I’m a third year PhD student in the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I’m currently working in Stirling Research Group, advised by Prof. Leia Stirling. I received my B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, advised by Prof. Guoying Gu.

Research Interest

My research primarily focuses on wearable robotics, mainly interested in the human-exoskeleton interaction, biomechanics and human factors.

Education

2021 - Present Ph.D. (Robotics), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (USA)
2019 - 2021 M.S. (Robotics), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (USA)
2015 - 2019 B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

Publications

[1] Improving Complex Task Performance in Powered Upper Limb Exoskeletons with Adaptive Proportional Myoelectirc Control for User Motor Strategy Tracking [pdf]
Xiangyu Peng, Shunzhang Li, and Leia Stirling
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024.

[2] Measuring Trust for Exoskeleton Systems
Leia Stirling, Man I Wu, and Xiangyu Peng
Workshop on 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI), Boulder, CO, March 11-15, 2024.

[3] Examination of Biofeedback to Support the Usage of Upper-Extremity Exoskeletons Under Proportional Myoelectric Control [pdf]
Xiangyu Peng and Leia Stirling
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics & Bionics (T-MRB), 2024.

[4] Effects of Biofeedback on Muscle Effort Reduction when Holding Positions with a Powered Upper Limb Exoskeleton [pdf] (OETG Best Experimental Paper)
Xiangyu Peng and Leia Stirling
67th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Washington DC, October 23-27, 2023.

[5] Actuation Timing Perception of a Powered Ankle Exoskeleton and its Associated Ankle Angle Changes During Walking [pdf]
Xiangyu Peng, Yadrianna Acosta-Sojo, Man I Wu, and Leia Stirling
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE), 2022.

[6] Perception of Powered Ankle Exoskeleton Actuation Timing During Walking: A Pilot Study [pdf]
Xiangyu Peng, Yadrianna Acosta-Sojo, Man I Wu, and Leia Stirling
The 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Guadalajara, Mexico, October 31 - November 4, 2021. (virtual)

[7] Dimension Optimization of Pneumatically Actuated Soft Continuum Manipulators [pdf]
Xiangyu Peng, Ningbin Zhang, Lisen Ge, and Guoying Gu
The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Seoul, Korea, April 14-18, 2019.