报 告 人：XiaoQi CHEN
报告时间：2015年12月10日上午11：15
摘要：
Mobile robots are poised to enter agricultural fields, mines, vineyards, forestry, low altitude airspace and ocean in a bigger wave.
Their ability to operate in a natural environment is greatly enhanced with biomimentic locomotion, smart sensing, perception and intelligent
control; but achieving a sufficient level of autonomy and reliability for practical industrial adoption still poses great challenges.
Automating field operations through robotisation is very relevant to New Zealand as a resource-driven economy. In supporting the
national R&D agenda, University of Canterbury has been at the forefront of developing cutting edge robotics technologies and systems for
field applications ranging from pruning, industrial inspection, to forestry harvest. The latest developments in untethered wall climbing
robot for industrial inspection, biped tree tree-to-tree traversing robot for forestry production on steep terrain will be presented.
The speaker will also take this opportunity to share the lessons learned and provoke the thoughts about what holds robots back from
entering the fields.
XiaoQi Chen is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury. He graduated from South China University
of Technology with BEng in Mechanical Engineering in 1984. He was a recipient of China-UK Technical Co-Operation Award for his MSc study in
Materials Technology, Brunel University (1985 – 1986); and PhD study in Electrical Engineering, the University of Liverpool (1986 – 1989).
Prof Chen was the founding Chair of IEEE Robotics and Automation New Zealand Chapter, and the founding President for New Zealand – China Society of Science and
Technology (South Island). He has served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and
Engineering, Control and Intelligent Systems, and International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. Prof Chen’s research interests cover mechatronics,
mobile robotics, assistive device and technology. He has authored and co-authored over 200 referred publications, and authored and edited four books; and is
co-inventor of 10 patents. His patented technology on wall climbing robot led to a spin-off company Invert Robotics Limited which won 2012 New Zealand Ministry
of Science and Innovation Start-Up Award. Prof Chen is Elected Fellow of Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) and Elected
Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (USA).