Yuru Zhang
PhD, Professor
Robotics Institute, Beihang University
No. 37 Xueyuan RD, Beijing 1000191, China
Tel: +86-10-82338023
Email: yuru@buaa.edu.cn
Webpage:http://haptic.buaa.edu.cn

Education

     Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China, 1987
     M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China, 1984
     B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 1982

Service in Beihang University

     Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, 1987-89
     Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, 1990-94
     Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, since 1997
     Associate director, Robotics Institute, 1997-2002
     Associate Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, 2003-2007
     Member of Advisory Committee for Undergraduate Education, 2002-2007
     Associate Director, State Key Lab of Virtual Reality Technology and System, since 2010

Research Interests

     Haptic interface
     Medical robotic system
     Robotic dexterous manipulation
     Mechanism analysis and synthesis

Teaching Interests

     Introduction to robotics
     Product design and developmen
     Mechanism analysis and synthesis

Professional Memberships

     Senior Member of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES)
     Member of the CMES Board of Governors
     Senior Member of IEEE
     Member of ASME

Awards and Honors

     1993, Outstanding Yong Professor Award, Government of Beijing
     1996, Outstanding Investigator Award, the Ministry of Aeronautics Industry, China
     1998, Research Leadership Award, Government of Beijing
     2003, The 21st Century Outstanding Professional Award, the Ministry of Education, China
     2008, National Science and Technology Award, the Ministry of Science and Technology, China

Professional Services

     Advisory Board of Undergraduate Education, the Ministry of Education, China, 2006-2011
     AdCom, Mechanism Committee, CMES, 2008-2012
     Editorial Board, Robot, Journal of Chinese Association of Automation, since 2004
     Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2005, 2006
     Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2006, 2007
     Program Committee, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, 2006, 2008

Principal Publications

Book

     Robotic Dexterous Hands: Modeling, Planning and Simulation, The China Machinery Press, 2007

Patents in China

1. Yuru Zhang, Bo Liu, Weidong Guo, "Mechanism for Dexterous Robotic Hands”, ZL02155646.6，November 15, 2006

2. Yuru Zhang, Tianmiao Wang, Wushengchou, Junchuan Liu, “Registration Method for a Medical Robotic System Using Machine Vision”, ZL200310122495.7 , November 29, 2006

3. Yuru Zhang, Weidong Guo, Shiqing Zhang, “3DOF Haptic Device”，ZL200510115907.3，December 19, 2007

4. Yuru Zhang, Yonggang Cao, Dangxiao Wang, “6DOF Haptic Device,” ZL 200710062916.X，November 12, 2008

1. WANG DangXiao, ZHANG YuRu, WANG Yong, etc., Haptic rendering for dental training system, Science in China Series F: Information Sciences, 2009 52 (3): 529-546

2. Guanyang Liu, Yuru Zhang,Dangxiao Wang and William T. Townsend, Stable haptic interaction using a damping model to implement a realistic tooth-cutting simulation for dental training, Virtual Reality, Vol 12, No.2, June 2008

3. Guanyang Liu, Yuru Zhang and William T. Townsend, Force Modeling for Tooth Preparation in Dental Training System, Virtual Reality, 1359-4338.

4. Liu, Junchuan; Zhang, Yuru; Li, Zhen, “Improving the positioning accuracy of a neurosurgical robot system,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, v 12, n 5, October, 2007, p 527-533

5. D. Wang, Y. Zhang, etc. “Cutting on Triangle Mesh Local Model based haptic display for dental preparation surgery simulation” IEEE Transaction on Visualization andComputer Graphics, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2005, 671-683

6. Yuru Zhang and W. A. Gruver, Jiting Li and Qixian Zhang, Classification of Grasps, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2001, 436-444

7. Yuru Zhang and William A. Gruver, “A Method for Simplifying Dynamics of Manipulators with Closed Chains,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 28, No. 4, 1999, 261-269

1. Xiaowei Dai, Yuru Zhang, Dangxiao Wang, Maximum Virtual Stiffness Distribution Analysis and Measurement for Haptic Device, ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.

2. Hao Li, Yuru Zhang, Yi Yang, SINGULARITY-FREE TASKSPACE OPTIMIZATION OF 6-RSS MECHANISMS, ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.

3. Yang Y, Zhang Yuru, Zhang Yaojun, Cao Yonggang. Singularity-Free Task Workspace Analysis of a New Six-dof Parallel Haptic Device,ASME IDETC/CIE2008, August,2008, New York

4. Dangxiao WANG, Yuru ZHANG, Yu WANG, Analysis of registration accuracy for collocated haptic-visual display system, IEEE 16th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, Reno, Nevada, USA, March 13-14, 2008

5. Xiaowei Dai, Yuru Zhang, Yonggang Cao, Dangxiao Wang, Current Closed Loop Control for Increasing Virtual Stiffness in Haptic Interaction, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications, 2008

6. Wang Dangxiao; Zhang Yuru; Yao Chong , Machine-mediated motor skill training method in haptic-enabled Chinese handwriting simulation system, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006, p 5644-5649

7. D. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, G. Liu, “Spatial-domain consistency between haptic and visual display under geometrical transform,” Proc. Of EuroHaptics 2006, Paris, France, July 3-6, 2006, pp.383-388

8. Guanyang Liu, Yuru Zhang, D. Wang, J. Hao, P. Lu, Y. Wang Cutting Force Model in Dental Training System, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2005

9. Junchuan Liu, Yuru Zhang, Tianmiao Wang, Hongguang Xing, Zengmin Tian,”NeuroMaster: A Robot System for Neurosurgery,”IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation，New Orleans, USA, April 26, 2004

10. Y. Zhang, Z. Han, H. Zhang, X. Shang, T. Wang, W. Guo，”Design and Control of the BUAA Four-Fingered Hand，”Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2001, 2517-2522