CV
Education
- B.S. in Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Hohai University, 2008
- M.S. in Naval and Ocean Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2015
- Ph.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2021
Work experience
- Spring, Winter 2016: Research Assistant
- University of California, Davis
- Duties included: Software development of education robots
- Supervisor: Harry H. Cheng
- Summer 2017: Research Assistant
- University of California, Davis
- Duties included: Motion control of agriculture robotics
- Supervisor: Stavros G. Vougioukas
- Fall 2018: Research Assistant
- University of California, Davis
- Duties included: Data Driven Simulation of strawberry harvesting activities
- Supervisor: Stavros G. Vougioukas.
- Summer 2019: Research Assistant
- University of California, Davis
- Duties included: Navigation of crop-transport robots in the strawberry field
- Supervisor: Stavros G. Vougioukas.
- March 2021: Post-doctoral Scholar
- University of California, Davis
- Duties included: IoT system development for data collection in the harvesting scenario
- Supervisor: Stavros G. Vougioukas.
- Feb 2022: Research Scientist
- MU-robotix
- Duties included: Robotic system design, PNC of E-tractor
- July 2022: Researcher (PI)
- Hangzhou Global Innovation and Technology Center
- Duties included: Picking automation, Automatic system design in Greenhouse
Skills
- Proficient in ROS package development (C++/Python)
- Optimization based path planning and tracking for mobile robot in the orchard;
- Application of OBCA for headland manuvering of E-tractor;
- Kinodynamic model based optimal control of E-tractor;
- Experienced in mathematical modeling of vehicle logistics problems;
- Online heuristic discrete optimization;
- Gurobi solver;
- CPLEX solver;
- Experienced in RTK-GPS based localization solution;
- Vehicle Model based state estimation with other sensor data;
- Sensor fusion of IMU and Odometry (visual odometry/wheel odometry);
- Experienced in navigation of mobile robots in the agricultrural field;
- Software-based Ackerman steering control;
- Path planning (Dubins, RRT);
- Path tracking (Pure-pursuit, MPC);
Publications
Talks
Optimized predictive dispatching of Robotic Harvest-Aids using Multiple Scenario Approach
Talk at ASABE conference 2018, Detroit, Michigan
Effect of the earliness of transporting requests on dispatching of Field Serving Units in robot-aided harvesting
Talk at ASABE conference 2019, Boston, Massachusetts
System-level description and evaluation of a robot-aided strawberry harvesting system
Talk at ASABE conference 2020, Omaha, Nebraska
Online trajectory generation for obstacle avoidance for mobile robots in orchards
Talk at ASABE conference 2021, Online
Teaching
Patent (provisional)
- A Crop-Transport robotic aided harvesting vehicle system method and devices.
- Crop-transport robots and instrumented picking carts acting as harvest-aids during manual harvesting.