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
Assistive Mobile Manipulator for Healthcare Personnel Assistance
Autonomous robots that locomote and manipulate objects could replace humans in challenging/hazardous environments
Computational Design and Control of Bio-inspired Legged Systems
Development of Parallel Mechanisms Based Wearable Exoskeleton System for Lower Limb
Inflatable legs for walking robots
Innovative Tactile and Optical Sensing and Actuating Devices
Morphing Quadrotor UAVs with Deployable Linkage Frames: Design, Modelling, Control, and Experiments
Precision Manipulation and Perception System for Horticulture Applications
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
From Bees to Robots: A Statistical Mechanics Framework for Modelling Shimmering Dynamics and Control of Swarm Systems	2024
Pneumatic Soft-Rigid Hybrid Actuators and Evolved Legged-Robots: Design, Modelling and Control	2024
Wearable Orthoses with Semi-Active and Active Absorbers for Hand Tremor Suppression	2024
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