Journal of Robotics, Automation and Smart Systems

Shang-Kuo Yang was born in Taiwan. He received the B.S. in 1982 and the M.S. in 1985 in Automatic Control Engineering from Feng Chia University, Taiwan. From 1985 to 1991, he was an assistant researcher and an instrumentation system engineer of the Flight Test Group, Aeronautic Research Laboratory, Zhong Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan. From 1991 to 2006, he was with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Chin Yi University of Technology, Taiwan. He received the Ph.D. in 1999 in Mechanical Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Since 2006/08, he has been with the department of Mechanical Engineering of the university, where he is a full professor. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and his biographical profile is embodied in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World. His administration experiences in the university are 2001/08–2003/12 Director of the business incubator; 2003/08–2004/07 Director of the library; 2004/08–2006/01 Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and 2006/02–2007/01 Dean of student affairs. His research interests are in reliability engineering, data acquisition systems, biomedical engineering (cardiac pacemakers, patient nursing monitoring, ear stone restoration, and drunk-driving prevention), and automation.

• Reliability Engineering
• Data Acquisition System
• Automation
• Biomedical Engineering (cardiac pacemaker, patient nursing monitoring, ear stone restoration, drunk-driving prevention)

1. Works in mechanical engineering, focusing on reliability, predictive maintenance, and vibration monitoring.
2. Conducts research on cardiac pacemaker technology, including remote monitoring and wireless/energy-harvesting charging systems.
3. Studies energy harvesting, IoT-based maintenance, and composite material manufacturing.
4. Has published many papers on failure prediction, system modeling, and equipment health monitoring.

1. Charging the Battery of an Implanted Cardiac Pacemaker Using Thermoelectric Generator Modules—2025

2. Lifetime Prediction and Preventive Maintenance Strategy for an Automotive Belt Applied to Internet of Things—2025

3. Remote Charging for Cardiac Pacemakers Using Transcutaneous Optical Energy Transmission System—2024

4. An in vitro experiment for remote health monitoring of implanted cardiac pacemakers using Petri nets—2023

5. Design, modeling, and simulation of a novel transducer for vibration energy recovery system of speed bump—2023

6. Experiment for improving the manufacturing process of composite material made serpentine pipe parts using ceramic lost foam mold—2022

7. Experiment for Improving the Manufacturing Process of Composite Material Made Serpentine Pipe Parts Using Ceramic Lost Foam Mold (Preprint)—2022

8. A Combined Preventive Maintenance Strategy for Bearings to Accomplish the Failure Prevention of Rotating Equipment—2022

9. Advanced component transmission path analysis based on transmissibility matrices and blocked displacements—2018

10. Implementation of low-cost MEMS accelerometers for vibration monitoring of milling process—2016

11. Residual Capacity Estimation for Lead–Acid Batteries Used in Automobiles by the Method of Median Internal Resistance—2014

12. Failure-Processing Scheme Based on Kalman Prediction and Reliability Analysis for IDF-used 25 kVA Generators—2011

13. Automatic measurement of payload for heavy vehicles using strain gauges—2007

14. Micro hydrogen gas sensor based on BI-TE film couples and PT/ACC—2007

15. Condition-Based Failure Prediction—2006

16. A Petri Net Approach to Remote Diagnosis for Failures of Cardiac Pacemakers—2004

17. A condition-based preventive maintenance arrangement for thermal power plants—2004

18. A Condition-Based Failure-Prediction and Processing-Scheme for Preventive Maintenance—2003

19. An experiment of state estimation for predictive maintenance using KALMAN filter on a DC motor—2002

20. Implementation of Petri nets using a field-programmable gate array—2000

21. State estimation for predictive maintenance using Kalman filter—1999

22. Racemization and stereoselective alcoholysis of temazepam—1999

23. A Petri Net Approach to Early Failure Detection and Isolation for Preventive Maintenance—1998

24. Failure Analysis for an Airbag Inflator by Petri Nets—1997