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Xin Ma

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1995Rising activity
Soft Robotics and ApplicationsSurgical Simulation and TrainingRobot Manipulation and LearningAugmented Reality ApplicationsOptical measurement and interference techniques

Publications

159

Citations

1,776

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

32

Publishing since 1995

Research summary
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Xin Ma's work centers on robotics and control systems, including robotic manipulator design (e.g., foldable and modular joints, grippers), neural-network-based control methods for solving real-time optimization problems, and dynamics identification for industrial robots. Some recent outputs also touch on renewable energy systems (green hydrogen and methanol production) and other applied engineering topics, suggesting either broad collaboration or a name-sharing overlap in the publication record. Prospective students should note the topic mix appears unusually diverse, spanning robotics, energy systems, and even biomedical/agricultural studies.

Robotic manipulator design and controlNeural-network-based optimization and control (e.g., k-WTA, QP problems)Industrial robot dynamics identificationSoft robotics and grippersRenewable energy systems (hydrogen/methanol production)

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from just 1 paper in 2017 to 27 in 2025, with a notably steep increase in the most recent years.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 14.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 8 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 17 publications242025: 27 publications27252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics×7
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×5
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters×4
  • Optics Express×4
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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