Educational Background
2013 - 2017: PhD in Mechatronics Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Automation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
2014 - 2015: Visiting Student, LCSR, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
2009 - 2011: Master in Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
2005 - 2009: Bachelor in Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Work Experiences
2022 - Current: Associate Professor, Dept. of Automation, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai, China
2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Automation, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai, China
2017 - 2019: Research Associate, The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
2011 - 2013: Work in Industry
Research Interests
Continuum Robots, Flexible Robots, Medical Robots, Micro Robots, Robot Sensing
Selected Publications
A. Gao*, Z. Lin, C. Zhou, X. Ai, B. Huang, W. Chen, G. Z. Yang*, 2024. Body Contact Estimation of Continuum Robots with Tension-Profile Sensing of Actuation Fibers. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2024.3354171, 2024.
Z. Lin, Z. Xu, H. Liu, X. Wang, X. Ai, C. Zhou, B. Huang, W. Chen, G. Z. Yang, A. Gao*, Robotic Manipulator‐Assisted Omnidirectional Augmented Reality for Endoluminal Intervention Telepresence. Advanced Intelligent Systems, p.2300373, 2023.
Z. Lin, A. Gao*, X. Ai, H. Gao, Y. Fu, W. Chen, G. Z. Yang, ARei: Augmented-Reality-Assisted Touchless Teleoperated Robot for Endoluminal Intervention, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 27(5), pp.3144-3154, 2022.
A. Gao, R. R. Murphy, W. Chen, G. Dagnino, P. Fischer, M. G. Gutierrez, G. Z. Yang*, Progress in Robotics for Combating Infectious Disease, Science Robotics, 6(52), 2021.
A. Gao, N. Liu, M. Shen, M. Abdelaziz, B. Temelkuran, G. Z. Yang*, Laser-Profiled Continuum Robot with Integrated Tension-Sensing for Simultaneous Shape and Tip Force Estimation, Soft Robotics (SoRo), vol. 7, no. 4, 421-443, 2020.
A. Gao, N. Liu, H. Zhang, Z. Wu, G. Z. Yang*, “Spiral FBG Sensors-Based Contact Detection for Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (BIOS), 170, 112653, 2020.
A. Gao, J. Li, Y. Zhou, Z. Wang, H. Liu*, “Modeling and Task-Oriented Optimization of Contact-Aided Continuum Robots”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 1444-1455, 2020.
A. Gao, Y. Zou, L. Cao, Z. Wang, and H. Liu*, “Fiber Bragg Grating Based Tri-Axial Force Sensor with Parallel Flexure Hinges”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE), vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 8215-8223, 2018.
A. Gao, R. Murphy, H. Liu*, I. Iordachita, and M. Armand*, Mechanical Model of Dexterous Continuum Manipulators with Compliant Joints and Tendon/External Force Interactions, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 465-475, 2017.
