Dr Ketao Zhang
BSc, PhD, FHEA

Research Group Members

PhD Students

Mr Navin Patel

Multi-Agent modelling, Self Organisation, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Control theory, Robotics modelling, Network theory

Mr Zhujin Jiang

Origami-inspired mechanisms, Artificial mussels, Control theory

Mr Chen Liu

Soft Robotics, Actuation and Sensing, Electroactive Technologies

Mr Yan Wang

Multirotor UAVs, Reconfigurable mechanisms

Assistive robotics, Rehabilitation robotics

Alumni

Dr Wei Ye
PhD
Assistant Professor, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Parallel Mechanisms, Engineering Design, Kinematics, Dynamics

Thesis Title
China Scholarship Council (CSC)
Cooperative multi-agent robotic systems
Development of exoskeletons for elderly and stroke patient with motor tremor problem
Development of Parallel Mechanisms Based Wearable Exoskeleton System for Lower Limb
Inflatable legs for walking robots
Innovative Tactile and Optical Sensing and Actuating Devices
Novel multirotor UAVs with reconfigurable/deployable structure
Pneumatic Soft-Rigid Hybrid Actuators and Evolved Legged-Robots: Design, Modelling and Control
Sensing and navigation for eversion robots operating pipe networks on nuclear sites
Soft eversion robotic mechanism for the inspection of inaccessible spaces in the nuclear sector
Using control and machine learning techniques to optimise the motion performance of a soft eversion robots for underwater applications

Thesis Title	Year
Design, fabrication and stiffness control of soft fluidic robots	2023
Soft Capacitive and Optical Tomography-based Sensor Skins	2023
Integrated Hydraulic Steering And Signal Transmission Technlologies Applied to Novel MRI-Compatible Intravascular Catheters	2020