Ying Wang

Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

Ph.D., Professor, IEEE Senior Member

Education

• Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada, 2008.
• Master of Science, Department of Power Machinery Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1999.
• Bachelor of Science, Department of Power Machinery Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1991.

Research Interests

• Visual Servoing and Advanced Controls
• Autonomous Robots
• Machine Learning and AI
• Computer Vision

Courses Taught

• MTRE 6400: Perception, Navigation, and Path Planning of Mobile Robots
• MTRE 6200: Grasping and Motion Control of Autonomous Robotic Arms
• MTRE4820/4820L: Machine Learning for Robot Perception
• MTRE 3610/3610L: Modeling and Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems
• MTRE 4810/4810L: Robotics
• MTRE4610: Advanced Control
• EE4201: Control Systems
• MTRE 3710: Mechatronics Engineering Fundamentals
• EE 2302: Circuit Analysis II
• ENGR 2214: Statics
• ENGR 2500: Strength of Materials

Selected Publications

• Y. Wu, J. Zhang, S. Wu; S. Mao, and Y. Wang, “ZAS-F: A zero-shot abstract sub-goal framework empowers robots for long horizontal inventory tasks,” IEEE Access, Vol. 13, pp. 76400 – 76411, 2025.
• P. Chintam, T. Lei, B. Osmanoglu, Y. Wang, and C. Luo, “Informed sampling space driven robot informative path planning,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 175, May 2024.
• T. Lei, C. Luo, T. Sellers, and Y. Wang, “Multi-task allocation framework with spatial dislocation collision avoidance for multiple aerial robots,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2022.
• A. Al-Shanoon, H. Lang, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, and W. Hong, “Learn to grasp unknown objects in robotic manipulation,” Intelligent Service Robotics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 571-582, 2021.
• B. Wang, Y. Li, Y. Wang and H. Lang, “Hand gesture recognition and motion estimation using the Kinect sensor,” Journal of Mechatronic Systems and Control, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 17-24, 2020.
• T. Guo, H. Wang, Y. Liu, M. Li and Y. Wang, “Vision-based mobile robot leader-follower control using model predictive control,” International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 544-55, 2019.
• Wang, Y., Zhang, G., Lang, H., Zuo, B., and de Silva, C.W., “A Modified image-based visual servo-controller with hybrid camera configuration for robust robotic grasping,” Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Elsevier), Vol. 62, No. 10, pp. 1398-1407, 2014.
• Wang, Y.,Lang, H., Lin, H. and de Silva, C.W., “Vision-based grasping using mobile robots and nonlinear model predictive control,” International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems, Issue 1, 2012.
• Wang, Y., Siriwardana, P.G.D. and de Silva, C.W., “Multi-robot cooperative transportation of objects using machine learning,” International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Issue 4, 2011.
• Wang, Y., Lang, H. and de Silva, C.W., “A hybrid visual servoing controller for robust manipulation using mobile robots,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp.757-769, 2010.
• Wang, Y. and de Silva, C.W., “The sequential Q-learning algorithm with Kalman filtering (SQKF) for multi-robot cooperative transportation tasks,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 261-268, 2010.
• Wang, Y. and de Silva, C.W., “A machine learning approach to multi-robot coordination,” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier), Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 470-484, 2008 .