About me
I am a Ph.D. graduated from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) under the supervision of Prof. Cesare Stefanini and Prof. Arianna Menciassi. My research focuses on data-driven control strategies for soft robotics.
I was an exchange student at EPFL (Aug.-Oct., 2024) and a research assistant at King’s College London and Tsinghua University (2021-2022). Before my Ph.D., my research focused on physical model-based tactile sensor simulation.
Contact
Email: zc.academic at gmail.com
News
2025
Oct: [Graduation] I was awarded a PhD in Biorobotics with distinction from the Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
Sep: [Publication] Our paper AdapJ: An Adaptive Extended Jacobian Controller for Soft Manipulators has been accepted to IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH)!
Jun: [Publication] Our paper A Survey on Soft Robot Adaptability: Implementations, Applications, and Prospects has been accepted to IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (RAM)! This review summarizes the key discussions and insights from our Soft Robot Adaptability Workshop held at IROS 2024. Thank all workshop organizers and speakers for your valuable contributions!
Jun: [Publication] Our paper A Versatile Neural Network Configuration Space Planning and Control Strategy for Modular Soft Robot Arms has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)!
May: [Workshop] We will organize a Soft Robot Practical Application Workshop at IROS 2025, see you in Hangzhou!
2024
Nov: [Publication] Our paper A Novel and Accurate BiLSTM Configuration Controller for Modular Soft Robots with Module Number Adaptability has been accepted to Soft Robotics (SoRo)!
Sep: [Publication] Our paper Simulation of Optical Tactile Sensors Supporting Slip and Rotation using Path Tracing and IMPM has been accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IEEE RA-L)! I cosupervised the first author, Zirong, on this work. Congratulations, Zirong!
Jun: [Workshop] We will organize a Soft Robot Adaptability Workshop at IROS 2024, see you in Abu Dhabi!
Mar: [Publication] Our paper Data-driven Methods Applied to Soft Robot Modeling and Control: A Review has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE T-ASE)!
2023
Nov: [Publication] Our paper A Hybrid Adaptive Controller for Soft Robot Interchangeability has been accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IEEE RA-L)!
Apr: [Publication] Our paper Plasticine Manipulation Simulation with Optical Tactile Sensing has been accepted to ICRA 2023 ViTac Workshop: Blending Virtual and Real Visuo-Tactile Perception, see you in London!
Feb: [Talk] I give a paper sharing for taichi community in Chinese about our IEEE RA-L paper.
Jan: [Publication] Our paper Tacchi: A Pluggable and Low Computational Cost Elastomer Deformation Simulator for Optical Tactile Sensors has been accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IEEE RA-L)! Thank Prof. Shan Luo and Prof. Bin Fang for their supervision during this work!