Biography

Yanling Xu is an Associate Professor and doctoral supervisor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her work covers intelligent robotic welding, machine vision and multisensor quality monitoring, together with digital-twin-assisted programming, wire-arc additive manufacturing and remanufacturing.

Research & achievements

  • Visual perception and autonomous welding：3D point-cloud localization, weld-profile extraction and autonomous seam tracking, including teaching-free positioning and visual guidance.
  • Multisensor fusion and quality inspection：Welding-defect detection using visual and process signals, with cross-condition transfer and small-sample learning to improve adaptability.
  • Digital twins and additive–subtractive manufacturing：Automatic robot programming, wire-arc additive manufacturing and remanufacturing, and grinding-process modelling and optimization.

Publications & honors

  1. Key technologies and latest research progress of automated robotic welding: a reviewYiheng Li; Yanling Xu; Xinghua Wang; Xiaoyang Ma; Qiang Wang; Huajun Zhang.Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2026, 37(9), 3637–3693.
  2. A Robust Detail Perception Structure Based on Instance Segmentation for Weld Seam Profile Extraction: Generalizability PerspectiveYinshui He; Yang Kuang; Guohong Ma; Yanling Xu.IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2026, 22(6), 4669–4680.
  3. A novel autonomous guidance method for welding robot based on point cloud registration and 3D visionRunquan Xiao; Yanling Xu; Lu Lu; Xinghua Wang; Xiaoyang Ma; Qiang Wang; Huajun Zhang.The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2026, 143(11–12), 6491–6507.
  4. Transfer learning based on multimodal feature fusion: A study on intelligent detection of robotic MAG welding defects under cross-condition and small-sample scenariosZuoxin Lin; Yanling Xu; Xinghua Wang; Mingquan Lin; Xiaoyang Ma; Yuxin Yang; Chunyang Xia; Huajun Zhang.Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2026, 162, 269–284.
  5. A grinding contour prediction model and multi-objective process parameter optimization using functional principal component analysisJingting Ji; Jiacheng Li; Rongqiang Shen; Guangchao Song; Yanling Xu; Huajun Zhang.Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2026, 158, 374–388.

Honors

  • Outstanding Class Tutor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  • SJTU SMC–Morning Star Young Scholars Programme, Category B.
  • Third Prize, Fourth Young Faculty Teaching Competition, School of Materials Science and Engineering, SJTU.