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Wu, Kai 

  • Positional Title: Associate Professor

  • Email: whphwk@scut.edu.cn

  • Working For: Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering

  • Graduated School: Ruhr-University Bochum

  • Final Degree: Ph.D.

  • Office: D1-b532

  • Zip Code: 510640

  • Telephone: 020-81122124

  • Mentor Type: Doctoral Supervisor/ Master's Supervisor

Personal profile  

Assistant Professor at the Shien-Ming Wu school of intelligent engineering. Main research fields include industrial robotic machining and motion control, robot assisted manufacturing and manufacturing Execution System.

Work Experience  

  • 2012 – 2015    Research Assistant,Institute of Production Systems / Chair of Industrial Robotics and Production Automation at TU Dortmund University, Germany

  • 2015 – 2017    Research Assistant,Chair of Production Systems at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

  • 2017 – 2019    Research Project Manager,IGA mbH, Germany

  • 2019 – Present    Associate Professor,Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, SCUT

Education  

  • 2003 – 2007    B.Eng., Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Central South University

  • 2008 – 2011    M.Eng., Department of Mechanical Manufacture and Automation, Central South University

  • 2015 – 2017    PhD, Chair of Production System, Ruhr-University Bochum

Research Interest

  • Robot assisted manufacturing, Multi-sensor fusion, Human-robot interaction; Intelligent medical robot

Research projects  

Courses

  • Design and Manufacturing Ⅰ; Machine vision and sensing system

Selected Publications

2025

  • Wu, K., Feng, S., An, H., Carbone, G., & Li, W. Evaluation of robot kinematic performance under motion constraints in a teleoperated robotic ultrasound system. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 207, 105952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2025.105952

  • Zhang, Y., Wang, M., & Wu, K.. A self-aware robotic machining architecture based on physics-informed neural networks. Proceedings of 2025 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Control and Robotics.

2024

  • Wu, K., Lu, Y., Huang, R., Kuhlenkötter, B., & Li, W. A Time-Series Data-Driven Method for Milling Force Prediction of Robotic Machining. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 73, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2024.33760182025

  • Wu, K., Zhang, Y., Gao, D., Deng, S., Li, W., & Wang, M. (2024). Neural network–based transfer learning to improve stiffness modeling of industrial robots with small experimental data sets. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 135(11–12), 5253–5265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-024-14794-z

  • Zhang, H., Wu, K., Chen, R., Wu, Z., Zhong, Y., & Li, W. (2024). TL-4DRCF: A Two-Level 4-D Radar-Camera Fusion Method for Object Detection in Adverse Weather. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(10), 16408–16418. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3382669

2022

  • K. Wu and B. Kuhlenkoetter, “Dynamic behavior and path accuracy of an industrial robot with a CNC controller,” Adv. Mech. Eng., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1–10, 2022, doi: 10.1177/16878132221082869.

2021

  • K. Wu and J. Li, “Prediction of the eigenfrequency of industrial robots based on the ANN model,” in 2021 China Automation Congress (CAC), 2021, pp. 1595–1598, doi: 10.1109/CAC53003.2021.9728068.

2017

  • K. Wu, C. Krewet, and B. Kuhlenkötter, “Dynamic performance of industrial robot in corner path with CNC controller,” Robot. Comput. Integr. Manuf., vol. 54, no. November 2016, pp. 156–161, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.rcim.2017.11.008. SCI 一区

2016

  • K. Wu, C. Krewet, J. Bickendorf, B. Kuhlenkoetter, Dynamic performance of industrial robot with cnc controller, Int J Adv Manuf Technol. (2016). doi:10.1007/s00170-016-9584-2. SCI 二区

2015

  • K. Wu, J. Brueninghaus, B. Johnen, and B. Kuhlenkoetter,“Applicability of stereo high speed camera systems for robot dynamics analysis,” in 2015 International Conference on Control,Automation and Robotics, 2015, pp. 44–48.

Patents    

  • A DH parameter calibration method and system based on electromagnetic wave ranging,Patent number: ZL202110777458.08