Mr XI WANG's Outputs (5)

A dual-layer modelling method for characterizing and optimizing the energy flexibility of building heating systems (2025)
Journal Article
Dou, Y., Xu, B., Jiang, P., Wang, X., Zheng, X., Yan, Y., & Du, X. (2025). A dual-layer modelling method for characterizing and optimizing the energy flexibility of building heating systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 271, Article 126312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.126312

Utilizing passive thermal storage with electric heat pumps enables cost-effective building energy flexibility enhancement. Current reduced-order modeling approaches for control simulations introduce significant simulation-reality discrepancies, while... Read More about A dual-layer modelling method for characterizing and optimizing the energy flexibility of building heating systems.

Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines (2025)
Journal Article
Chang, J.-C., Dai, H., Wang, X., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 95, Article 103018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2025.103018

Continuum robots, with their slender configuration and high redundancy, gain increasing interest in industrial applications such as intervention within confined spaces. However, when the robot end effector is required to travel a long distance, the e... Read More about Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines.

Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Raimondi, L., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 17(3), Article 031008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066131

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have been widely studied in soft robotics due to their muscle-like movements. Linear DEAs are typically tensioned using compression springs with positive stiffness or weights directly attached to the flexible fil... Read More about Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators.

Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Li, S., Chang, J.-C., Liu, J., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2024). Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces. Nature Communications, 15, Article 6296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50598-1

From power plants on land to bridges over the sea, safety-critical built environments require periodic inspections for detecting issues to avoid functional discontinuities of these installations. However, navigation paths in these environments are us... Read More about Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces.

An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots (2023)
Journal Article
Ba, W., Chang, J. C., Liu, J., Wang, X., Dong, X., & Axinte, D. (2024). An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 171, Article 104562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104562

Generic and high-performance feedback control is still challenging for tendon-driven continuum robots. Conventional model-based controllers, based on the piecewise constant curvature (PCC) assumption, explicitly require the arc parameters (bending an... Read More about An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots.