IACAS: Xiaocun Liao

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Biography ✨ ✨ ✨

Education

2019.09 - 2024.06

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IACAS) / School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | Control Theory and Control Engineering | Ph.D. | Bejing, China

2015.09 - 2019.06

Central South University (CSU) | Detection, Guidance, and Control Technology | B.E. | Changsha, China

Employment

2026.07 - Now

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IACAS) | The Key Laboratory of Cognition and Decision Intelligence for Complex Systems | Associate Professor

2024.06 - 2026.06

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IACAS) | The Key Laboratory of Cognition and Decision Intelligence for Complex Systems | Assistant Professor

Professional Activities

Young Member of Editorial Board for International Journals:

Leading Guest Editor for International Journals:

MDPI: Electronics
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Reviewer for International Journals/Conferences:

Other:

Member for IEEE
Member for Chinese Association of Automation
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Research Interests

Bioinspired robotic fish
Bioinspired robot
Underwater robot
Soft actuator
Artificial muscle
Robot control
Variable stiffness
Robot optimaization
Robot modeling

Robot optimization
Intelligent control system
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Awards

National Encouragement Scholarship, Twice, 2016 & 2018
Outstanding Graduate of Beijing, 2024
Outstanding Graduate of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024
Merit Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Twice, 2024 & 2022
Dai Ruwei First-class Scholarship of Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023
Outstanding Graduate of Central South University, 2019
Xinhualian Student Grant of Central South University, 2017
Outstanding Student of Central South University, Thrice, 2016 & 2017 & 2018
Second Prize of Academic Scholarship of Central South University, Thrice, 2016 & 2017 & 2018

News✨ ✨ ✨

The Special Issue (Advances in Autonomous Mobile Robots: Technologies, Control, and Applications) of the Journal Electronics (SCI, JCR Q2, IF: 2.9) organized by me and my Colleagues has just been published online. Please stay tuned and welcome to submit your papers. Detailed information can be found here.

To read

We invite you to submit your groundbreaking research to Advanced Bionics (ABS)—an open-access, peer-reviewed journal driving disruptive innovations across bio-inspired robotics, AI, materials, and healthcare. We seek high-impact, high-quality papers offering fresh insights that shape the future of bionics and tackle real-world challenges. Detailed information can be found here.

To read

We invite you to submit your top-quality, unpublished original research to Intelligence & Robotics (ESCI, JCR Q2, IF: 3.9)—an international journal bridging AI and robotics. We seek innovative contributions spanning theory, design, and applications, from software to hardware. Join our multidisciplinary community to advance distributed, real-world intelligent systems across healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and beyond. Detailed information can be found here.

To read

Long-term: Our group is open to doctoral students and master's students, and the research fields include biomimetic underwater robotic design, robotic control, and underwater vision, etc. Also, our group recruits interns all year round. Please contact me by e-mail at any time.
2026-07: 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Liao on his promotion to associate professor.
2026-06: The paper titled "Non-Parametric Kinematic Optimization of Flapping Foil Propulsion Using a Discrete Adjoint Method" was accepted by Biomimetics (As the corresponding author).
2026-01: The paper titled "Robotic fish with tunable stiffness soft tail based on bionic spinal muscle system" was accepted by Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (As the fifth author).
2025-10: The paper titled "SSDVM: A Sliding Strip Discrete Vortex Method Applied to Hydrodynamic Calculations for Robotic Fish" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Robotics (As the third author).
2025-07: The application for National Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China as the project leader was funded.
2025-07: The application for General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China as the project participant was funded.
2025-07: The application for Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Grade C) of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation as the project leader was funded.
2025-06: The paper titled "Combination of C-Turn and Online Variable Stiffness Enables Sharp Turning Maneuvers for Robotic Fish" was accepted by IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (As the first author).
2024-02: The paper titled "A Fast Online Elastic-Spine-Based Stiffness Adjusting Mechanism for Fishlike Swimming" was accepted by Soft robotics (As the first author).
2023-10: The paper titled "A Wire-Driven Dual Elastic Fishtail With Energy Storing and Passive Flexibility" was accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (As the first author).
2022-12: The paper titled "A Wire-driven Elastic Robotic Fish and its Design and CPG-Based Control" was accepted by Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (As the first author).
2022-07: The paper titled "Dynamic Modeling and Performance Analysis for a Wire-Driven Elastic Robotic Fish" was accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (As the first author).
2021-08: The paper titled "An Elastic Biomimetic Fish Tail and Its Undulation Fitting Method ofBody Wave" was accepted by Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (As the first author).

Funding✨ ✨ ✨

Projects Hosted

National Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China, 2026-2028, ¥ 300,000
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Grade C) of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2025-2027, ¥ 240,000

Projects Involved

Key project of Chinese ***, 2021-2025, ¥ 55,700,000
Key project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021-2026, ¥ 3,010,000
General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2026-2029, ¥ 500,000
National Key Research and Development Program of China , 2024-2027, ¥ 1,188,000
Project of Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, 2023-2024, ¥ 1,800,000
Key Program Project of China Academy of Sciences, 2022-2023, ¥ 1,500,000