Invited Speakers

Prof. Jixiang Yang

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Biography: Dr. Yang is currently a Professor of the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from HUST in 2015. From 2012 to 2014, he was a joint Ph.D. student with the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada. From 2015 to 2017, and from 2017 to 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in HUST and UBC, respectively. His research interests include measurement, trajectory optimization, dynamics modeling, position/force control of robotic manufacturing. He has published 38 journal papers as the first or corresponding author on Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and engineering, etc. He has received several awards for his research and teaching.

Prof. Shizhou Lu

Shandong University, China

Biography: Shizhou Lu is a Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Airspace Science and Engineering, Shandong University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2015. His research interests include robotics and intelligent manufacturing, soft robotics, and soft sensors. He has published over 30 papers as the first or corresponding author in journals such as Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, and Nonlinear Dynamics. Several intelligent equipment systems developed by him have seen industrial deployment. He received the Weihai Youth Science and Technology Award and the title of University-Local Cooperation Talent.

Assoc. Prof. Shilong Sun

Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China

Biography: Shilong Sun is an Associate Professor in the School of Robotics and Advanced Manufacture at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Shenzhen, China. He received his PhD in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management from the City University of Hong Kong in 2019.His research focuses on humanoid robots and locomotion control, with additional work in fault diagnosis and prognosis, and vibration energy harvesting. At HIT Shenzhen, he also serves as a doctoral supervisor and has been recognized as a Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent and as a recipient of support under the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund’s PhD talent scheme. His scholarly work has been cited several hundred times in the robotics and control communities.