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Xiliu Yang

B.A., M.Sc.

Research Associate
2021 - Current

Contact

+49 711 685 81938

Keplerstr 11
70174 Stuttgart
Deutschland

Publications:

  1. 2025

    1. Pittiglio, A., Yang, X., Kladeftira, M., Amstberg, F., Menges, A., & Parascho, S. (2025). Augmented Human-Robot Collaborative Bending: Human-robot collaboration for biogenic material bending-active assemblies. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2025, 2, 315–324.
    2. Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., Kaiser, B., Skoury, L., Stark, T., Treml, S., Opgenorth, N., Sousa Calepso, A., Sedlmair, M., Wortmann, T., Verl, A., & Menges, A. (2025). An implementation and evaluation of large-scale multi-user human–robot collaboration with head-mounted augmented reality. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 67, 103475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2025.103475
    3. Zabel, S., Neef, N. E., Yang, X., Heinze, C. F., & Otto, S. (2025). Assessing Attitude Towards Collaboration with Robots in the Workplace - One Element of Optimizing Robot Engagement. In C. Stephanidis, M. Antona, S. Ntoa, & G. Salvendy (Eds.), HCI International 2025 Posters (pp. 412–423). Springer Nature Switzerland.
    4. Aygün, D., Calepso, A. S., Yang, X., Menges, A., & Sedlmair, M. (2025). Mixing and Matching: Instruction Conveyance for Collaborative Tasks Using Asymmetric Augmented Reality Setups. 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), 1072–1078. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00215
    5. Yang, X., Sasikumar, P., Amtsberg, F., Menges, A., Sedlmair, M., & Nanayakkara, S. (2025). Who is in Control? Understanding User Agency in AR-assisted Construction Assembly. Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713765
    6. Yang, X., Pathmanathan, N., Zabel, S., Amtsberg, F., Otto, S., Kurzhals, K., Sedlmair, M., & Menges, A. (2025). Exploring the Use of Augmented Reality for Multi-human-robot Collaboration with Industry Users in Timber Construction. Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720104
    7. Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., & Menges, A. (2025). Embracing failures: empowering user interventions in robotic prefabrication with augmented reality. Construction Robotics, 9, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-025-00157-x

  2. 2024

    1. Opgenorth, N., Cheng, T., Lauer, P. R. A., Stark, T., Tahouni, Y., Treml, S., Göbel, M., Kiesewetter, L., Schlopschnat, C., Zorn, M. B., Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., Wagner, H. J., Wood, D., Sawodny, O., Wortmann, T., & Menges, A. (2024). Multi-scalar computational fabrication and construction of bio-based building envelopes – the livMatS biomimetic shell. Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, 22–31. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11374766.7
    2. Pathmanathan, N., Rau, T., Yang, X., Calepso, A. S., Amtsberg, F., Menges, A., Sedlmair, M., & Kurzhals, K. (2024). Eyes on the Task: Gaze Analysis of Situated Visualization for Collaborative Tasks. 2024 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 785–795. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR58804.2024.00098
    3. Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., Sedlmair, M., & Menges, A. (2024). Challenges and potential for human–robot collaboration in timber prefabrication. Automation in Construction, 160, 105333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105333

  3. 2023

    1. Amtsberg, F., Yang, X., Skoury, L., Sousa Calepso, A., Sedlmair, M., Wortmann, T., & Menges, A. (2023). Multi-Actor Fabrication for Digital Timber Construction. eCAADe Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.417
    2. Yang, X., Lehrecke, A., Tucker, C., Estrada, R. D., Maierhofer, M., & Menges, A. (2023). Spatial Lacing: A Novel Composite Material System for Fibrous Networks. In C. Gengnagel, O. Baverel, G. Betti, M. Popescu, M. R. Thomsen, & J. Wurm (Eds.), Towards Radical Regeneration (pp. 556–568). Springer International Publishing.
    3. Amtsberg, F., Yang, X., Skoury, L., Ron, G., Kaiser, B., Sousa Calepso, A., Sedlmair, M., Verl, A., Wortmann, T., & Menges, A. (2023). Multi-Akteur-Fabrikation im Bauwesen. Bautechnik, 100, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202300070
    4. Yang, X., Sousa Calepso, A., Amtsberg, F., Menges, A., & Sedlmair, M. (2023). Usability Evaluation of an Augmented Reality System for Collaborative Fabrication between Multiple Humans and Industrial Robots. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3607822.3614528

  4. 2022

    1. Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., Skoury, L., Wagner, H. J., & Menges, A. (2022). Vizor, Facilitating Cyber-physical Workflows in Prefabrication through Augmented Reality. CAADRIA Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.141
    2. Tucker, C., Yang, X., Lehrecke, A., Maierhofer, M., Duque Estrada, R., & Menges, A. (2022). A Collaborative Multi-robot Platform for the Distributed Fabrication of Three-dimensional Fibrous Networks (Spatial Lacing). Proceedings of the 7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3559400.3561995

  5. 2021

    1. Lehrecke, A., Tucker, C., Yang, X., Baszynski, P., & Dahy, H. (2021). Tailored Lace : Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process. Applied Sciences, 11, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210989

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Xiliu Yang is a research associate at the ICD. Her research focuses on human-machine collaboration in architecture and construction, exploring interactive and collaborative workflows that integrate and augment human craft with machine capabilities. 

She received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Science with Distinction from ITECH at the University of Stuttgart in 2021. Her Master's thesis ‘Distributed System for Fibrous Networks’ reinterpreted the traditional craft of bobbin lace to create deployable, three-dimensional structures using computational design and mobile robotics. Together with Cody Tucker and August Lehrecke, their work received the IntCDC Master's Thesis Award and a research residency at the Autodesk Technology Centre. 

Her doctoral research Strategies for Human-Robot Collaboration in Building Prefabrication examined the use of augmented reality (AR) for human-robot collaboration (HRC) in multi-user, large-scale, and industrial settings. Through the MRK-II project, this research established a human-centred, mixed level-of-automation approach for robotic timber fabrication using head-worn AR displays (VIZOR). With the support from industry partners müllerblaustein and BEC robotics, the developed AR-supported HRC and assembly procedures were evaluated in five user studies with carpenters across different experience levels. 

Prior to joining ICD, she worked as a computational designer in Hong Kong and co-founded an eyewear technology company (3DNA), developing a cloud-based digital platform that integrates 3D scanning, parametric design, and digital manufacturing that serves retail businesses in 15 countries. In her free time, she enjoys everything about science fiction and techno. 

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