Yingjun Tian
Hi, welcome to my personal page!
I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Digital Manufacturing Lab, The University of Manchester, supervised by Prof. Charlie C.L. Wang.
Prior to this, I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester in 2024, and my B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2019.
My research interests lie in computational design, soft robotics, and robot learning.
📢 Recent News
- [Mar 2026] Our paper “Model-Free Co-Optimization of Manufacturable Sensor Layouts and Deformation Proprioception” has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)!
- [Jan 2026] Our paper “Robot-assisted multi-axis embedded silicone printing for free-form volumetric model” has been published in Virtual and Physical Prototyping!
- [Dec 2025] Our paper “Correspondence-Free, Function-Based Sim-to-Real Learning for Deformable Surface Control” has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)!
- [May 2024] Our paper “Function Based Sim-to-Real Learning for Shape Control of Deformable Free-form Surfaces” was presented at RSS 2024!
- [Jun 2022] Our paper “Soft Robotic Mannequin: Design and Algorithm for Deformation Control” has been published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech)!
- [Jun 2022] Our paper “Efficient Jacobian-Based Inverse Kinematics With Sim-to-Real Transfer of Soft Robots by Learning” has been published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech)!
- [May 2021] Our paper “Sensing and Reconstruction of 3-D Deformation on Pneumatic Soft Robots” has been published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech)!
Beyond my research, I actively contribute to the academic community as a reviewer for leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE), Computer-Aided Design, Materials & Design, and Computers & Graphics. I also serve as a reviewer for top international conferences, such as the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), and the European Control Conference (ECC).