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Xingwen Zheng Research Group@Zhejiang University
We are interested in bio-inspired machine intelligence
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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. Email: xingwen.zheng@zju.edu.cn
July 23, 2025: Attended the RoboCup 2025 in Salvador, Brazil from July 13 to July 23, with Teams ZJUNlict and ZJUDancer from Zhejiang University. Team ZJUNlict won the second place in the Division A Soccer Competition, RoboCup Small Size League; meanwhile, Team ZJUDancer won the fourth place in the KidSize soccer competition, RoboCup Humanoid League. 与浙江大学ZJUNlict队和ZJUDancer队参加于巴西萨尔瓦多举行的2025年RoboCup机器人世界杯。ZJUNlict队在足球机器人小型组比赛中获亚军，ZJUDancer队在足球机器人小仿人组比赛中获殿军。
July 17, 2025: Our paper titled "Data-Driven Motion State Prediction in Robotic Fish: A Model-Free Approach Leveraging Lateral Line Sensor Arrays" is selected as a Best Conference Paper Award Finalist by IEEE-CYBER 2025. 指导的学生江岱阳的论文获IEEE-CYBER 2025最佳会议论文奖提名。
June 26, 2025: Call for contributions - We invite researchers to contribute posters and late-breaking research summaries to our IROS 2025 workshop on Biomimetic Perception in Robotics: From Biological Insights to Advanced Sensor Systems (Link). The submission deadline is September 30, 2025. 欢迎投稿我们组织的IROS workshop（链接），主题是仿生机器人、仿生传感等。
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。IEEE T-RO为机器人学领域公认的三大顶级期刊之一（IEEE T-RO / IJRR / Sci. Rob.）。
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。
May 4, 2025: At the 2025 RoboCup China Open, the ZJUNlict robot team, advised by Professors Rong Xiong and Xingwen Zheng from the College of Control Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University, won the championship and third place in the Small Size League; meanwhile, the ZJUDancer robot team won the second place in the Humanoid League. 在2025年RoboCup机器人世界杯中国赛中，由浙江大学控制科学与工程学院熊蓉、郑兴文两位老师指导的ZJUNlict机器人队在足球机器人小型组比赛中获冠军和季军，ZJUDancer机器人队在类人组比赛中获亚军。
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 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.
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. 获于荷兰代尔夫特举行的MARSS 2024最佳应用论文奖Best Application Paper Award提名。
