Kai Tang

Orcid: 0000-0002-5184-2086

Affiliations:
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong
  • Schlumberger Technologies, CAD/CAM Division, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • University of Michigan, IL, USA (PhD 1990)
  • Nanjing Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, China (former)


According to our database1, Kai Tang authored at least 106 papers between 1994 and 2024.

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2024
Efficient five-axis scanning-inspection path planning for complex freeform surfaces.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., April, 2024

Online Robot Navigation and and Manipulation with Distilled Vision-Language Models.
CoRR, 2024

2023
Partition-based Print Sequence Planning and Adaptive Slicing for Scalar Field-based Multi-axis Additive Manufacturing.
Comput. Aided Des., October, 2023

Five-Axis Trochoidal Sweep Scanning Path Planning for Free-Form Surface Inspection.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., April, 2023

Collision-Conscious Multi-Pass Flank Milling of Complicated Parts Based on Stripification.
Comput. Aided Des., April, 2023

Generalized Label-Efficient 3D Scene Parsing via Hierarchical Feature Aligned Pre-Training and Region-Aware Fine-tuning.
CoRR, 2023

2022
Reinforcement learning method for machining deformation control based on meta-invariant feature space.
Vis. Comput. Ind. Biomed. Art, 2022

Vector field-based curved layer slicing and path planning for multi-axis printing.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2022

Partition-based 3 + 2-axis tool path generation for freeform surface machining using a non-spherical tool.
J. Comput. Des. Eng., 2022

Volume decomposition for multi-axis support-free and gouging-free printing based on ellipsoidal slicing.
Comput. Aided Des., 2022

2021
Collision-free and smooth joint motion planning for six-axis industrial robots by redundancy optimization.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2021

A variable-depth multi-layer five-axis trochoidal milling method for machining deep freeform 3D slots.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2021

Multi-Axis Support-Free Printing of Freeform Parts with Lattice Infill Structures.
Comput. Aided Des., 2021

Quasi-Developable and Signed Multi-Strip Approximation of a Freeform Surface Mesh for Efficient Flank Milling.
Comput. Aided Des., 2021

2020
Path smoothing and feed rate planning for robotic curved layer additive manufacturing.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2020

Orientation-point relation based inspection path planning method for 5-axis OMI system.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2020

Interactive WebVR visualization for online fire evacuation training.
Multim. Tools Appl., 2020

A Voxel Model-Based Process-Planning Method for Five-Axis Machining of Complicated Parts.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng., 2020

A potential field based multi-axis printing path generation algorithm.
Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2020

Geodesic Distance Field-based Curved Layer Volume Decomposition for Multi-Axis Support-free Printing.
CoRR, 2020

Five-axis Trochoidal Flank Milling of Deep 3D Cavities.
Comput. Aided Des., 2020

A spiral-based inspection path generation algorithm for efficient five-axis sweep scanning of freeform surfaces.
Comput. Aided Des., 2020

Manufacturability analysis and process planning for additive and subtractive hybrid manufacturing of Quasi-rotational parts with columnar features.
Comput. Aided Des., 2020

2019
Automatic Sweep Scan Path Planning for Five-Axis Free-Form Surface Inspection Based on Hybrid Swept Area Potential Field.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2019

Support-Free Layered Process Planning Toward 3 + 2-Axis Additive Manufacturing.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2019

Curved layer based process planning for multi-axis volume printing of freeform parts.
Comput. Aided Des., 2019

A Tracking-Based Numerical Algorithm for Efficiently Constructing the Feasible Space of Tool Axis of a Conical Ball-End Cutter in Five-Axis Machining.
Comput. Aided Des., 2019

2018
S-LPM: segmentation augmented light-weighting and progressive meshing for the interactive visualization of large man-made Web3D models.
World Wide Web, 2018

Curved Reflection Symmetric Axes on Free-Form Surfaces and Their Extraction.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2018

Optimized sequence planning for multi-axis hybrid machining of complex geometries.
Comput. Graph., 2018

Multi-axis variable depth-of-cut machining of thin-walled workpieces based on the workpiece deflection constraint.
Comput. Aided Des., 2018

Automatic generation of efficient and interference-free five-axis scanning path for free-form surface inspection.
Comput. Aided Des., 2018

2017
Automatic Generation of Five-Axis Continuous Inspection Paths for Free-Form Surfaces.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2017

Cutting force and machine kinematics constrained cutter location planning for five-axis flank milling of ruled surfaces.
J. Comput. Des. Eng., 2017

Efficiency-optimal iso-planar tool path generation for five-axis finishing machining of freeform surfaces.
Comput. Aided Des., 2017

Key Lightweighting Technologies of Web3D for Virtual Training of Metro Station Fire Evacuation.
Proceedings of the E-Learning and Games - 11th International Conference, 2017

2016
A Robust Divide and Conquer Algorithm for Progressive Medial Axes of Planar Shapes.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2016

Styling Evolution for Tight-Fitting Garments.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2016

Five-axis tool path generation based on machine-dependent potential field.
Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2016

Lightweighting for Web3D visualization of large-scale BIM scenes in real-time.
Graph. Model., 2016

Sweep scan path planning for efficient freeform surface inspection on five-axis CMM.
Comput. Aided Des., 2016

2015
An Improved Algorithm for the Automated Design of Large-Scaled Robot Skin.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2015

Five-axis finishing tool path generation for a mesh blade based on linear morphing cone.
J. Comput. Des. Eng., 2015

Collision-free tool orientation optimization in five-axis machining of bladed disk.
J. Comput. Des. Eng., 2015

Approximate Delaunay mesh reconstruction and quality estimation from point samples.
J. Comput. Appl. Math., 2015

Polynomial local shape descriptor on interest points for 3D part-in-whole matching.
Comput. Aided Des., 2015

A jumping robot using soft pneumatic actuator.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Boundary-Conformed Tool Path Generation Based on Global Reparametrization.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, 2015

2014
Variational Discrete Developable Surface Interpolation.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng., 2014

2013
The complexity of geodesic Voronoi diagrams on triangulated 2-manifold surfaces.
Inf. Process. Lett., 2013

Quasi-developable surface modeling of contours with curved triangular patches.
Comput. Graph., 2013

Global obstacle avoidance and minimum workpiece setups in five-axis machining.
Comput. Aided Des., 2013

G<sup>2</sup> quasi-developable Bezier surface interpolation of two space curves.
Comput. Aided Des., 2013

2011
Construction of Iso-Contours, Bisectors, and Voronoi Diagrams on Triangulated Surfaces.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 2011

Industrial design using interpolatory discrete developable surfaces.
Comput. Aided Des., 2011

Improving the dynamics of five-axis machining through optimization of workpiece setup and tool orientations.
Comput. Aided Des., 2011

2-Manifold Surface Sampling and Quality Estimation of Reconstructed Meshes.
Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering, 2011

2010
Some notes on maximal arc intersection of spherical polygons: its <i>NP</i>\mathcal{NP} -hardness and approximation algorithms.
Vis. Comput., 2010

A fully geometric approach for developable cloth deformation simulation.
Vis. Comput., 2010

3D Shape Classification Based on Spectral Function and MDS Mapping.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng., 2010

Pattern computation for compression garment by a physical/geometric approach.
Comput. Aided Des., 2010

2009
Biorthogonal wavelet construction for hybrid quad/triangle meshes.
Vis. Comput., 2009

Quasi-Developable Mesh Surface Interpolation via Mesh Deformation.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2009

On the performance of maximal intersection of spherical polygons by arcs.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, 2009

2008
Interactive Haptic Refinement of a Five-Axis Finishing Cut.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng., 2008

Biorthogonal wavelets based on gradual subdivision of quadrilateral meshes.
Comput. Aided Geom. Des., 2008

Five-axis tool path generation for a flat-end tool based on iso-conic partitioning.
Comput. Aided Des., 2008

Pattern computation for compression garment.
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, 2008

Stabbing Convex Polygons with a Segment or a Polygon.
Proceedings of the Algorithms, 2008

2007
Automatic generation of gouge-free and angular-velocity-compliant five-axis toolpath.
Comput. Aided Des., 2007

Woven model based geometric design of elastic medical braces.
Comput. Aided Des., 2007

Modeling dynamic developable meshes by the Hamilton principle.
Comput. Aided Des., 2007

Generating strictly non-self-overlapping structured quadrilateral grids.
Comput. Aided Des., 2007

Solving Intersection Problem of a Canal Surface and a Sphere Analytically.
Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Computer Graphics & Virtual Reality, 2007

Solving Intersection Problem of A Canal Surface and A Sphere Analytically.
Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Computer Graphics & Virtual Reality, 2007

2006
Efficient wavelet construction with Catmull-Clark subdivision.
Vis. Comput., 2006

Minimum Area Convex Packing of Two Convex Polygons.
Int. J. Comput. Geom. Appl., 2006

Robustly Computing Intersection Curves of Two Canal Surfaces with Quadric Decomposition.
Proceedings of the Computational Science, 2006

An Efficient Implementation of RBF-Based Progressive Point-Sampled Geometry.
Proceedings of the Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2006

Dynamic Medial Axes of Planar Shapes.
Proceedings of the Advances in Computer Graphics, 2006

2005
Optimal Boundary Triangulations of an Interpolating Ruled Surface.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng., 2005

Modeling Developable Folds on a Strip.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng., 2005

Multiresolution Shape Modeling and Editing in Reverse Engineering.
Int. J. Image Graph., 2005

An optimization algorithm for free-form surface partitioning based on weighted gaussian image.
Graph. Model., 2005

Sketch-based free-form shape modelling with a fast and stable numerical engine.
Comput. Graph., 2005

Freeform surface flattening based on fitting a woven mesh model.
Comput. Aided Des., 2005

Non-self-overlapping Hermite interpolation mapping: a practical solution for structured quadrilateral meshing.
Comput. Aided Des., 2005

Modeling wrinkles on smooth surfaces for footwear design.
Comput. Aided Des., 2005

Revolute Quadric Decomposition of Canal Surfaces and Its Applications.
Proceedings of the Computational Science, 2005

2004
Achieving developability of a polygonal surface by minimum deformation: a study of global and local optimization approaches.
Vis. Comput., 2004

Biconic subdivision of surfaces of revolution and its applications in intersection problems.
Vis. Comput., 2004

A geometric method for determining intersection relations between a movable convex object and a set of planar polygons.
IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2004

Multiresolution Free Form Object Modeling with Point Sampled Geometry.
J. Comput. Sci. Technol., 2004

Reduce the stretch in surface flattening by finding cutting paths to the surface boundary.
Comput. Aided Des., 2004

Parametric representation of a surface pencil with a common spatial geodesic.
Comput. Aided Des., 2004

Computing Planar Sections of Surfaces of Revolution with Revolute Quadric Decomposition.
Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications (SMI 2004), 2004

Developability-preserved free-form deformation of assembled patches.
Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications, 2004

Efficient and Stable Numerical Algorithms on Equilibrium Equations for Geometric Modeling.
Proceedings of the 2004 Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP 2004), 2004

2003
Manifold-guaranteed out-of-core simplification of large meshes with controlled topological type.
Vis. Comput., 2003

Optimal connection of loops in laminated object manufacturing.
Comput. Aided Des., 2003

Maximal intersection of spherical polygons by an arc with applications to 4-axis machining.
Comput. Aided Des., 2003

Traversing the machining graph of a pocket.
Comput. Aided Des., 2003

1999
On Computing Contact Configurations of a Curved Chain.
Graph. Model. Image Process., 1999

1998
An algorithm for reducing tool retractions in zigzag pocket machining.
Comput. Aided Des., 1998

1997
Computing planar swept polygons under translation.
Comput. Aided Des., 1997

1994
Scallop hull and its offset.
Comput. Aided Des., 1994


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