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Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
 

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Xin Dong

Associate Professor in Engineering Design For Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering

Contact

  • workRoom B39 Advanced Manufacturing Building
    Jubilee Campus
    Wollaton Road
    Nottingham
    NG8 1BB
    UK
  • work0115 84 66395

Biography

Dr. Xin Dong is part of the Research Group. He is also part of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at the 糖心原创. His research interests are continuum and soft robots for inspection and repair in challenging environments. Dr Dong has worked on the topic of continuum robots since the start of his PhD research in 2011. Dr Dong led the development of the world's first continuum robot for in-situ coating repair of aero-engines (TRL6) in 2018 under FLARE (Innovate UK: 2015-2018) and deployed an 8m long continuum arm in an active nuclear cell at Dounreay site within Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in 2024 (GameChangers: 2022-2024). Further, Dr Dong served as the academic lead for coordinating the continuum robot development in several UKRI and ATI projects, including RAIN and RAIN+ (EPSRC: 2017-2022), CHIMERA (UKRI-2019-2022) and REINSTATE (ATI: 2020-2024). Dr Dong is an associate editor of the Journal of Field Robotics and a board member of the Early Career Forum in the EPSRC UK-RAS network.

Expertise Summary

  • Soft/continuum Robotic systems for in-situ repair and maintenance of large structures (e.g. aerospace, nuclear and aircraft wings).
  • Modeling of flexible robotic systems (e.g. kinematics, dynamics and stiffness);
  • Development of stiffness-adjustable systems for in-situ repair and maintenance;
  • Parallel kinematics system for machining and repairing operations;
  • Miniaturized soft robots

Research Summary

Robotics and AI Collaboration (RAICo) - Developing an 8-meter Disposable Long Snake Manipulator for Surveying Nuclear Environments via Narrow Entry (PI, 2024-2025). EPSRC IAA Awards - Developing… read more

Recent Publications

  • LIU, Q., CHENG, J., LIAO, Z., LUO, X., YANG, Y., LI, M., YANG, H., TAN, C., WANG, G., DING, W., YIN, Z., ZHAO, L. and CHEN, M., 2023. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 41, 30-43
  • FANG, Y., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A. and AXINTE, D., 2023. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1-12
  • BARRIENTOS-DIEZ, J., RUSSO, M., DONG, X., AXINTE, D. and KELL, J., 2023. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 1-8
  • RUSSO, M., SADATI, S. M. H., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A., WALKER, I. D., BERGELES, C., XU, K. and AXINTE, D. A., 2023. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 5(5),

Current Research

  1. Robotics and AI Collaboration (RAICo) - Developing an 8-meter Disposable Long Snake Manipulator for Surveying Nuclear Environments via Narrow Entry (PI, 2024-2025).
  2. EPSRC IAA Awards - Developing a Snake Robot for Inspection and Maintenance of Aircraft Wing (PI, 2023-2024).
  3. Innovate UK - REINSTATE: Repair, Enhanced Inspection, and Novel Sensing Techniques for increased Availability and reduced Through life Expenses (CI, 2020-2024, https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=51689).

Past Research

  1. Innovate UK - 'FLame spray Adder for in-situ patch Repair of aero-Engine combustors' (FLARE, 2015-2018)
  2. EPSRC - Through-life performance: From science to instrumentation (2017-2022)
  3. Innovate UK - Robotic Inspection of Pressure Vessels (CHIMERA, 2019-2022)
  4. EPSRC - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Plus (RAIN+, 2021-2022)
  • LIU, Q., CHENG, J., LIAO, Z., LUO, X., YANG, Y., LI, M., YANG, H., TAN, C., WANG, G., DING, W., YIN, Z., ZHAO, L. and CHEN, M., 2023. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 41, 30-43
  • FANG, Y., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A. and AXINTE, D., 2023. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1-12
  • BARRIENTOS-DIEZ, J., RUSSO, M., DONG, X., AXINTE, D. and KELL, J., 2023. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 1-8
  • RUSSO, M., SADATI, S. M. H., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A., WALKER, I. D., BERGELES, C., XU, K. and AXINTE, D. A., 2023. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 5(5),
  • DONG, X., WANG, M., MOHAMMAD, A., BA, W., RUSSO, M., NORTON, A., KELL, J. and AXINTE, D., 2022. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
  • WANG, Z., LIAO, Z., YANG, Y., DONG, X., AUGUSTINAVICIUS, G., YU, T. and ZHAO, J., 2022. Materials and Design. 215,
  • BISHOP, C., RUSSO, M., DONG, X. and AXINTE, D., 2022. Robotica. 27(6), 5339 - 5350
  • SUN, E., AXINTE, D., ALATORRE, D. and DONG, X., 2022. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  • YANG, M. S., SUN, X., JIA, F. H., RUSHWORTH, A., DONG, X., ZHANG, S., FANG, Z. J., YANG, G. L. and LIU, B. J., 2022. Sensors and Sensor Fusion Methodologies for Indoor Odometry: A Review: Polymers Polymers. 14(10),
  • HE, J. J., CAO, Y. H., HUANG, Q. G., PAN, G., DONG, X. and CAO, Y., 2022. Effects of Bionic Pectoral Fin Rays' Spanwise Flexibility on Forwarding Propulsion Performance: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(6),
  • LU, Y., CAO, Y., PAN, G., HUANG, Q., DONG, X. and CAO, Y., 2022. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(7),
  • CAMACHO-ARREGUIN, J. I., WANG, M., RUSSO, M., DONG, X. and AXINTE, D., 2022. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1-12
  • FANG, Y., HILL, S., BA, W. and DONG, X., 2022.
  • SRIRATANASAK, N., AXINTE, D., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A., RUSSO, M. and RAIMONDI, L., 2022. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 4(12),
  • TRONCOSO, D. A., ROBLES-LINARES, J. A., RUSSO, M., ELBANNA, M. A., WILD, S., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A., KELL, J., NORTON, A. D. and AXINTE, D., 2022. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2-13
  • RUSSO, M., RAIMONDI, L., DONG, X., AXINTE, D. and KELL, J., 2021. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 69,
  • BA, W., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A., WANG, M., AXINTE, D. and NORTON, A., 2021. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
  • MOHAMMAD, A., RUSSO, M., FANG, Y., DONG, X., AXINTE, D. and KELL, J., 2021. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
  • CHANG, J. C., MA, N., WANG, M. and DONG, X., 2021.
  • WANG, X., QIAN, C., MA, N. and DONG, X., 2021.
  • WANG, Z., LIAO, Z., AXINTE, D., DONG, X., XU, D. and AUGUSTINAVICIUS, G., 2021. Materials and Design. 212,
  • RUSSO, M., SRIRATANASAK, N., BA, W., DONG, X., MOHAMMAD, A. and AXINTE, D., 2021. Ieee Robotics and Automation Letters.
  • MA, N., DONG, X. and ARREGUIN, J. C., 2020.
  • AXINTE, DRAGOS, DONG, XIN, PALMER, DAVID, RUSHWORTH, ADAM, GUZMAN, SALVADOR C., OLARRA, AITOR, ARIZAGA, INIGO, GOMEZ-ACEDO, ENEKO, TXOPERENA, KRISTINE, PFEIFFER, KAI, MESSMER, FELIX, GRUHLER, MATTHIAS and KELL, JAMES, 2018. IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS. 23(2), 978-981
  • DONG, X., AXINTE, D., PALMER, D., COBOS, S., RAFFLES, M., RABANI, A. and KELL, J., 2017. ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING. 44, 218-229
  • DONG, XIN, RAFFLES, MARK, COBOS-GUZMAN, SALVADOR, AXINTE, DRAGOS and KELL, JAMES, 2016. JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME. 8(2),
  • DONG, XIN, RAFFLES, MARK, COBOS GUZMAN, SALVADOR, AXINTE, DRAGOS and KELL, JAMES, 2014. MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY. 77, 73-91
  • YU, JINGJUN, DONG, XIN, PEI, XU and KONG, XIANWEN, 2012. JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME. 4(4),
  • DONG XIN, YU JINGJUN, CHEN BIN and ZONG GUANGHUA, 2012. CHINESE JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. 25(2), 241-247

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