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Prof. Houxiang Zhang

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Biographical Sketch

  • Habilitation, Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Science, University of Hamburg, Germany (2011).
  • Ph.D, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Robotics Institute, Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing, PR. China (2003).
  • M.S, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Robotics Institute, Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing, PR. China (2000).
  • B.S, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Robotics Institute, Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing, PR. China (1997).

Research interests

  • Mobile Robotics: climbing robots and cleaning robots design, path planning and sensor-based manipulation.
  • Modular Robotics: reconfigurable modular robots design, CPG algorithms, Kinematics and dynamics.
  • Nonlinear pneumatic control algorithms.
  • Applications: application in robotics, education robot.

Pubblications
2010

  1. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Wang: From the biological model to a small climbing caterpillar robot, Int. J. Advanced Mechatronic Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1/2, pp.90-98, 2010.
  2. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Wenpeng Yu: Design and Realization of Multimobile Robot System with Docking Manipulator, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, 2010.
  3. Shengyong Chen, Jianhua Zhang, Houxiang Zhang, Qiu Guan, Yahui Du, Chunyan Yao and Jianwei Zhang, Myocardial Motion Analysis for Determination of Tei-Index of Human Heart, Sensors, Vol.10, pp.11428-11439, 2010.
  4. Wei Wang, Kun Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang: Internal Force Compensating Method for Wall-Climbing Caterpillar Robot, Proceeding of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IRCA2010), Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 3-8, pp.2816-2820, 2010.
  5. Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Javier Gonzalez-Quijano, Houxiang Zhang, Mohamed Abderrahim: Towards the sense of touch in snake modular robots for search and rescue operations, Proceeding of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop on Modular robots, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 3-8, 2010.
  6. Wei Wang, Wenpeng Yu, Houxiang Zhang: JL-2: An Improved Self-reconfigurable Mobile Multi-robot System: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 9-18, 2010.
  7. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang: A Bio-inspired Small-sized Wall-climbing Caterpillar Robot, Mechatronic Systems Applications, Book edited by: Annalisa Milella Donato Di Paola and Grazia Cicirelli, ISBN: 978-953-307-040-7, Publisher: INTECH, pp.1-16, March 2010.

  8. Houxiang Zhang, Gionata Salvietti, Wei Wang, Guoyuan Li, Junzhi Yu, Jianwei Zhang: Efficient Kinematic Solution to a Multi-robot with Serial and Parallel Mechanisms, Proceeding of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2010), Taipei, Taiwan, October 18-22, pp. 6101 - 6106 , 2010.

    2009

  9. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Jianwei Zhang: Design and Realization of a Novel Modular Climbing Caterpillar Using Low-frequency Vibrating Passive Suckers, Advanced Robotics, Vol.23, pp.889-906, 2009.
  10. Wei Wang, Kun Wang, Houxiang Zhang: Crawling gait realization of the mini-modular climbing caterpillar robot, Progress in Natural Science, Vol.19, No.12, pp.1821-1829, 2009.
  11. Houxiang Zhang, Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Shengyong Chen, Jianwei Zhang: Embedded Intelligent Capability of a Modular Robotic System, Proceeding of IEEE Robio2008, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 21-26, 2009, pp.2061-2066.
  12. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Wenpeng Yu, Jianwei Zhang: High Stiffness Pneumatic Actuating Scheme and Improved Position Control Strategy Realization of a Pneumatic Climbing Robot, Proceeding of IEEE Robio2008, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 21-26, 2009, pp.1086-1811.
  13. Yong Li, Houxiang Zhang, Shengyong Chen: A Configuration Based on Module GZ-I: Four Legged Robot, Proceeding of IEEE Robio2008, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 21-26, 2009, pp.921-926.
  14. Kun Wang, Wei Wang, Dazhai Li, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Zhicheng Deng: Analysis of Two Vibrating Suction Methods, Proceeding of IEEE Robio2008, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 21-26, 2009, pp.1313-1318.
  15. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang: A Novel Passive Adhesion Principle and Application for an Inspired Climbing Caterpillar Robot, Proceeding of ICM 2009, Malaga, Spain, April 14-17, 2009.
  16. Houxiang Zhang, Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Jianwei Zhang: A New Application of Modular Robots on Analysis of Caterpillar-like Locomotion, Proceeding of ICM 2009, Malaga, Spain, April 14-17, 2009.
  17. Houxiang Zhang, Manfred Grove, Bernd Schütz, Jianwei Zhang: A Flexible Educational Robotics System, International Journal of Software Engineering and Computing, Vol.1 No.1, pp.1-8, 2009.
  18. Chunyan Yao, Jianwei Zhang, Houxiang Zhang: Cell Identification and Boundary Segmentation by A Statistical Shape Model, International Journal of Software Engineering and Computing, Vol.1 No.1, pp.25-30, 2009.
  19. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang and Guanghua Zong: Valid joint workspace and self-aligning docking conditions of a reconfigurable mobile multi-robots system, Proceeding of 2009 ASME/IFToMM International conference on reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, London, UK, 22-24 June, pp. 609-616, 2009.
  20. Wei Wang, Houxiang. Zhang, Kun Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Weihai Chen: Gait control of modular climbing caterpillar robot, Proceeding of 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, July 14-17, pp. 957-962, 2009. (Best paper award finalist).
  21. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Wenpeng Yu and Jianwei Zhang: Docking Manipulator for a Reconfigurable Mobile Robot System, Proceeding of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2009), St. Louis, MO, USA, October 11-15, pp. 1697-1702, 2009.
  22. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang and Jianwei Zhang: Crawling Locomotion of Modular Climbing Caterpillar Robot with Changing Kinematic Chain, Proceeding of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2009), St. Louis, MO, USA, October 11-15, pp. 5021-5026, 2009.

  23. Gionata Salvietti, Houxiang Zhang, Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Domenico Prattichizzo, Jianwei Zhang: Task Priority Grasping and Locomotion Control of Modular Robot, Proceeding of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Guilin, Guangxi, China, 19-23 Dec. pp. 1069 - 1074, 2009.

    2008

  24. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Guanghua Zong, Jianwei Zhang: A Novel Modular Mobile Robot Prototype for Urban Search and Rescue, One Chapter in Book of “Service Robotics Applications”, Ed. Y. Takahashi, ISBN 978-953-7619-00-8, pp.215-234, I-Tech Education and Publishing. 2008.
  25. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Guanghua Zong, Zhicheng Deng: A Reconfigurable Mobile Robots System Based on Parallel Mechanism, One Chapter in Book of "Parallel Manipulators", ISBN 978-3-902613-20-2, 2008, pp. 347-362.
  26. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Guanghua Zong, Jianwei Zhang: Real-time Control Realization of a New Pneumatic Climbing Robot, Proceeding of 2008 IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2008), Singapore, 3-5 June, 2008.
  27. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Guanghua Zong, Jianwei Zhang: Force Cooperation in a Reconfigurable Field Multi-Robot System, Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 25, No.11/12, 2008, pp.923-938.
  28. Wei Wang, Yingying Wang, Jinghao Qi, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang: The CPG Control Algorithm for a Climbing Worm Robot, Proceeding of 2008 IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2008), Singapore, 3-5 June, 2008.
  29. Houxiang Zhang, Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Zhizhu Xie, Sheng Cheng, Jianwei Zhang: Development of a Low-cost Flexible Modular Robot GZ-I, Proceeding of 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Xi'an, China, 4 - 7 June, 2008, pp.223-228.
  30. Wei Wang, Yingying Wang, Kun Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang: Analysis of the Kinematics of Module Climbing Caterpillar Robots, Proceeding of 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Xi'an, China, 4-7 June, 2008, pp.84-89 (Best Conference Paper).
  31. Yanzi Miao, Houxiang Zhang, Xiaoping Ma, Jianwei Zhang: Improvement of the Combination Rules of the D-S Evidence Theory Based on Dealing with the Evidence Conflict, Proceeding of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA2008), Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, June 20-23, 2008, pp.331-336. (Candidate for Best Student Paper).
  32. Yanzi Miao, Xiaoping Ma, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Zhongxiang Zhao: An Improved Extension of D-S Evidence Theory to Fuzzy Sets, The 3th International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (ICCGI 2008), Athens, Greece, July27-Aug.1, 2008, pp.148-153.
  33. Yanzi Miao, Jianwei Zhang, Houxiang Zhang, Xiaoping Ma, Zhongxiang Zhao: Coal and Gas Outburst Prediction Combing a Neural Network with the Dempster-Shafter Evidence, Proceeding of 5th International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2008, part II, LNCS 5264), Sept. 24-28, Beijing, China, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Advances in Neural Networks, 2008, pp.822-829.
  34. Xiaoping Ma, Yanzi Miao, Zhongxiang Zhao, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang: A Novel Approach to Coal and Gas Outburst Prediction Based on Multi-sensor Information Fusion, Proceeding of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics (ICAL 2008), Qingdao, China, Sept. 1-3, 2008, pp.1613-1618.
  35. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang: Biological Inspirations for the Design of Climbing Robotic Caterpillars, Proceeding of 2008 Sino-European Workshop on Intelligent Robots and System, Chongqing, China, Dec., 2008, pp. 82-87.

  36. Denis Klimentjew, Andre Stroh, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang: 3D Real-Time Stereo Reconstruction for Small Humanoid Robots, The Proceeding of The 3rd CAS Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing Technology, Oct. 11-13, Shenyang, China.

    2007

  37. Houxiang Zhang, Chief Editor of the Book “Climbing & Walking Robots Towards New Applications”, ISBN 978-3-902613-16-5, 2007, I-Tech Education and Publishing.
  38. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Wang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: A Series of Pneumatics Glass-wall Cleaning Robots for High-rise Buildings, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Vol.34, No.2, 2007, pp.150-160.
  39. Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Houxiang Zhang, Eduardo Boemo: Locomotion Principles of 1D Topology Pitch and Pitch-Yaw-Connecting Modular Robots, One Chapter in Book of “ Bioinspiration and Robotics: Walking and Climbing Robots”, Ed. M. K. Habib, ISBN 978-3-902613-15-8, I-Tech Education and Publishing, 2007, pp.403-428.
  40. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Mechanical Design and Dynamics of an Autonomous Climbing Robot for Elliptic Half-shell Cleaning, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol. No., 2007, pp437-446.
  41. Houxiang Zhang, Juan González-Gómez, Shengyong Chen, Wei Wang, Rong Liu, Dazhai Li, Jianwei Zhang: A Novel Modular Climbing Caterpillar Using Low-frequency Vibrating Passive Suckers, Proceeding of 2007 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, ETH Zurich , Switzerland, 4-7 Sept., 2007 (Finalist for Best Conference Paper).
  42. Houxiang Zhang, Shengyong Chen, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Runtime Reconfiguration of a Modular Mobile Robot with Serial and Parallel Mechanisms, 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2007, San Diego, U.S.A, Oct.29-Nov.02, 2007, pp.2999-3004.
  43. Houxiang Zhang, Weining Zheng, Shengyong Chen, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Wang, Guanghua Zong: Flexible Educational Robotic System for a Practical Course, Proceeding of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Integration Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 20-24 March, 2007, pp.691-696.
  44. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Rong Liu, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Locomotion Realization of an Autonomous Climbing Robot for Elliptic Half-shell Cleaning, Proceeding of 2007 IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2007), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 23-25 May, 2007, pp.1220-1225.
  45. Wei Wang, Jinghao Qi, Houxiang Zhang, Guanghua Zong: A Rapid Hunting Algorithm for Multi Mobile Robots System, Proceeding of 2007 IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2007), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 23 - 25 May., 2007, pp.1203-1207.
  46. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Wenpeng Yu, Guanghua Zong, Jianwei Zhang: FA Compensating Variable Bang-Bang Control Algorithm for Pneumatic Driving Glass-Wall Cleaning Robot, 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2007, San Diego, U.S.A, Oct.29-Nov.02, 2007, pp. 1242-1247.
  47. Shengyong Chen, Jianwei Zhang, Houxiang Zhang, Wanliang Wang, Youfu Li: Active Illumination for Robot Vision, Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA07), Roma, Italy, Apr. 2007, pp. 411–416.
  48. Weining Zheng, Houxiang Zhang, Shengyong Chen, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Flexible Software Hierarchy Realization of an Education Robot, Proceeding of 7th WSEAS International Conference, Vouliagmeni, Athens, GREECE, August 2007.
  49. Chunyan Yao, Jianwei Zhang, Houxiang Zhang: Blood Cell Identification and Segmentation by Means of Statistical Models, Proceeding of 7th WSEAS International Conference, Vouliagmeni, Athens, GREECE, August 2007.
  50. Jingke Yu, Rong Liu, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Design and Development of an Assisting Robotic Arm in Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Sanya, Hainan, China, 15-18 Dec., 2007, pp. 349-354.

  51. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Hualei Fu, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Drivable Workspace Analysis of The Reconfiguration Mechanism in a Mobile Robots System, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Sanya, Hainan, China, 15-18 Dec., 2007, pp. 496-501.

    2006

  52. Houxiang Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong, Jianwei Zhang: A Novel Autonomous Climbing Robot for Cleaning an Elliptic Half-shell, One Chapter in Book of “Mobile Robots-Towards New Applications”, Ed. A. Lazinica, ISBN 3-86611-314-5, ARS/plV, 2006, pp. 579-600.
  53. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Wang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Sky Cleaner -A Real Pneumatic Climbing Robot for Glass-Wall Cleaning, IEEE Robotic & Automation Magazine, Vol.13, No.1,2006, pp.32-41.
  54. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Effective Pneumatic Scheme and Control Strategy of a Climbing Robot for Class Wall Cleaning on High-rise Buildings, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol.3 No.2, 2006, pp.183-190.
  55. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhicheng Deng, Guanghua Zong: A Novel Reconfigurable Robot for Urban Search and Rescue, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol.3 No.4, 2006, pp.359-366.
  56. Houxiang Zhang, Daniel Westhoff, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Service Robotic Systems for Glass Curtain Walls Cleaning on the High-rise Buildings, CD Proceeding of ISR2006& ROBOTIK2006.
  57. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Control Hierarchy Realization and Cleaning Trajectory Evaluation of a Wall Cleaning Robot, Proceeding of IEEE International conference on robotics and Automation RAM&CIS 2006, Bangkok,Thailand,7 - 9 June, 2006, pp.1- 6.
  58. Houxiang Zhang, Zhicheng Deng, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Locomotion Capabilities of a Novel Reconfigurable Robot with 3 DOF Active Joints for Rugged Terrain, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006, Beijing, China, Oct.10-15, 2006, pp.5588 - 5593.
  59. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Cleaning Trajectory Evaluation of a Wall Cleaning Robot Based on Synthesis Standards, Proceeding of the Multiconference on Computational Engineering in Systems Applications, Beijing, China, October 4-6, 2006, pp. 1695 - 1700.
  60. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Visual Orientation and Human-inspired Cleaning Trajectory in a Service Robotic Facade-cleaning Gondola, The 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and their Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2006, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2006.
  61. Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, Houxiang Zhang, Eduardo Boemo, Jianwei Zhang: Locomotion Capabilities of a Modular Robot with Eight Pitch-Yaw-Connecting Modules , The 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and their Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2006, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2006.
  62. Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhicheng Deng, Jianwei Zhang: A Reconfigurable Robot with Serial and Parallel Mechanisms, The 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and their Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2006, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2006.
  63. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Effective Nonlinear Control Algorithms for a Series of Pneumatic Climbing Robots, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Kunming, China, 17-20 Dec., 2006, pp.994-999 (Finalist for Best Conference Paper).
  64. Houxiang Zhang, Tim Baier, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Wang, Rong Liu, Dazhai Li, Guanghua Zong: Building and Understanding Robotics-a Practical Course for Different Levels Education, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Kunming, China, 17-20 Dec., 2006, pp.61-66.

  65. Wei Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Guanghua Zong, Jianwei Zhang: Design and Realization of a Novel Reconfigurable Robot with Serial and Parallel Mechanisms, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Kunming, China, Dec., 2006, pp.697-702.

    2005

  66. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Realization of a service robot for cleaning spherical surfaces, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol.2 No.1, 2005, pp.53-58.
  67. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Design of a Climbing Robot for Cleaning Spherical Surfaces, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Hong Kong, China, June 29-July 3, 2005, pp.375-380.

  68. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: Climbing Technique of the Cleaning Robot for a Spherical Surface , 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Ontario, Canada, July 29 to August 1, 2005, pp. 2061-2066.

    2004

  69. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Guanghua Zong: A Novel Approach to Pneumatic Position Servo Control of a Glass Wall Cleaning Robot, 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2004, Sendai, Japan, Sept. 28-Oct.2, 2004, pp.467-472.
  70. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Requirements of Glass Cleaning and Development of Climbing Robot Systems , Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation, Chengdu, China, August 26-31, 2004, pp.101-106.
  71. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Guanghua Zong: Realization of a Service Climbing Robot for Glass-wall Cleaning, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Shenyang, China, August 22-25, 2004, pp.395-400.
  72. Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Rong Liu, Wei Wang, Guanghua Zong: Pneumatic Climbing Robots for Glass Wall Cleaning, The 7th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and their Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2004, Madrid, Spain, September 22-24, pp.1061-1069, 2004.

Awards

  • Finalist for Best Conference Paper on IEEE AIM2009.
  • Best Conference Paper on IEEE/AEME AIM2008.
  • Finalist for Best Student Conference Paper on IEEE ICIA2008.
  • Finalist for Best Conference Paper on IEEE AIM2007.
  • Finalist for Best Conference Paper on IEEE RIBIO2006.

Updated: 24/11/2011 2:04 pm by Filippo Sanfilippo

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