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ID: NEWS2020-No.1

Time: March 1, 2020

Place: Harbin

Event: Invited by IROS 2020 Editor-in-chief Prof. Hong Zhang and Editor Prof. Shugen Ma, Dr. Quan will continue to serve as an associate editor for IROS 2020 and handle the manuscripts in the fields of legged robots and mechanism design.

The homepage of IROS 2020: www.iros2020.org

October 25-29, 2020 convenes the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) at The Caesars Forum Conventional Center in Las Vegas, USA. The theme is “Consumer Robots and Our Future”. Innovative research results are invited but not limited to: robot kinematics/dynamics/control; system integration; robotics and AI; sensor/actuator networks; distributed and cloud robotics; bio-inspired systems, service robots, robotics in automation; biomedical applications; autonomous land, sea, and air vehicles; robot perception; manipulation and grasping; micro/nano systems; sensor information; multi-modal interfaces and human-robot interaction, and robot vision.

ID: NEWS2019-No.12

Time: December 31, 2019

Place: Harbin

Event: At 2:30 pm on December 31, the AMT laboratory held the year-end party in the lecture hall of the university’s activity center. The party was hosted by Tongzhao Wang and Yubao Cao. Tongzhao Wang first read the AMT’s 2019 annual report, and then students and engineers made personal annual summaries. Dr. Rui Wu gave the “Three Things in 2019” report, Associate Professor Qiquan Quan made the “AMT laboratory Work Report in 2019”, and Professor Dewei Tang made the “AMT laboratory Outlook Report in 2020”. In the “2019 Photography Contest”, Kaijie Zhu won the Gold Medal, Yilin Shen won the Silver Medal, and Chao Ma won the Bronze Medal. The year-end party also added the “2019 Outstanding Summary” selection link for students and engineers, in which Tongzhao Wang won the Gold Medal, Baohong Sun won the Silver Medal and Canhui Yin won the Bronze Medal. At 6:00 pm on the same day, a dinner party was held at Shangju Dumpling Hotel.

ID: NEWS2019-No.11

Time: December 29, 2019

Place: Harbin

Event: In the morning of December 29, 2019, Dr. He Li, a former graduate, visited our AMT laboratory. Dr. Li is holding a position of assistant professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology. During this visit, he reported to Professor Zongquan Deng, Professor Dewei Tang and Associate Professor Qiquan Quan about his work and life in Qingdao. In addition, he and his schoolmates shared their past days.

ID: NEWS2019-No.10

Time: December 22, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: In the afternoon of December 22, 2019, Mr. Defu Zhang, a well-known cultural scholar, came to the Research Center for Aerospace Mechanism and Control for academic exchanges and gave a wonderful lecture on the etiquette of Chinese traditional culture for teachers and students. Mr. Zhang introduced Rongli and morality cultivation in detail, and explained the classics in easy-to-understand language. He hoped to provide a practical operation method for rebuilding the ritual music culture life and present a set of detailed etiquette guide for modern people. Mr. Zhang also mentioned that humanities books can be used as a back garden for science students, and regular reading may improve their cultural accomplishment. The lecture presented a cultural feast and the response was enthusiastic.

ID: NEWS2019-No.9

Time: October 14, 2019

Place: Beijing, China

Event: In the afternoon of October 14, 2019, invited by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), Professor Zongquan Deng, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, gave the first talk of a series of academic exchanges for the Mechanical Systems Division of the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering. Deputy Director Dayi Wang of the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Director Tao Xiao and Party Secretary Xiao Li of the Mechanical Systems Division and middle-level cadres attended the seminar. The members of the Research Center for Aerospace Mechanism and Control who participated in the exchange seminar were Professor Shengyuan Jiang, Professor Rongqiang Liu, Professor Honghao Yue, Associate Professor Hongwei Guo, Associate Professor Qiquan Quan, Associate Professor Zhen Liu, and Senior Engineer Jianfeng Wang.

ID: NEWS2019-No.8

Time: September 25, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Three experts Khmelev, Barsukov, and Golykh from the Center of ultrasonic technologies, Ltd. Altay State Technical University, Russia, visited Research Center for Aerospace Mechanism and Control from September 25th to 28th, 2019. The experts were warmly received by Professor Zongquan Deng, who is an Academician of China Academy of Engineering, and Professor Hong Liu, who is a Vice-President of Harbin Institute of Technology. Dr. Qiquan Quan and Professor Dewei Tang led Russian experts to visit our laboratory and introduced the significant achievements in the field of moon, Mars and deep space exploration. The Ultrasonic Drilling Research Group of Aerospace Mechanism Testing laboratory and the Russian experts summarized the cooperation results of the ultrasonic drill research and conducted practical tests. In addition, both sides conducted in-depth discussions and reached consensus on the future cooperation in the field of ultrasonic drilling. Russian experts sincerely invite our researchers to go to Biysk for academic exchange in 2020.

ID: NEWS2019-No.7

Time: August 19, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: AMT laboratory obtained two research funds from National Natural Science Foundation of China in August 2019. The first one is a Key Program titled “Research on Design Theory and Control Technology for Mars Rotorcraft” (Grant No. 51935005), which is in the charge of Prof. Dewei Tang. The second one is a General Program titled “Research on Actuating Mechanism of an Ultrasonic Driller Driven by Dual Energy Flows for Asteroid Anchoring” (Grant No. 51975139), which is in the charge of Dr. Qiquan Quan. In 2019, our university Harbin Institute of Technology only obtained a total of five Key Programs from National Natural Science Foundation of China. Obtaining the funding of the Key Program indicates that the preliminary research of Mars rotorcraft has been highly recognized by domestic counterparts. Thus, this success can greatly enhance the influence of our team. These two funds provide adequate funding for our research on Mars rotorcraft and asteroid anchoring and sampling.

ID: NEWS2019-No.6

Time: August 19, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Invited by Prof. Zongquan Deng, Prof. Shugen Ma from Ritsumeikan University paid a visit to Research Center for Aerospace Mechanism and Control in August 16 to 19, 2019. Prof. Shugen Ma gave us an academic lecture on “Design and control of environment-adaptive robots” in the afternoon of August 19, which is presided over by Prof. Dewei Tang. The faculty members attending this report include Prof. Dewei Tang, Prof. Jianguo Tao, Prof. Yingxiang Liu, A/Prof. Qiquan Quan and A/Prof. Gangfeng Liu. Prof. Shugen Ma will serve the IROS 2022 as the general chair. IROS is an influential international conference in robotics research field and IROS 2022 will be held in Kyoto, Japan. Professor Ma invited the professors and graduate students to attend the international conference in 2022.

Biography of Prof. Shugen Ma:

Prof. Shugen Ma received his Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan) in 1991. From 1991 to 1992 he was a Research Engineer with Komatsu Ltd and from 1992 to 1993 he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Riverside (USA). He joined the Department of Systems Engineering, Ibaraki University, Japan, as an Assistant Professor in July 1993. In October 2005, he moved to Ritsumeikan University, where he is currently a professor in the Department of Robotics. He was awarded by the “Hundred Talent Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for 2001 and the national “Thousand Talents Plan” in 2014. He also stayed in Johns Hopkins University (USA) as a Visiting Professor in 2014. His current research interests include the design and control of environment-adaptive robots, field robotics, and Bio-robotics. He has published over 400 papers in refereed professional journal and international conference proceedings with around 4500 citations. He has also developed more than 30 novel robot systems, filed 60 patents, and supervised 38 doctoral students to graduation. He is a fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of the JSME, and a member of the SICE and the Robotics Society of Japan. He was an associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Robotics from December 2003 to November 2007, an Editor of Advanced Robotics from April 2007, and serves many societies and conferences.

ID: NEWS2019-No.5

Time: July 06, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Yinchao Wang, Deen Bai, Shuitian Chen, Guoqing Wang, Jiongfeng Hu and Zheng Yang, the undergraduates of Aerospace Mechanism Testing Laboratory (AMT), worked hard and managed to pass their thesis defenses. Yinchao Wang finished his  thesis titled “Research on rotary percussive ultrasonic drill driven by single piezoelectric stack” and will join Shenyang Aerospace University, Deen Bai finished his thesis titled “Research on rotary percussive ultrasonic drill with bidirectional drive and its performance” and will join Wuxi Pilot Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., Shuitian Chen finished his thesis titled “Lift-drag characteristics and experimental study on rotorcraft for Mars exploration” and joined SZ DJI Technology Co.,Ltd., Guoqing Wang finished his thesis titled “Development of an anchoring device for asteroid probe based on ultrasonic drilling” and joined China University of Mining and Technology, Jiongfeng Hu finished his thesis titled “Gas-driven Asteroid Regolith Sampling Device Base on Disk-shaped Cutter” and joined HUAWEI Technologies Co., Ltd., and Zheng Yang finished his thesis titled “Design and experimental study of an ultrasonic/sonic driller using single crystal piezoelectric ceramics” and will join CSIC 701 in July 2019. On 6th July, AMT held a celebration party at Shangju Dumpling cafeteria for their graduation.

ID: NEWS2019-No.4

Time: June 5, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Aerospace Mechanism Testing laboratory (AMT) has moved into Technology Innovation Building (TIB) in the Science Park of Harbin Institute of Technology. Prof. Tang works in the K523 and A/Prof. Quan works in the 513-A, the other staff works in the K513-B, and the students in the K513-C and K523. The experiments are conducted in the K211 and K208. AMT hopes that a comfortable environment will enable everyone to do their job better.