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Faculty
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  • 周奕彤 Zhou, Yitong

    • 职称:副教授

    • 邮箱:zhouyitong@scut.edu.cn

    • 工作单位:吴贤铭智能工程学院

    • 邮政编码:510640

    • 毕业院校:俄亥俄州立大学

    • 办公室:D1-a503

    • 最后学位:博士

    • 办公电话:020-81182129

    • 导师类别:博导

个人简介  

周奕彤博士,华南理工大学吴贤铭智能工程学院副教授、博士生导师,机器人工程专业负责人,学院智慧医疗与辅助装置研究中心主任。研究方向为机器人驱动系统与机器人系统设计,重点开展高性能致动器设计、驱动建模、柔性感知与机器人系统集成与控制研究,并推动相关技术在可穿戴外骨骼、仿生机器人、巡检机器人、人形机器人中的工程应用。主持国家自然科学基金等科研项目10余项,以第一/通讯作者在 IEEE TRO、IEEE TIM、IEEE RAL、JFR、等机器人旗舰期刊与会议发表论文40余篇。担任IEEE TRO、RAL等多个机器人旗舰期刊/会议审稿人;

欢迎对机器人技术充满热情、自驱力强、动手能力强的本、硕、博士生和博士后加入课题组。

个人主页:www.zhouyitonglab.com

工作经历  

  • 2021年3月-至今,华南理工大学,吴贤铭智能工程学院,副教授。

  • 2011年7月-2014年4月,广汽研究院,机械工程师。

教育经历  

  • 2007-2011 本科, 清华大学,车辆工程系

  • 2014-2016 硕士, 俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布分校,机械工程系

  • 2016-2020 硕士, 俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布分校,应用统计系

  • 2016-2020 博士, 俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布分校,机械工程系

研究领域  

机器人驱动系统与机器人系统设计,重点开展高性能致动器设计、驱动建模、柔性感知与机器人系统集成与控制研究,并推动相关技术在可穿戴外骨骼、仿生机器人、巡检机器人、人形机器人中的工程应用。


科研项目

  • 软体机器人

围绕软体机器人的结构设计方法与驱动机理开展研究,重点发展柔性致动器与人工肌肉等新型驱动技术,探索材料、结构与制造工艺对软体执行器驱动性能与能量效率的影响机制。在此基础上,建立软体机器人驱动与运动的设计方法,并发展智能控制策略,实现软体机器人在复杂环境中的高效运动与操作。


  • 可穿戴外骨骼

面向医疗康复与作业辅助需求,开展轻量化可穿戴外骨骼系统研究,重点发展柔性驱动技术、人机协同控制与系统集成方法。通过构建高性能驱动系统与人体运动耦合模型,实现外骨骼系统对人体运动能力的增强与辅助,推动外骨骼技术在康复医疗与工业作业中的应用。


  • 巡检机器人

面向电力等关键基础设施的智能运维需求,开展巡检与作业机器人系统研究,重点发展复杂环境下的机器人机构设计、操作能力与系统集成技术。研发适用于高空线路、狭窄管道等场景的巡检与作业机器人,实现环境感知、三维建模与在线操作,为电力基础设施智能化运维提供技术支撑。

主讲课程  

  • 设计与制造II、数据分析建模

代表论文  

  • 1.Taghipour, Ehsan, Sai Siddhartha Vemula, Zhengdi Wang, Yitong Zhou, Hossein Qarib, Kushal Gargesh, Leon M. Headings, Marcelo J. Dapino, and Soheil Soghrati. 'Characterization and computational modeling of electrical wires and wire bundles subject to bending loads.' International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 140 (2018): 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.03.009

  • 2.Zhou,Yitong, Leon M. Headings, and Marcelo J. Dapino. 'Discrete layer jamming for variable stiffness co-robot arms.' Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 12, no. 1 (2020): 015001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044537

  • 3.Zhou, Yitong*, and Haonan Li. 'A scientometric review of soft robotics: Intellectual structures and emerging trends analysis (2010–2021).' Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9 (2022): 868682. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.868682

  • 4.Zhou, Yitong, Leon M. Headings, and Marcelo J. Dapino. 'Modeling of fluidic prestressed composite actuators with application to soft robotic grippers.' IEEE Transactions on Robotics 38, no. 4 (2022): 2166-2178. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2021.3139770

  • 5.Xiao, Longya, Chengjian Ou, Ding Zhang, Yi Ma, Zefeng Xu, Yitong Zhou*, and Hongjie Jiang. 'Strong Tough Poly Acrylic‐co‐acrylamide Hydrogels via a Synergistic Effect of Fiber and Metal‐Ligand Bonds as Flexible Strain Sensors.' Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 307, no. 11 (2022): 2200389. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202200389

  • 6.Zhou, Yitong, Leon M. Headings, and Marcelo J. Dapino. 'Modeling of soft robotic grippers integrated with fluidic prestressed composite actuators.' Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 14, no. 3 (2022): 031001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052699

  • 7.Li, Fengguan, Jiahong Chen, Zhitao Zhou, Jiefeng Xie, Zishu Gao, Yuxiang Xiao, Pei Dai, Chanchan Xu, Xiaojie Wang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Lightweight soft robotic glove with whole-hand finger motion tracking for hand rehabilitation in virtual reality.' Biomimetics 8, no. 5 (2023): 425. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8050425

  • 8.Gan, Lu, Jiabao Wang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'A sub-millinewton resolution biaxial force sensor with temperature self-compensation for vascular intervention.' Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 364 (2023): 114833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114833

  • 9.Li, Fengguan, Jiahong Chen, Guanpeng Ye, Siwei Dong, Zishu Gao, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Soft robotic glove with sensing and force feedback for rehabilitation in virtual reality.' Biomimetics 8, no. 1 (2023): 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010083

  • 10.Gan, Lu, Jiabao Wang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'A sub-millinewton resolution biaxial force sensor with temperature self-compensation for vascular intervention.' Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 364 (2023): 114833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114833

  • 11.Li, Fengguan, Jiahong Chen, Zhitao Zhou, Jiefeng Xie, Zishu Gao, Yuxiang Xiao, Pei Dai, Chanchan Xu, Xiaojie Wang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Lightweight soft robotic glove with whole-hand finger motion tracking for hand rehabilitation in virtual reality.' Biomimetics 8, no. 5 (2023): 425. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8050425

  • 12.Li, Haonan, and Yitong Zhou*. 'An Intelligent Hand-Assisted Diagnosis System Based on Information Fusion.' Sensors 24, no. 14 (2024): 4745. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144745

  • 13.Fang, Shengchang, Guisong Chen, Yitong Zhou*. and Xiaojie Wang. 'Advancing Legged Wall Climbing Robot Performance Through Dynamic Contact-Integrated Climbing Model.' Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 16, no. 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064742

  • 14.Xu, Zefeng, Jiaqiao Liang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Soft Pneumatic Helical Actuators With Programmable Variable Curvatures.' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters , vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 6632-6639, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3410165

  • 15.Xu, Zefeng, Linkai Hu, Longya Xiao, Hongjie Jiang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Modular soft robotic crawlers based on fluidic prestressed composite actuators.' Journal of Bionic Engineering 21, no. 2 (2024): 694-706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-024-00487-6

  • 16.Gan,Lu, Yuqing Xu, Yumeng Cai, and Yitong Zhou*. 'A high sensitivity flexible stretchable fiber optic sensor based on the waveguide loss principle,' IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,vol. 74, pp. 1-7, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2024.3522407

  • 17.Dai, Pei, Pengyu Wang, Lu Gan, Yitong Zhou*. 'Supercoiled Polymer Sensors from Twisting and Coiling Silver-Plated Nylon tdreads'. IEEE Sensors Journal ,vol. 24, no. 19, pp. 29745-29753, 1 Oct.1, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3441630

  • 18.Lou, Gaoming, Chuang Wang, Zefeng Xu, Jiaqiao Liang, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Controlling Soft Robotic Arms Using Hybrid Modelling and Reinforcement Learning.' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters,vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 7070-7077, Aug. 2024 https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3418312

  • 19.Xu, Zefeng, and Yitong Zhou*. 'Bistable composites with intrinsic pneumatic actuation and non-cylindrical curved shapes.' Materials Letters 354 (2024): 135381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135381

  • 20.Xu, Boyi, Jinsui Xu, et al., FeiYang*, Yitong Zhou*. “Bionic Muscle with Dual-Mode Sensing Function Inspired byPlant Tendrils,” ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2025 7 (5), 2137-2145 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.5c00105 

  • 21.Xu, Boyi, Jinsui Xu, et al., FeiYang*, Yitong Zhou*. “Spider inspired ion gel sensor for dual-mode detection of force and speed via magnetic induction,” ACS sensors 2025 10 (4), 3134-3142 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5c00403 

  • 22.Xu, Boyi, Jinsui Xu, et al., FeiYang*, Yitong Zhou*. “Ant-Inspired Ion Gel Sensor for Dual-Mode Detection ofForce and Humidity via Magnetic Induction,” ACS sensors 2025 10 (3), 2319-2329 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5c00032 

  • 23.Liang, Jiaqiao, Gaoming Lou, Fobao Zhou, Yumeng Cai, Chuang Wang, Yitong Zhou*. 'Residual Reinforcement Learning Based on Inverse Kinematic Modeling for Soft Robotic Arm Control.' ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. DS-24-1244,June 9, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068880

研究专利  

  • 1. 一种摩擦电式湿度压力双模态传感器及其测试方法,2024116657835

  • 2. A wearable flexible rehabilitation device for wrist joints based on twisted string actuators, 2023226757347