic system design

Contemporary Planetary Robotics / wiley, 2016, p. 11-103
Allouis, Elie; Gao, Yang
Book chapter

Surface navigation

Contemporary Planetary Robotics / wiley, 2016, p. 181-254
Iles, Peter; Winter, Matthias; Silva, Nuno; Bajpai, Abhinav; Gao, Yang; Muller, Jan Peter; Kirchner, Frank
Book chapter

Vision and image processing

Contemporary Planetary Robotics / wiley, 2016, p. 105-179
Paar, Gerhard; Deen, Robert G.; Muller, Jan Peter; Silva, Nuno; Iles, Peter; Shaukat, Affan; Gao, Yang
Book chapter

Agent-based autonomous systems and abstraction engines: Theory meets practice

Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 17th Annual Conference, TAROS 2016, Proceedings / edited by Alboul Lyuba; Damian Dana; Aitken Jonathan M.. Springer Verlag, 2016, p. 75-86
Dennis, Louise A.; Aitken, Jonathan M.; Collenette, Joe; Cucco, Elisa; Kamali, Maryam; McAree, Owen; Shaukat, Affan; Atkinson, Katie; Gao, Yang; Veres, Sandor M.; Fisher, Michael
Conference paper

Building large telescopes in orbit using small satellites

Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Saunders, Chris; Lobb, Dan; Sweeting, Martin; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Multi-owner satellite operations: Concept, operations scheduling and recommendations

Proceedings of 2016 Conference of Basic Sciences and Engineering Studies, SGCAC 2016 / edited by Badawi Khalid; Babiker Sharief F.. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016, p. 201-205article number 7458030
Imam, Rayan; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2015 7

Analysis of drill head designs for dual-reciprocating drilling technique in planetary regoliths

Advances in Space Research, v. 56, (8), p. 1765-1776
Pitcher, Craig; Gao, Yang
Article

Comments on "sidewinding with minimal slip: snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes"

Jiqiren/Robot, v. 37, (2), p. 254-256
Liu, Jinguo; Gao, Yang; Wang, Yuechao; Ma, Shugen; Luo, Yifan
Article

Peircing the extraterrestrial surface: Integrated robotic drill for planetary exploration

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, v. 22, (1), p. 45-53
Gao, Yang; Frame, Thomas E.D.; Pitcher, Craig
Article

Real-time visual sinkage detection for planetary rovers

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, v. 72, p. 307-317
Spiteri, Conrad; Al-Milli, Said; Gao, Yang; Sarrionandia De León, Aridane
Article

Absolute attitude determination system for a spherical air bearing testbed

66th International Astronautical Congress 2015, IAC 2015, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2015, p. 5680-5691
Bamber, David C.; Forshaw, Jason L.; Frame, Thomas E.; Aglietti, Guglielmo; Geshnizjani, Ramin; Goerries, Simon; Komienko, Andrei; Levenhagen, Jens; Gao, Yang; Chanik, Abadi
Conference paper

Power optimization for an ultrasonic penetrator in granular materials

AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA, 2015,
Firstbrook, David G.; Harkness, Patrick; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Self-reconfigurable robotics architecture utilising fuzzy and deliberative reasoning

IntelliSys 2015 - Proceedings of 2015 SAI Intelligent Systems Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015, p. 258-266article number 7361152
Shaukat, Affan; Burroughes, Guy; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2014 8

A survey on recent object detection techniques useful for monocular vision-based planetary terrain classification

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, v. 62, (2), p. 151-167
Gao, Yang; Spiteri, Conrad; Pham, Minh Tri; Al-Milli, Said
Article

China's robotics successes abound

Science, v. 345, (6196), p. 523
Gao, Yang; Liu, Jinguo
Article

Low-cost, high-performance monocular vision system for air bearing table attitude determination

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, v. 51, (1), p. 66-75
Wu, Yun Hua; Gao, Yang; Lin, Jia Wei; Raus, Robin; Zhang, Shi Jie; Watt, Mark
Article

Reconfigurable Autonomy

KI - Kunstliche Intelligenz, v. 28, (3), p. 199-207
Dennis, Louise A.; Fisher, Michael; Aitken, Jonathan M.; Veres, Sandor M.; Gao, Yang; Shaukat, Affan; Burroughes, Guy
Article

Smartphone-controlled robot snake for urban search and rescue

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), v. 8917, p. 352-363
Luo, Yifan; Liu, Jinguo; Gao, Yang; Lu, Zhenli
Article

High-powered ultrasonic penetrators in granular material

AIAA SPACE 2014 Conference and Exposition, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., 2014,
Firstbrook, David G.; Harkness, Patrick; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

On electron-trap transformation and its unexpected frequency dependence under dynamic positive-bias temperature stressing

2014 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium, IRPS 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014, p. XT.10.1-XT.10.6article number 6861187
Tung, Z. Y.; Ang, D. S.; Gao, Y.
Conference paper

Using a constellation of small satellites to characterize the RF quiescence of the lunar farside

65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, IAC 2014, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2014, p. 4071-4083
Sorensen, Trevor C.; Bergman, Jan E.S.; Saunders, Chris; Gao, Yang; Lappas, Vaios; Liddle, Douglas; Mouginis-Mark, Peter; Nunes, Miguel A.; Palmer, Phillip; Underwood, Craig; Bridges, Chris
Conference paper

2013 5

Computational intelligence for space systems and operations

IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, v. 8, (4), p. 10-63, article number 2279557
Gao, Yang; Policella, Nicola; Kirchner, Frank
Article

ExoMars rover pancam: Autonomous & computational intelligence [application notes]

IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, v. 8, (4), p. 52-61, article number 6633045
Yuen, Peter; Gao, Yang; Griffiths, Andrew; Coates, Andrew; Muller, Jan Peter; Smith, Alan; Walton, Dave; Leff, Craig; Hancock, Barry; Shin, Dongjoe
Article

End to end monocular slam system for planetary rovers

64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, IAC 2013, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2013, p. 10023-10028
Bajpai, Abhinav; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Precise spin Sync slew control based on nonlinear optimization for Spinning Spacecraft

64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, IAC 2013, International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2013, p. 5024-5035
Wu, Yun Hua; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Real-time vision based dynamic sinkage detection for exploration rovers

IROS 2013, 2013, p. 4675-4680article number 6697029
Al-Milli, Said; Spiteri, Conrad; Comin, Francisco; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2012 8

Analysis of state-of-the-art single-thruster attitude control techniques for spinning penetrator

Acta Astronautica, v. 76, p. 60-78
Raus, Robin; Gao, Yang; Wu, Yunhua; Watt, Mark
Article

Lunar Net-a proposal in response to an ESA M3 call in 2010 for a medium sized mission

Experimental Astronomy, v. 33, (2-3), p. 587-644
Smith, Alan; Crawford, I. A.; Gowen, Robert Anthony; Ambrosi, R.; Anand, M.; Banerdt, B.; Bannister, N.; Bowles, N.; Braithwaite, C.; Brown, P.; Chela-Flores, J.; Cholinser, T.; Church, P.; Coates, A. J.; Colaprete, T.; Collins, G.; Collinson, G.; Cook, T.; Elphic, R.; Fraser, G.; Gao, Y.; Gibson, E.; Glotch, T.; Grande, M.; Griffiths, A.; Grygorczuk, J.; Gudipati, M.; Hagermann, A.; Heldmann, J.; Hood, L. L.; Jones, A. P.; Joy, K. H.; Khavroshkin, O. B.; Klingelhoefer, G.; Knapmeyer, M.; Kramer, G.; Lawrence, D.; Marczewski, W.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Miljkovic, K.; Narendranath, S.; Palomba, E.; Phipps, A.; Pike, W. T.; Pullan, D.; Rask, J.; Richard, D. T.; Seweryn, K.; Sheridan, S.; Sims, M.; Sweeting, M.; Swindle, T.; Talboys, D.; Taylor, L.; Teanby, N.; Tong, V.; Ulamec, S.; Wawrzaszek, R.; Wieczorek, M.; Wilson, L.; Wright, I.
Article

Tradeoff analysis of attitude-control slew algorithms for prolate spinner

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, v. 35, (4), p. 1143-1157
Wu, Yun Hua; Gao, Yang; Raus, Robin; Watt, Mark
Article

Evolution of a new planetary drill design using bioinspired dual reciprocating drilling technique

63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012, IAC 2012, 2012, p. 1691-1698
Frame, Thomas E.D.; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Metrics for planetary rover planning & scheduling algorithms

Proceedings of the Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems, PerMIS 2012, 2012, p. 47-52
Delfa Victoria, J. M.; Von Stryk, O.; Policella, N.; Donati, A.; Gallant, M.; Gao, Y.
Conference paper

RoBen: Introducing a benchmarking Tool for planetary rover planning & scheduling algorithms

Paper presented at 12th International Conference on Space Operations, SpaceOps 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Delfa, J. M.; Policella, N.; Gallant, M.; Donati, A.; Bertrand, R.; von Stryk, O.; Gao, Y.
Conference paper

Robustness analyses of attitude slew manoeuvres for spinning penetrator spacecraft

63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012, IAC 2012, 2012, p. 5974-5990
Raus, Robin; Gao, Yang; Wu, Yunhua; Watt, Mark
Conference paper

Single thruster attitude control software simulator for spinning spacecraft

2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2012, article number 6187256
Wu, Yunhua; Gao, Yang; Raus, Robin; Watt, Mark
Conference paper

2011 3

First experimental investigation of dual-reciprocating drilling in planetary regoliths: Proposition of penetration mechanics

Planetary and Space Science, v. 59, (13), p. 1529-1541
Gouache, Thibault P.; Gao, Yang; Coste, Pierre; Gourinat, Yves
Article

Penetrators for in situ subsurface investigations of Europa

Advances in Space Research, v. 48, (4), p. 725-742
Gowen, R. A.; Smith, A.; Fortes, A. D.; Barber, S.; Brown, P.; Church, P.; Collinson, G.; Coates, A. J.; Collins, G.; Crawford, I. A.; Dehant, V.; Chela-Flores, J.; Griffiths, A. D.; Grindrod, P. M.; Gurvits, L. I.; Hagermann, A.; Hussmann, H.; Jaumann, R.; Jones, A. P.; Joy, K. H.; Karatekin, O.; Miljkovic, K.; Palomba, E.; Pike, W. T.; Prieto-Ballesteros, O.; Raulin, F.; Sephton, M. A.; Sheridan, S.; Sims, M.; Storrie-Lombardi, M. C.; Ambrosi, R.; Fielding, J.; Fraser, G.; Gao, Y.; Jones, G. H.; Kargl, G.; Karl, W. J.; MacAgnano, A.; Mukherjee, A.; Muller, J. P.; Phipps, A.; Pullan, D.; Richter, L.; Sohl, F.; Snape, J.; Sykes, J.; Wells, N.
Article

Identification of the forces between regolith and a reciprocating drill-head: Perspectives for the exploration of Martian regolith

62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011, IAC 2011, 2011, p. 1280-1288
Gouache, Thibault; Gao, Yang; Frame, Tom; Coste, Pierre; Gourinat, Yves
Conference paper

2010 5

A survey on terrain assessment techniques for autonomous operation of planetary robots

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, v. 63, (5-6), p. 206-217
Sancho-Pradel, Dario L.; Gao, Yang
Article

Regolith simulant preparation methods for hardware testing

Planetary and Space Science, v. 58, (14-15), p. 1977-1984
Gouache, Thibault P.; Brunskill, Christopher; Scott, Gregory P.; Gao, Yang; Coste, Pierre; Gourinat, Yves
Article

Application of penetrators within the solar system

Advances in Geosciences / World Scientific Publishing Co., 2010, p. 307-320
Smith, Alan; Gowen, Robert A.; Rees, Kerrin; Theobald, Craig; Brown, Patrick; Pike, William T.; Hopf, Toby; Kumar, Sunil; Church, Philip; Gao, Yang; Jones, Adrian; Joy, Katherine H.; Crawford, Ian A.; Sheridan, Simon; Hagermann, Axel; Barber, Simeon J.; Ball, Andrew J.; Wells, Nigel
Book chapter

Fast polygonal integration and its application in extending haar-like features to improve object detection

2010 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2010, 2010, p. 942-949article number 5540117
Pham, Minh Tri; Gao, Yang; Hoang, Viet Dung D.; Cham, Tat Jen
Conference paper

Review and analysis of single-thruster attitude control techniques for spinning spacecraft

61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010, 2010, p. 3358-3369
Raus, Robin; Gao, Y.; Watt, M.
Conference paper

2009 4

LunarEX-a proposal to cosmic vision

Experimental Astronomy, v. 23, (3), p. 711-740
Smith, A.; Crawford, I. A.; Gowen, R. A.; Ball, A. J.; Barber, S. J.; Church, P.; Coates, A. J.; Gao, Y.; Griffiths, A. D.; Hagermann, A.; Joy, K. H.; Phipps, A.; Pike, W. T.; Scott, R.; Sheridan, S.; Sweeting, M.; Talboys, D.; Tong, V.; Wells, N.; Biele, J.; Chela-Flores, J.; Dabrowski, B.; Flannagan, J.; Grande, M.; Grygorczuk, J.; Kargl, G.; Khavroshkin, O. B.; Klingelhoefer, G.; Knapmeyer, M.; Marczewski, W.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Richter, L.; Rothery, D. A.; Seweryn, K.; Ulamec, S.; Wawrzaszek, R.; Wieczorek, M.; Wright, I. P.; Sims, M.
Article

3D virtual reality simulator for planetary rover operation and testing

2009 IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurements Systems, VECIMS 2009 - Proceedings, 2009, p. 101-106article number 5068874
Yu, Chang Qing; Ju, He Hua; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

A bilateral teleoperation system for planetary rovers

Proceedings - 2009 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering, CiSE 2009, 2009, article number 5363354
Yu, Chang Qing; Ju, He Hua; Gao, Yang; Cui, Ping Yuan
Conference paper

Experimental study of dual-reciprocating-drilling mechanism using design of experiment approach

Proceedings of ESMATS - 13th European Space Mechanics and Tribology Symposium, 2009,
Gouache, Thibault; Gao, Yang; Coste, Pierre; Gourinat, Yves
Conference paper

2008 4

Development of thermal sensors and drilling systems for application on lunar lander missions

Earth, Moon, & Planets, v. 103, (3-4), p. 119-141
Kömle, Norbert I.; Hütter, Erika S.; Kargl, Günte; Ju, Hehua; Gao, Yang; Grygorczuk, Jerzy
Article

Development of thermal sensors and drilling systems for lunar and planetary regoliths

Advances in Space Research, v. 42, (2), p. 363-368
Kömle, N. I.; Kaufmann, E.; Kargl, G.; Gao, Yang; Rui, Xu
Article

Lunar science with affordable small spacecraft technologies: MoonLITE and Moonraker

Planetary and Space Science, v. 56, (3-4), p. 368-377
Gao, Yang; Phipps, Andy; Taylor, Mark; Crawford, Ian A.; Ball, Andrew J.; Wilson, Lionel; Parker, Dave; Sweeting, Martin; da Silva Curiel, Alex; Davies, Phil; Baker, Adam; Pike, W. Thomas; Smith, Alan; Gowen, Rob
Article

An update on MoonLITE

International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008, 2008, p. 4359-4369
Gowen, Robert; Smith, Alan; Winter, Berend; Theobald, Craig; Rees, Kerrin; Ball, Andrew J.; Hagermann, Axel; Sheridan, Simon; Brown, Patrick; Oddy, Tim; Dougherty, Michele; Church, Philip; Gao, Yang; Jones, Adrian; Joy, Katherine H.; Crawford, Ian; Pike, Tom; Kumar, Sunil; Hopf, Toby; Wells, Nigel; Green, Kevin; Ryden, Keith
Conference paper

2007 4

Bioinspired drill for planetary sampling: Literature survey, conceptual design, and feasibility study

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, v. 44, (3), p. 703-709
Gao, Yang; Ellery, Alex; Sweeting, Martin N.; Vincent, Julian
Article

Planetary micro-penetrator concept study with biomimetric drill and sampler design

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, v. 43, (3), p. 875-885
Gao, Yang; Ellery, Alex; Jaddou, Mustafa; Vincent, Julian; Eckersley, Steven
Article

Concepts and instruments of UK moonlite & moonraker missions

International Astronautical Federation - 58th International Astronautical Congress 2007, 2007, p. 1037-1045
Gao, Yang; Phipps, Andy; Taylor, Mark; Crawford, Ian A.; Ball, Andrew J.; Wilson, Lionel; Smith, Alan; Parker, Dave; Sweeting, Martin; Da Silva Curiel, Alex; Davies, Phil
Conference paper

UK lunar science missions: MoonLITE & MoonRaker

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST 2007, 2007, p. 774-779article number 4284097
Davies, Phil; Phipps, Andy; Taylor, Mark; Da Silva Curiel, Alex; Baker, Adam; Gao, Yang; Sweeting, Martin; Parker, Dave; Crawford, Ian A.; Ball, Andrew J.; Wilson, Lionel
Conference paper

2006 3

Bio-inspired drill for planetary subsurface sampling: Literature survey, conceptual design and feasibility study

Paper presented at AISB'06: Adaptation in Artificial and Biological Systems, Bristol, United Kingdom, p. 71-77
Gao, Yang; Ellery, Alex; Jaddou, Mustafa; Vincent, Julian
Conference paper

Bio-inspired micro-drills for future planetary exploration

Proceedings of MNT for Aerospace Applications, CANEUS2006, 2006,
Menon, C.; Lan, N.; Ellery, A.; Zangani, D.; Manning, C.; Vincent, J. F.V.; Bilhaut, L.; Gao, Y.; Carosio, S.; Jaddou, M.; Eckersley, S.
Conference paper

Deployable wood wasp drill for planetary subsurface sampling

2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2006, article number 1655756
Gao, Yang; Ellery, Alex; Jaddou, Mustafa; Vincent, Julian
Conference paper

2005 3

A novel penetration system for in situ astrobiological studies

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, v. 2, (4), p. 281-286
Gao, Yang; Ellery, Alex; Jaddou, Mustafa; Vincent, Julian; Eckersley, Steven
Article

An intelligent adaptive control scheme for postsurgical blood pressure regulation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, v. 16, (2), p. 475-483
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Article

NARMAX time series model prediction: Feedforward and recurrent fuzzy neural network approaches

Fuzzy Sets and Systems, v. 150, (2), p. 331-350
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Article

2004 1

Narmax-model-based time series prediction: Feedforward and recurrent fuzzy neural network approaches

Applied Computational Intelligence - Proceedings of the 6th International FLINS Conference, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2004, p. 537-542
Gao, Y.; Er, M. J.; Du, J.
Conference paper

2003 8

Modelling, control, and stability analysis of non-linear systems using generalized fuzzy neural networks

International Journal of Systems Science, v. 34, (6), p. 427-438
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Article

Online adaptive fuzzy neural identification and control of a class of MIMO nonlinear systems

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, v. 11, (4), p. 462-477
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Article

Robust adaptive control of robot manipulators using generalized fuzzy neural networks

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, v. 50, (3), p. 620-628
Er, Meng Joo; Gao, Yang
Article

Adaptive control strategy for blood pressure regulation using a fuzzy neural network

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, v. 3, p. 2120-2125
Er, Meng Joo; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Control of Mean Arterial Pressure Through Sodium Nitroprusside Infusion

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 3, p. 2198-2203
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Conference paper

Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Modeling and Control Scheme for Mean Arterial Pressure Regulation

Paper presented at 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, NV, United States, p. 1198-1203
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Conference paper

An Adaptive RBFN-based Filter for Adaptive Noise Cancellation

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2003, p. 6175-6180
Li, Zhengrong; Er, Meng Joo; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

Feature Extraction Using Wavelet Packets Strategy

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 5, p. 4517-4520
Jiang, Hai; Er, Meng Joo; Gao, Yang
Conference paper

2002 2

Adaptive intelligent control of MIMO nonlinear systems based on generalized fuzzy neural network

Paper presented at 2002 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'02), Honolulu, HI, United States, p. 2333-2338
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Conference paper

Nonlinear identification and control using a generalized fuzzy neural network

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2, p. 1363-1368
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo
Conference paper

2001 7

A fast approach for automatic generation of fuzzy rules by generalized dynamic fuzzy neural networks

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, v. 9, (4), p. 578-594
Wu, Shiqian; Er, Meng Joo; Gao, Yang
Article

Adaptive control of robot manipulators using fuzzy neural networks

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, v. 48, (6), p. 1274-1278
Gao, Yang; Joo Er, Meng; Yang, Song
Article

A high performance neural-networks-based speech recognition system

Paper presented at International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'01), Washington, DC, United States, p. 1527-1531
Yang, S.; Er, M. J.; Gao, Y.
Conference paper

Lateral auto-pilot design for an agile missile using dynamic fuzzy neural networks

2001 European Control Conference, ECC 2001, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2001, p. 3911-3916article number 7076545
Er, M. J.; Gao, Y.; Leithead, W. E.; Leith, D. J.
Conference paper

On-line adaptive control of robot manipulators using dynamic fuzzy neural networks

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 6, p. 4828-4833
Gao, Y.; Er, M. J.; Leithead, W. E.; Leith, D. J.
Conference paper

Real-time hybrid adaptive fuzzy control of a SCARA

2001 European Control Conference, ECC 2001, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2001, p. 1311-1316article number 7076098
Er, M. J.; Gao, Y.; Sun, Y.
Conference paper

Robust adaptive fuzzy neural control of robot manipulators

Paper presented at International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'01), Washington, DC, United States, p. 2188-2193
Gao, Y.; Er, M. J.
Conference paper

2000 1

Trajectory tracking of robot manipulators using adaptive fuzzy neural control

System and Control / World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, 2000, p. 71-78
Gao, Yang; Er, Meng Joo; Mastorakis, Nikos; Leithead, W. E.; Leith, D. J.
Book chapter

1997 1

Adaptive fuzzy neural control of multiple-link robot manipulators

The International Journal of Robotics Research, v. 16, (4), p. 172-181
Gao, Y.; Er, M. J.
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