search

Close X

FACULTY

Zhong, Yong 
|

Zhong, Yong 

  • Positional Title: Associate Professor

  • Email: zhongyong@scut.edu.cn

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

  • Zip Code: 510640

  • Graduated School: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Final Degree: Ph.D.

  • Office: D1-b519

  • Telephone: 020-81122115

  • Mentor Type: Doctoral Supervisor/ Master's Supervisor

Personal profile    

Zhong Yong, Ph.D., is currently an associate professor (distinguished researcher) at Wu Xianming School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology. He is the member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member of Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), and member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has published more than 50 related papers in international journals and conferences, and applied for more than 20 invention patents (7 authorized). Served as the chairman of the IEEE ICRA2021 'Soft Robotics' sub-session, and the IEEE AIM2022 'Soft Robotics' sub-session chair, and was shortlisted for the 2019 and 2021 IEEE ROBIO Best Conference Paper Award. He is currently an editorial board member of 1 international journal and a reviewer of more than 20 international journals. In the past three years, he was the PI of 2 national-level projects, 4 provincial-level projects, and hosted and participated in more than 10 other projects. Research interests include underwater bionic robots, design and control of soft robots, and artificial intelligence algorithms applied in industrial.

Work Experience  

  • 2017 - 2017    Postdoc research assistant, Institute of Precision Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • 2017 - 2019    Research Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore

  • 2019 - Present    Associate Professor, Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology

Education  

  • 2007 - 2011   B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  • 2011 - 2014   M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • 2014 - 2017   Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Interest  

  • Bioinspired robots and intelligent control; design, manufacture and control of flexible / soft robots; motion control of ROV; intelligent monitoring and diagnosis of key components for robots.

Research projects  

Courses

  • Introduction to Engineering, Mechatronics, Introduction to Solid Mechanics

Selected Publications  

2022

  • [1]. Zhong, Yong, Yu, Binghuan, and Yu, Haoyong. 'Design and Study of Scissor-Mechanism-Based Pneumatic Actuator With a Characteristic of Bidirectional Contraction.' IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, (2022): 1-9. (JCR Q1, IF=5.3)

  • [2]. 钟勇, 王其鑫, and 李雨寒. '基于深度强化学习的欠驱动仿生机器鳗鱼控制研究.' 集成技术 11, no. 04(2022): 44-55. （约稿）

  • [3]. Zhong, Yong, Chen, Youdong, Wang, Chengcai, Wang, Qixing, and Yang, Jiawei. 'Research on Target Tracking for Robotic Fish Based on Low-Cost Scarce Sensing Information Fusion.' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7, no. 3(2022): 6044-6051. (JCR Q2, IF=3.7)

  • [4].Zhong, Yong, Jing Wu, Chao Wang, Yuhan Li, and Jialei Song. 'Hydrodynamic effects of the caudal fin shape of fish in carangiform undulatory swimming.' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (2022): 09544062211069007. (JCR Q3, IF=1.8)

  • [5]. Yang, Guo, Tao, Hui, Du, Ruxu, and Zhong, Yong*. 'Compound Fault Diagnosis of Harmonic Drives Using Deep Capsule Graph Convolutional Network.' IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, (2022): 1-1

  • [6].Zuo, Qiyang, Xu, Yaohui, Xie, Fengran, Fang, Haitao, He, Kai, Zhong, Yong, and Li, Zheng. 'Dynamic Modeling of a Novel Kind of Rigid-Soft Coupling Biomimetic Robotic Fish.' Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 105, no. 2(2022): 41.

  • [7].Yong Zhong, Yakun Yang, Kai He, Chaohe Chen. 'Fast terminal sliding-mode control based on unknown input observer for the tracking control of underwater vehicles.' Ocean Engineering 264 (2022): 112480.

  • [8]. Qixin Wang, Zicun Hong, Yong Zhong*. 'Learn to swim: Online motion control of an underactuated robotic eel based on deep reinforcement learning.' Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics 2.4 (2022): 100066.

2021

  • [1]. Xie, Fengran, Zuo, Qiyang, Chen, Qinglong, Fang, Haitao, He, Kai, Du, Ruxu, Zhong, Yong et al . 'Designs of the Biomimetic Robotic Fishes Performing Body and/or Caudal Fin (BCF) Swimming Locomotion: A Review.' Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 102, no. 1(2021): 13.

  • [2].Yu, Binghuan, Jiawei Yang, Ruxu Du, and Yong Zhong*. 'A Versatile Pneumatic Actuator Based on Scissor Mechanisms: Design, Modeling, and Experiments.' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6, no. 2 (2021): 1288-1295. (with ICRA option) (JCR Q2, IF=3.7)

  • [3].Zhong, Yong, Ruxu Du, Peng Guo, and Haoyong Yu. 'Investigation on a New Approach for Designing Articulated Soft Robots With Discrete Variable Stiffness.' IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 26, no. 6 (2021): 2998-3009. (JCR Q1, IF=5.3)

  • [4]. Chen, Jiayong, Yin, Bo, Wang, Chengcai, Xie, Fengran, Du, Ruxu, and Zhong, Yong*. 'Bioinspired Closed-loop CPG-based Control of a Robot Fish for Obstacle Avoidance and Direction Tracking.' Journal of Bionics Engineering 18, no. 1(2021): 171-183.

  • [5]Yang, Guo, Zhong, Yong*, Yang, Lie, Tao, Hui, Li, Jianying, and Du, Ruxu. 'Fault Diagnosis of Harmonic Drive With Imbalanced Data Using Generative Adversarial Network.' IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 70, (2021): 3519911. (JCR Q1, IF=4.0)

  • [6].Qin, Tong, Ruxu Du, Andrew Kusiak, Hui Tao, and Yong Zhong*. 'Designing a resilient production system with reconfigurable machines and movable buffers. 'International Journal of Production Research, 2021(6):1-16. (JCR Q1, IF=8.6)

  • [7].Chen, Guanwen, Li, Yuhan, Chen, Jiayong, Du, Ruxu, and Zhong, Yong*. 'Investigation on Yaw Stability of Bionic Propulsion in Flow Field.' 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2021, pp. 726-731.

  • [8]Chen, Youdong, Yang, Jiawei, and Zhong, Yong*. 'Target Tracking Strategy of Robotic Fish Based on Multi-Sensor Distributed Detection Information Fusion.' 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2021, pp. 750-755.

  • [9]Guo, Shaoyan, Zhong, Yong*, and Lin, Yangjun. 'Multi-target Rotating Encirclement Formations of Second-order Multi-agent Systems with Communication Noises.' 2021 China Automation Congress, CAC 2021, pp. 1915-1919.

2020

  • [1].Yang, Guo, Yong Zhong*, Lie Yang, and Ruxu Du. 'Fault detection of harmonic drive using multiscale convolutional neural network.' IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 70 (2020): 1-11. (JCR Q1, IF=4.0)

  • [2]. Zhong, Yong, Hu, Luohua, and Xu, Yinsheng. 'Recent Advances in Design and Actuation of Continuum Robots for Medical Applications.' ACTUATORS 9, no. 4(2020): 142. (JCR Q2, IF=2.0)

  • [3]Song, Jialei, Zhong, Yong, Du, Ruxu, Yin, Ling, and Ding, Yang. 'Tail shapes lead to different propulsive mechanisms in the body/caudal fin undulation of fish.' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 235.2 (2021): 351-364.

  • [4]. Yu, Binghuan, Yang, Jiawei, Du, Ruxu, and Zhong, Yong*. 'Design and Implementation of a Scissor-mechanism-based Vacuum Powered Actuator.' 2020 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics, RCAR 2020, pp. 177-182. 2020.

  • [5]. Zhong, Yong, et al. 'A novel articulated soft robot capable of variable stiffness through bistable structure.' 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2020, pp. 2939-2945.

2019

  • [1].Xie, Fengran, Zheng Li, Yang Ding, Yong Zhong, and Ruxu Du. 'An experimental study on the fish body flapping patterns by using a biomimetic robot fish.' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5, no. 1 (2019): 64-71.

  • [2].Xie, Fengran, Yong Zhong, Ruxu Du, and Zheng Li. 'Central pattern generator (CPG) control of a biomimetic robot fish for multimodal swimming.' Journal of Bionic Engineering 16, no. 2 (2019): 222-234.

  • [3].Chen, Jiayong, Chen, Youdong, Yu, Binghuan, Du, Ruxu, Zhong, Yong*, and Xie, Fengran. 'Obstacle Avoidance Control Strategy of a Biomimetic Wire-driven Robot Fish.'  2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2019, pp. 326-331.

2018年

  • [1].Zhong, Yong*, Jialei Song, Haoyong Yu, and Ruxu Du. 'A Study on Kinematic Pattern of Fish Undulatory Locomotion Using a Robot Fish.' Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics-Transactions of the ASME, 10, no. 4 (2018): 041013. (JCR Q2, IF=2.1)

  • [2].Song, Jialei, Yong Zhong, Haoxiang Luo, Yang Ding, and Ruxu Du. 'Hydrodynamics of larval fish quick turning: A computational study.' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 232, no. 14 (2018): 2515-2523.

  • [3].Zhong, Yong*, Jialei Song, Haoyong Yu, and Ruxu Du. 'Toward a Transform Method From Lighthill Fish Swimming Model to Biomimetic Robot Fish.' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3, no. 3 (2018): 2632-2639. (JCR Q2, IF=3.7)

  • [4].Zhong, Yong*, Zheng Li, and Ruxu Du. 'Robot fish with two-DOF pectoral fins and a wire-driven caudal fin.' Advanced robotics 32, no. 1 (2018): 25-36. (JCR Q3, IF=1.7)

  • [5]. TM Kwok, Y Zhong, R Du. 'Dynamic modeling and experimental validation of a robotic whip.' Proc. of the CAD Conference and Exhibition, 47-53.

  • [6].Xie, Fengran, Zhong, Yong, Kwok, Ming, Fung, and Du, Ruxu. 'Central pattern generator based control of a wire-driven robot fish.' In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, ICIA 2018, pp. 475-480. 2018.

2017

  • [1]. Zhong, Yong, Li, Zheng, and Du, Ruxu. 'A Novel Robot Fish With Wire-Driven Active Body and Compliant Tail.' IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 22, no. 4(2017): 1633-1643. (JCR Q1, IF=5.3)

Laboratories

Bio-inspired Intelligent Agents