Professor Yang Gao FIET FRAeS, brings over 20 years of research experience in developing space robotics and autonomous systems, in which she has been the Principal Investigator of nationally and internationally teamed projects funded by European Space Agency (ESA), UK Space Agency, UK Research Innovation, Royal Academy of Engineering, European Commission, as well as industries. Yang is actively involved in real-world space missions such as ESA ExoMars, Proba3 and VMMO (lunar ice mapper), UK's CLEAR, MoonLITE and Moonraker, and CNSA Chang'E3. Yang's work has been applied to several non-space sectors including nuclear and utility through technology transfer. Besides her own research activities, Yang serves various leadership roles for the wider space and robotics community, such as being the Editor-in-Chief of Wiley’s Journal of Field Robotics and the Mentor of the United Nations Space4Women program, and Co-Chair of the IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Space Robotics, etc.