Autonomous Robotics
Assistive Robotics
Multi-agent Robotic Systems
Control of Mechatronic Systems
Life Science Automation

Ph.D in Mechatronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.
Master in Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.
Bachelor in Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.

1998 2005, Associate Professor, Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
2005 Present, Professor, Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
2003-2004, Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA.
July-August 2012, Visiting Professor, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

1. China Domestic Research Project for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), “Flexible In-Vessel Inspection Robot for Remote Handling in Tokamak Fusion Reactor,” No. 2012GB102001, PI: Weidong Chen, 1/1/2012~31/12/2014.
2. National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, “Modularization Component Technology for Robots,” No. 2012AA041403, Co-PI: Weidong Chen, 1/1/2012~31/12/2014.
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Perception and Control for Intelligent Wheelchairs in Complex Environments,” No. 61175088, PI: Weidong Chen, 1/1/2012~31/12/2015.
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Coordinated Control of Multi-Agent Systems within Long-Distance Communication and Sensing Networks,” No. 60934006, Co-PI: Weidong Chen, 1/1/2010~31/12/2013.
5. National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, “Research and Development of Robot Prototypes for Elderly and Disabled People,” No. 2006AA040203, PI: Weidong Chen, 1/20/2007~1/10/2009.
6. National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Modeling and Control of Large-Scale Mobile Robot Networks,” No. 60775062, PI: Weidong Chen, 1/1/2008~31/12/2010.
7. National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Localization and Map Building of Autonomous Mobile Robot in Unstructured Environment,” No. 60475032, PI: Weidong Chen, 1/1/2005~31/12/2007.

1. Best Oral Presentation Award, 2013 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA), 2013.
2. KUKA Service Robotics Best Paper Award, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011.
3. Outstanding Individual Prize for Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai Municipal Committee and Shanghai Municipal Government, 2010.
4. First Class Award for Excellent Teaching, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2010.
5. Award for Interactive Papers, The 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009.
6. Cypress PSoC Outstanding Teacher Award, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 2008.
7. Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, The Shanghai Municipal Government, 2008.
8. SMC Excellent Young Faculty Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2008.
9. Excellent Automation Teacher Award, Rockwell Automation, 2007.
10. First Class Award for Excellent Teaching, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2006.
11. Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, 2004.

Development and Practice of Intelligent Robot
Mechatronics and Automation
Robotics: Fundamentals and Control

Journal papers
[1] Zhixuan Wei, Weidong Chen, Jingchuan Wang, “Semantic mapping for smart wheelchair using RGB-D camera,” Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, 3(1): 94-100, 2013.
[2] Hesheng Wang, Yun-hui Liu, and Weidong Chen, “Visual tracking of robots in uncalibrated environments,” Mechatronics, 22(4): 390-397, 2012.
[3] Steven W. Su, Brian D.O. Anderson, Weidong Chen, Hung Nguyen, “Multi-realization of nonlinear systems,” Automatica, 48(7): 1455-1461, July 2012.
[4] Junguo Lu, Jizhong Xiao, Weidong Chen, “Maximal perturbation bounds for robust alpha-stability of matrix second-order systems with one-parameter perturbations,” Automatica, 48(5): 995-998, 2012.
[5] Fanwei Kong, Liang Yuan, Yuan F. Zheng, and Weidong Chen, “Automatic liquid handling for life science: a critical review of the current state of the art,” Journal of Laboratory Automation, 17(3): 169-186, June 2012.
[6] Jian Li and Weidong Chen, “Energy-efficient gait generation for biped robot based on the passive inverted pendulum model,” Robotica, 29: 595–605, 2011.
[7] Hesheng Wang, Yun-hui Liu, Weidong Chen and Zhongli Wang, “A new approach to dynamic eye-in-hand visual tracking using nonlinear observers,” IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 16(2): 387-394, 2011.
[8] Hesheng Wang, Yun-hui Liu and Weidong Chen “Uncalibrated visual tracking control without visual velocity,” IEEE Trans. on Control System Technology, 18(6): 1359-1370, 2010.
[9] Liang Yuan, Yuan F. Zheng and Weidong Chen, “Efficient micromixing of a highly viscous biosample with water using orbital shaking and microchannels,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 81(5), 054301-1-9, 2010.
[10] Fei Zhang, Yugeng Xi, Zongli Lin, and Weidong Chen, “Constrained motion model of mobile robots and its applications,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Part B: Cybernetics, 39(3): 773-787, 2009.
[11] Bo Sun, Weidong Chen and Yugeng Xi, “A general-purpose application platform for multiple heterogeneous mobile robots,” Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications and Algorithms, 14(S1): 89-96, 2007.
[12] Yuan F. Zheng and Weidong Chen, “Robot team forming for crystallization of proteins,” Autonomous Robots, 23(1): 69-78, 2007.

Conference Papers
[1] Hesheng Wang, Weidong Chen, Xiaojin Yu, Tao Deng, Xiaozhou Wang and Rolf Pfeifer, “Visual servo control of cable-driven soft robotic manipulator,” in Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Tokyo, Japan, November 3-8, 2013.
[2] Zhixuan Wei, Weidong Chen, Jingchuan Wang, Huiyu Wang, Kang Li, “Semantic mapping for safe and comfortable navigation of a brain-controlled wheelchair,” in Pro. 2013 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2013), Busan, Korea, September 25-28, 2013. (Best Oral Presentation Award)
[3] Zhixuan Wei, Weidong Chen, Jingchuan Wang, “3D semantic map-based shared control for smart wheelchair,” in Pro. 2012 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2012), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 3 - 5, 2012.
[4] Yong Wang, Weidong Chen, Jingchuan Wang and Hesheng Wang, “Action selection based on localizability for active global localization of mobile robots,” in Proc. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (IEEE ICMA 2012), Chengdu, Sichuan, China, August 5-8, 2012.
[5] Hesheng Wang, Weidong Chen, Zhongli Wang, “Visual tracking of robots in uncalibrated environments,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems(IROS), San Francisco, CA, USA. September 25-30, 2011.
[6] Qinan Li, Weidong Chen, Jingchuan Wang, “Dynamic shared control for human-wheelchair cooperation,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, May 9-13, 2011. (KUKA Service Robotics Best Paper Award)
[7] Yong Wang, Weidong Chen, “Hybrid map-based navigation for intelligent wheelchair,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, May 9-13, 2011.
[8] Hesheng Wang, Weidong Chen, Yunhui Liu, “Vision-based robotic tracking of moving object with dynamic uncertainty,” in Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan, October 18-22, 2010.
[9] Jian Li, Weidong Chen, “Modeling and control for a biped robot on uneven surfaces,” in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Shanghai, China, December 16-18, 2009. (Awarded for Interactive Papers).
[10] Haiwei Dong, Zhi-Wei Luo, Weidong Chen, “Sparsing of information matrix for practical application of a robot’s SLAM,” in Proc. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009.
[11] Fei Zhang, Weidong Chen, “Self-healing for mobile robot networks with motion synchronization,” in Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), San Diego, CA, USA, October 29-November 2, 2007, pp. 3107-3112.