Xingwen Zheng Research Group@Zhejiang University – We are interested in bio-inspired machine intelligence

Welcome students with research backgrounds in control, mechanical engineering, computer science, physics, materials, and other related fields to contact me for inquiries regarding postdoctoral, doctoral, and master's programs.
2025—2026学年计划招收博士生1~2名，硕士生1~2名。欢迎对机器人、传感器、仿生学之间的交叉研究感兴趣的同学们联系。专业背景包括但不限于控制、电子、计算机、机械、材料、力学、物理、数学、生物、动物学等；欢迎有志于科研的同学们发送简历至邮箱xingwen.zheng@zju.edu.cn。
本年度开放博士后研究员的申请，欢迎优秀博士毕业生申请，课题组将支持国内外学术交流与合作。
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News

June 12, 2025: Xingwen Zheng was selected as the Huawei-Zhejiang University Qizhen Outstanding Young Scholar.
入选华为-浙江大学启真优秀青年学者。
June 8, 2025: Our paper "Data-Driven Motion State Prediction in Robotic Fish: A Model-Free Approach Leveraging Lateral Line Sensor Arrays" was accepted by the 15th IEEE International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems (IEEE CYBER).
May 30, 2025: Invited to join the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) in the role of an Associate Editor (AE).
受邀加入机器人领域顶级期刊IEEE T-RO的编委会担任副编辑，任期从2025年7月1日开始。
May 28, 2025: According to the latest data from Clarivate Analytics in May 2025, our paper titled "Glowing Sucker Octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis)-Inspired Soft Robotic Gripper for Underwater Self-Adaptive Grasping and Sensing" has been recognized as a Highly Cited Paper (ranking in the top 1% of citations for the PHYSICS category).
据科睿唯安(Clarivate Analytics)2025年5月最新数据，发表于Advanced Science的封面文章Glowing Sucker Octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis)-Inspired Soft Robotic Gripper for Underwater Self-Adaptive Grasping and Sensing被认定为ESI高被引论文（引用量居于PHYSICS学科的前1%）。
May 18, 2025: 在2025年仿生科技助推新质生产力发展大会分论坛作邀请报告，主题为“海洋生物感受器启发的仿生感知技术”。
May 9, 2025: Our workshop proposal on Biomimetic Perception in Robotics: From Biological Insights to Advanced Sensor Systems (Link) was accepted by IROS 2025, which will be held in Hangzhou, China, from October 19-25, 2025. In the workshop, we will discuss the latest research progress on biomimetic perception in robotics.
有关“机器人中的仿生感知”的研讨会提案（链接）被机器人领域顶会IROS 2025接收，我们将邀请权威学者共同探讨仿生感知技术及其启发的机器人应用。
April 30, 2025: Xingwen Zheng was appointed Associate Editor for the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS). 担任SCI期刊IJARS的副编辑。
April 29, 2025: 兼聘于浙江大学基础交叉研究院（筹），为海洋+交叉研究部海洋机器人与智能装备方向成员。
April 19, 2025: 在2025年中国机械工程学会生物制造工程分会年会仿生设计与制造分会作邀请报告。
April 9, 2025: Our paper "Wonders of Harbor and Grey Seal Whiskers: Morphology, Natural Frequencies, and 3D Modeling" was accepted by Advanced Science.
March 29, 2025: 入选中国仿真学会机器人系统仿真专业委员会委员。
March 10, 2025: 入选《信息与控制》期刊的青年编委。
March 7, 2025: Our paper "An Interpretable Approach to Estimate the Self-motion in Fish-like Robots Using Mode Decomposition Analysis" was accepted by Nature Communications.
February 27, 2025: Xingwen Zheng was appointed Youth Editorial Board Member of Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics Journal.
October 18, 2024: Our paper "Reticular origami soft robotic gripper for shape-adaptive and rapid grasping" was selected as the Cover of the journal Soft Robotics.
September 22, 2024: 在2024 年仿生科学与工程国际青年学术会议作邀请报告，主题为“Micro-manipulations enabled by centimeter-scale pneumatically actuated robotic manipulations”。
September 20, 2024: 入选中国计算机学会智能机器人专委会执行委员。
August 11, 2024: 在2024年中国自动化学会华东六省一市学术年会作大会报告，主题为“水下机器人的仿生感知”。
August 1, 2024: The paper "Wavy Whiskers in Phocid Seals Exhibit High Signal-To-Noise in Sensing Hydrodynamic Flows," co-authored by Xingwen Zheng, Amar Kamat, Ming Cao, Michael Triantafyllou, and Ajay Kottapalli, was accepted by IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (IEEE CBS), Nagoya, Japan.
July 29, 2024: The paper "Octopus-Inspired Underwater Soft Robotic Gripper with Crawling and Swimming Capabilities," co-authored by Prof. Guangming Xie, Dr. Mingxin Wu, et al., was accepted by Science Partner Journal Research.
July 5, 2024: Xingwen Zheng was appointed Youth Editorial Board Member of Soft Science Journal.
April 28, 2024: Xingwen Zheng was appointed Youth Editorial Board Member of Advanced Bionics Journal.
April 25, 2024: The paper "A 3D-Printed Centimeter-Scale Pneumatically Actuated Robotic Manipulator for Micro-Manipulations. International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 2024," co-authored by Xingwen Zheng and Professor Fumihito Arai from the University of Tokyo, was nominated for the Best Application Paper by MARSS 2024, Delft, The Netherlands.
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