Principal investigator
Xingwen Zheng
ZJU-100 Young Professor,
College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University, China.
Email: xingwen.zheng@zju.edu.cn;
Xingwen Zheng is a tenure-track professor (under the Hundred Talents Program) with the College of Control Science and Engineering, at Zhejiang University (ZJU). Previously, he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellow with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan (in micro-robotic manipulations, supervised by Professor Fumihito Arai). He completed Ph.D. programs at Peking University, China (in dynamics and control, supervised by Professor Guangming Xie) and the University of Groningen, The Netherlands (in biomimetic sensory systems, supervised by Professor Ming Cao and Professor Ajay Kottapalli). He received a B.E. degree in mechanical engineering and automation from Northeastern University, China.
His research interests include underwater robots, bio-inspired robots, biomimetic sensory systems, and robotic manipulations. He has published papers (> 30, including 5 cover articles) in journals such as Nature Communications, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), Soft Robotics, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, and Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, as well as conferences such as IROS, ICRA, MEMS, Transducers, etc. He has published two academic books. He has 12 authorized patents and has served as PIs in 3 research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), etc. He was the recipient of > 20 awards such as the JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Physics Publishing China Highly Cited Paper Award (2018-2020), Best Application Paper Award Nomination of MARSS 2024, Wiley China Open Science Author Award, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, National Scholarship, Peking University COE Top 10 Outstanding Doctoral Students Award, etc.
He serves as a youth editor for Advanced Bionics, Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, and Soft Science, guest editor of the Journal of Hydrodynamics and SES 2024, and review editor of Frontiers in Robotics and AI. He also served as a reviewer for leading journals and conferences in robotics and biomimetics research, including IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Small, Advanced Intelligent Systems, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), etc. He was selected for the TMECH Junior Reviewers Program. He won the IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2023 (Bioinspiration & Biomimetics).
郑兴文，男，福建仙游人，现为浙江大学百人计划研究员、博士生导师，入选国家高层次青年人才计划。此前，在日本东京大学担任JSPS特别研究员（合作教授：Prof. Fumihito Arai 新井史人教授）；在北京大学（导师：谢广明教授）、荷兰University of Groningen（导师：Prof. Ming Cao 曹明教授和Prof. Ajay Kottapalli）完成博士培养；在东北大学完成本科学习。曾在意大利国际理论物理研究中心ICTP、瑞典Uppsala University进行短期学术培训和课程学习。主要研究方向包括：仿生机器人、水下机器人、仿生传感系统等，从事机器人学、传感学、仿生学等领域的交叉研究。
主持国家自然科学基金委员会（NSFC）、日本学术振兴会（JSPS）、浙江省自然科学基金委员会等的科研基金3项、主要参与欧洲研究委员会（ERC）的科研基金1项；在Nature Communications、IEEE Transactions on Robotics（TRO）、Advanced Functional Materials（1篇入选期刊封面）、Advanced Science（4篇，其中3篇入选期刊封面）、Research、IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics（TMECH）、Soft Robotics（期刊封面）、Journal of the Royal Society Interface、Bioinspiration & Biomimetics（4篇）等国际知名期刊以及IROS、ICRA、MEMS、TRANSDUCERS等机器人和传感器领域旗舰会议发表论文30余篇；出版中英文专著各一部；获授权专利12项；成果得到中央电视台CCTV、荷兰皇家工程师学会KIVI等的专题报道。获日本学术振兴会JSPS学者、荷兰高科技年度概览入选项目、英国物理学会中国高被引文章奖(2018-2020)、MARSS 2024最佳应用论文奖提名、意大利国际理论物理研究中心ICTP复杂系统学校评审团海报奖、北京大学学术创新奖、北京大学工学院博士生“学术十杰”等学术奖项；获国家优秀自费留学生奖学金、国家奖学金、辽宁省优秀毕业生、沈阳市优秀大学生、北京大学优秀毕业生、北京大学工学院院长奖学金一等奖等荣誉。
受邀在2024年中国自动化学会华东六省一市学术年会作大会报告、在2024 年仿生科学与工程国际青年学术会议作邀请报告、在2023年第七届国际仿生工程学术会议作邀请报告等；学术服务方面，入选Advanced Bionics、Soft Science、Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics等的青年编委，担任Journal of Hydrodynamics、Frontiers in Robotics and AI、SES 2024会议等的客座编辑；受邀担任IEEE TRO、IEEE-ASME TMECH、IEEE TII、IEEE TCybern、Advanced Functional Materials、Advanced Science、Small、Journal of the Royal Society Interface、IEEE RAL、IEEE IROS、IEEE ICRA等机器人和传感器领域知名期刊和会议的独立审稿人，入选IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics（TMECH）Junior Reviewers Program (TJRP)，获英国物理学会IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2023（Bioinspiration & Biomimetics）。
Ph.D. students
Shuangpeng Wu
Yu Sun
Master's students
Daiyang Jiang
Ziteng Wang
Chen Yang
(will join in September)
Shuchang Feng
Shuda Lu
(will join in September)
Rihua Yin
Lidong Zhu
(will join in September)
Undergraduate students
Lihao Chen
Junru Xiang
Hao Chen
Alumni
- Ningzhe Hou (2019-2022; Research topic: Bio-inspired robots; Now: University of Oxford)
- Fan Ye (2017-2021; Research topic: Underwater robots; Now: University of Cambridge)
- Pascal Johannes Danie ̈l Dinjens (2019-2020; Research topic: Bio-inspired soft robots; Now: Delft University of Technology)
- Ruifeng Wang (2019-2020; Research topic: Bio-inspired robots; Now: The University of Manchester)
- Chengyang Dong (2019-2020; Research topic: Bio-inspired robots; Now: University College London)