Publications
#Equal Contribution
Journal Papers
X. Shao#, B. Zhang#, H. Zhi, J. G. Romero, B. Fan, Q. Hu, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “InPTC: Integrated Planning and Tube-Following Control for Prescribed-Time Collision-Free Navigation of Wheeled Mobile Robots,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), 2024 (Early Access). doi:10.1109/TMECH.2024.3486727. (PDF, Video)
B. Zhang, X. Shao, H. Zhi, L. Qiu, J. G. Romero, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Leader-Follower Formation Control of Perturbed Nonholonomic Agents along Parametric Curves with Directed Communication,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 8603 - 8610, Oct. 2024. doi:10.1109/LRA.2024.3445657. (PDF, Video)
B. Zhang, H. Zhi, J. G. Romero, L. Labazanova, A. Duan, X. Li, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Fourier-Based Multi-Agent Formation Control to Track Evolving Closed Boundaries,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (T-CAS-I), vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 4549-4559, Nov. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2023.3300772. (PDF, Video)
B. Zhang, J. Zhou, “Characteristic Model-Based Station-keeping Control for Halo Orbit” in Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica (航空学报中文版), vol. 40, no. 11, Nov. 2019. doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2019.23306. (PDF)
Y. Tian, B. Zhang, X. Shao, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Encircling General 2-D Boundaries by Mobile Robots with Collision Avoidance: A Vector Field Guided Approach,” submitted to IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH). doi:arXiv:2501.02242
H. Zhi, B. Zhang, J. Qi, J. G. Romero, X. Shao, C. Yang, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Non-Prehensile Object Transport by Nonholonomic Robots Connected by Linear Deformable Elements,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 8651-8658, Oct. 2024. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3440096.
H. Y. Lee, P. Zhou, B. Zhang, L. Qiu, B. Fan, A. Duan, J. Tang, T. L. Lam, D. Navarro-Alarcon, “A Distributed Dynamic Framework to Allocate Collaborative Tasks Based on Capability Matching in Heterogeneous Multirobot Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (T-CDS), vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 251-265, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCDS.2023.3264034.
W. Ma, B. Zhang, L. Han, S. Huo, H. Wang, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Action Planning for Packing Long Linear Elastic Objects Into Compact Boxes With Bimanual Robotic Manipulation,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1718-1729, Jun. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3223990.
M. Muddassir, G. Limbert, B. Zhang, A. Duan, J. J. Tan, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Model Predictive Thermal Dose Control of a Robotic Laser System to Automate Skin Photorejuvenation,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 737-747, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3218806.
S. Huo, B. Zhang, M. Muddassir, D. T. W. Chik and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “A Sensor-Based Robotic Line Scan System With Adaptive ROI for Inspection of Defects Over Convex Free-Form Specular Surfaces,” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 2782-2792, 1 Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3132428.
J. Zhou, J. Hu, and B. Zhang, “Approximate Analytical Solutions of Motion near the Collinear Libration-Points in Restricted Three-Body Problem,” in Journal of Deep Space Exploration (深空探测学报), vol. 7, no. 1, Feb. 2020. doi: 10.15982/j.issn.2095-7777.2020.20190408001.
J. Zhou, J. Hu, and B. Zhang, “Analytical Solutions for Relative Motion in the Cicular Restricted Three-Body Problem,” in Journal of Astronautics (宇航学报), vol. 41, no. 2, Feb. 2020. doi: 10.3873/j.issn.1000-1328.2020.02.004.
J. Zhou, J. Hu, Y. Bai, B. Zhang, “Optimal Impulsive Time-Fixed Transfers Around the Libration Points of the Restricted Three-Body Problem,” in Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 365, no. 79, May 2020. doi: 10.1007/s10509-020-03793-7
Conference Papers
B. Zhang, C. Li, and J. Zhou, “Station-keeping of Halo Orbits using Convex Optimization-Based Receding Horizon Control,” in Proceedings of 2021 China Automation Congress (CAC), pp. 7160-7165, Beijing, China, Oct. 2021. doi: 10.1109/CAC53003.2021.9728345. (PDF)
B. Zhang and J. Zhou, “Characteristic Model-based Station-keeping Control for Halo Orbits about Sun-Earth L1 Point,” in Proceedings of 2019 Chinese Automation Congress (CAC), pp. 418-423, Hangzhou, China, Nov. 2019. doi: 10.1109/CAC48633.2019.8997351. (PDF)
A. Duan, B. Zhang, L. Hu, L. Feng, and D. Navarro-Alarcon, “Balancing Control of Wheeled-Legged Hexapedal Robots for Traversing Rough Terrains,” in Proceedings of 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), pp. 1905-1910, Jinghong, China, Dec. 2022. doi: 10.1109/ROBIO55434.2022.10011895.