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Chenxi Xiao

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2012Rising activity

Publications

39

Citations

204

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
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Chenxi Xiao's research focuses on tactile sensing and robotic manipulation, developing sensors, hand exoskeletons, and learning-based methods that let robots and haptic devices sense touch, force, and pressure more like humans do. The work combines hardware design (visuotactile sensors, multimodal fingertips, haptic interfaces) with machine learning approaches for dexterous robotic grasping and manipulation. Note that the bibliographic record includes several unrelated publications (e.g., on medicine, construction materials, plant pathology) that appear to be misattributed to this name rather than part of a coherent research thread.

Tactile and visuotactile sensingRobotic manipulation and dexterous graspingHaptic feedback devices and exoskeletonsVision-language-action models for roboticsSensor calibration and digital twin modeling

Publication output was low and sporadic from 2017-2024 but increased sharply in 2025-2026, suggesting a recent surge in research activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.2/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 5 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 14 publications14252026: 10 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×11
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters×5
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics×2
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems×1
  • Nature Communications×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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