Dr. Hesheng Wang is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Automation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also awarded the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund. He graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2002, obtained master and doctor degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004 and 2007, and worked as a postdoctoral research assistant from the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2009.

Professor Wang won the Best Student Conference Paper of the International Integrated Technology Conference in 2007, won the Best Paper of the 8th World Intelligent Control and Automation Conference SUPCON in 2010, the Best Student Conference Paper of the International Real-Time Computing and Robot Conference in 2015, the Best Conference Paper of International Wearable Sensor and Robot Conference. In 2010, he was awarded the SMC-Morning Star Young Scholar C category of SJTU, and was awarded the SMC-Morning Star Young Scholar B category of SJTU in 2012. He was awarded Class A of Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Star in 2014.

In recent years, 150+ SCI/EI index papers have been published in domestic and foreign journals and conferences, including 49 SCI index papers, more than 20 IEEE TRANSACTIONS papers, 200+ SCI citations, and 1,400+ google scholar citations. He has published more than 20 papers in ICRA and IROS. Twenty-seven national invention patents have been authorized, in which one has been transferred, and seven have been published.

As project leader, Professor Wang chaired the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund, Joint Fund Key Projects, Youth Fund, General Projects, Special Subprojects of the ITER Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, International Cooperation Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation and many other projects. As the main member of the project, he participated in many projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the special project of the ITER program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the 863 key project, the Hong Kong Research Fund, the school medical research cooperation fund, and corporate projects.

He served as the Program Chair of the 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Bionics (IEEE ROBIO2014), and the General Chair of the 2016 International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR2016), and served as chairman of the conference program of the 2019 International Advanced Intelligence of the electromechanical system (IEEE AIM2019). He was chairman of many international conference organizing committees including IEEE ROBIO2009, IEEE ICRA2011, IEEE NANO2013, IEEE ROBIO2015, IEEE SII2016, etc. He is currently the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (SCI), Assembly Automation (SCI), International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (SCI) and Robotics and Biomimetics, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Conference Editorial Board. He has served as the guest editor of Mathematical Problems in Engineering (SCI), International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (SCI) and Journal of Applied Mathematics. Now he is a senior member of IEEE.

Visual servo, medical robot, unmanned driving, robot control, computer vision, adaptive control.

Y. H. Liu, H. Wang, C. Wang and K. Lam, “Uncalibrated visual servoing of robots using a depth-Independent interaction matrix,” IEEE Trans. on Robotics, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp.804-817, 2006.

H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu and D. Zhou, “Dynamic visual tracking for manipulators using an uncalibrated fixed camera,” IEEE Trans. on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 610-617, 2007.

H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu and D. Zhou, “Adaptive visual servoing using point and line features with an uncalibrated eye-in-hand camera,” IEEE Trans. on Robotics, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 843-857, 2008.

H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu and W. Chen “Uncalibrated visual tracking control without visual velocity,” IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol.18, No.6, pp.1359-1370, 2010.

H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu, W. Chen and Z. Wang, “A new approach to dynamic eye-in-hand visual tracking using nonlinear observers,” IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol.16, No.2, pp.387-394, 2011.

H. Wang*, W. Chen and Y. H. Liu, “Visual servoing of robots with uncalibrated robot and camera parameters,” Mechatronics, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 390-397, 2012.

H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu and W. Chen “Visual tracking of robots in uncalibrated environments,” Mechatronics, Vol.22, No.6, pp. 661-668, 2012.

Y. H. Liu, H. Wang*, W. Chen and D. Zhou, "Adaptive visual servoing using common image features with unknown geometric parameters", Automatica, Vol. 49, No.8, pp.2453-2460, 2013.

X. Liang, H. Wang* and W. Chen, "Uncalibrated image-based visual servoing of rigid-link electrically driven robotic manipulators", Asian Journal of Control, Vol. 16, No.3, pp.714-728, 2014.

X. Liang, H. Wang*, W. Chen and D. Guo, "Adaptive image-based trajectory tracking control of wheeled mobile robots with an uncalibrated fixed camera ", IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp.2266-2282, 2015.

X. Liang, H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu, W. Chen and J. Zhao, "A unified design method for adaptive visual tracking control of robots with eye-in-hand/fixed camera configuration",Automatica, Vol. 59, pp.97-105, 2015.

H. Wang, W. Chen*, Y. Lai, and T. He, “Trajectory planning of Tokamak flexible in-vessel inspection robot”, Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 98–99, pp. 1678-1682, 2015.

H. Wang, W. Chen*, L. Xu, and T. He, “Vision-based online vibration estimation of the flexible in-vessel inspection robot with Short-time Fourier Transformation”, Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 98–99, pp. 1683-1687, 2015.

H. Wang, Y. Lai, W. Chen* and Q. Cao, “Design and implementation of motion planning of inspection and maintenance robot for iter-like vessel”, Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol.101, pp. 111-123, 2015.

X. Liang, H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu, W. Chen and G. Hu, “Adaptive task-space cooperative tracking control of networked robotic manipulators without task-space velocity measurements”, IEEE Trans. On Cybernetics, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp.2386-2398, 2016.

Z. Liu, H. Wang, W. Chen, J. Yu and J. Chen*, “An Incidental Delivery Based Method for Resolving Multirobot Pair-Wised Transportation Problems”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol.17, No. 7, pp.1852-1866, 2016.

Z. Liu, W. Chen*, J. Lu, H. Wang and J. Wang, “Formation control of mobile robots using distributed controller with sampled-data and communication delays”, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 2125-2132, 2016.

H. Wang, L. Xu and W. Chen*, “Design and implementation of visual inspection system handed in Tokamak flexible in-vessel robot”, Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 106, pp. 21-28, 2016.

X. Liang, Y. H. Liu, H. Wang*, W. Chen, K. Xing and T. Liu, “Leader-following formation tracking control of mobile robots without direct position measurements”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 61, No. 12, pp. 4131-4137, 2016.

H. Wang, Y. Lai, W. Chen*, “The time optimal trajectory planning with limitation of operating task for the Tokamak inspecting manipulator”, Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 113, pp. 57-65, 2016.

H. Wang, C. Wang, W. Chen*, X. Liang and Y. Liu, “Three dimensional dynamics for cable-driven soft manipulator”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 18-28, 2017.

H. Wang, R. Zhang, W. Chen*, X. Liang and R. Pfeifer, “Shape detection algorithm for soft manipulator based on fiber bragg gratings”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 2977-2982, 2016.

H. Wang, B. Yang, Y. Liu, W. Chen*, X. Liang and R. Pfeifer, “Visual servoing of soft robot manipulator in constrained environments with an adaptive controller”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 41-50, 2017.

H. Wang, D. Guo, X. Liang, W. Chen*, G. Hu and K. K. Leang, “Adaptive vision-based leader-follower formation control of mobile robots”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp.2893-2902, 2017.

H. Wang, R. Zhang, W. Chen*, X. Wang and R. Pfeifer, “A cable-driven soft robot surgical system for cardiothoracic endoscopic surgery: preclinical testes in animals”, Surgical Endoscopy and other Interventional Techniques, Vol.31, No. 8, pp 3152–3158, 2017.

D. Zheng, H. Wang*, S. Chen, J. Wang, W. Chen, X. Liang, “Image-based visual servoing of a quadrotor using virtual camera approach”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp.972-982, 2017.

H. Wang, D. Guo, H. Xu, W. Chen*, T. Liu and K. Leang, “Eye-in-hand tracking control of free-floating space manipulator”, IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp.1855-1865, 2017.

D. Guo, K. Leang and H. Wang, “Adaptive-Repetitive Visual-servo control of low-flying aerial robots via uncalibrated high-flying cameras”, Journal of Nonlinear Science, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp.1235-1256, 2017.

H. Wang, J. Wang, W. Chen* and L. Xu, “Automatic illumination planning for robot vision inspection system”, Neurocomputing, Vol. 275, pp.19-28, 2018.

Z. Liu, W. Chen, H. Wang, Y.-H. Liu, Y. Shen, X. Fu, "A self-repairing algorithm with optimal repair path for maintaining motion synchronization of mobile robot network", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, 2018.

D. Zheng, H. Wang*, W. Chen and Yong Wang, “Planning and tracking in image space for image-based visual servoing of a quadrotor”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp.3376-3385, 2018.

X. Liang, H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu, W. Chen, “Formation control of nonholonomic mobile robots without position and velocity measurements”, IEEE Trans. On Robotics, Vol. 34, No.2, pp.434-446, 2018.

H. Tang, Y. Liu and H. Wang*, “Constraint gaussian filter with virtual measurement for on-line camera-odometry calibration”, IEEE Trans. On Robotics, Vol. 34, No.3, pp.630-644, 2018.

H. Wang, B. Yang, J. Wang, W. Chen, X. Liang and Y. Liu, “Adaptive visual servoing of contour features ”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 23, No.2, pp.811-822, 2018.

X. Liang, H. Wang*, Y. H. Liu, W. Chen, “Image-based position control of mobile robots with a completely unknown fixed camera”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 63, No.9, pp.3016-3023, 2018.
W. Hong, L. Xie, J. Liu, Y. Sun, K. Li and H. Wang*, “Development of a novel continuum robotic system for maxillary sinus surgery”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 23, No.3, pp.1226-1237, 2018.

H. Wang, D. Zheng, J. Wang*, W. Chen, J. Yuan, “Ego-motion estimation of a quadrotor based on nonlinear observer”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 23, No.3, pp.1138-1147, 2018.

F. Xu, H. Wang*, J. Wang, W. Chen, J. Yuan, “Adaptive visual servoing control for an underwater soft robot”, Assembly Automation, Vol. 38, No.5, pp.669-677, 2018

D. Guo, K. Leang and H. Wang, “Nonlinear vision-based observer for visual servo control of an aerial robot in GPS-denied environments”, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics-Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 10, No.6, 2018.

F. Xu, H. Wang*, S. Au, W. Chen, Y. Miao, “Underwater dynamic modeling for a cable-driven soft robot arm”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 23, No.6, pp.2726-2738, 2018.

F. Xu, H. Wang*, J. Wang, S. Au, W. Chen, “Underwater dynamic visual servoing for a soft robot arm with online distortion correction”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 2019.

D. Zheng, H. Wang*, J. Wang, X. Zhang, W. Chen, “Towards visibility guaranteed visual servoing control of quadrotor UAVs”, IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 2019.