SJTU Intelligentized Robotic Welding Technology Laboratory

电子邮件: g.fang@uws.edu.cn

联系电话: 61-2-4736 03161

联系地址: School of Engineering, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1979, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia

      1985年毕业于上海工业大学机械自动化专业并获学士学位；1997 获悉尼大学(University of Sydney)博士学位。自1996年7月至今任教于西悉尼大学(University of Western Sydney)，现任机械自动化系的高级讲师。从2004年至今，作为客席研究员，受聘于悉尼工业大学（University of Technology, Sydney）在澳大利亚的国家重点实验室 — ARC Centre of Excellence in Autonomous Systems （CAS） — 从事合作研究。    
      方谷博士的研究论文“A Neural Network Based Algorithm for Robot Trajectory Planning”曾获国际机器人联合会IFR(International Federation of Robotics，Best Student Paper in International Conference of Robots for Competitive Industries , in 1993)1993年最佳学生论文奖； 并分别获得IEEE 2005年工业技术会议（IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology‘2005）和IEEE 2006年自动化科学与工程会议（IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering’2006）两个最佳论文提名奖；受邀在2006年的IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering作了大会专题报告（Keynote speech）：“Intensity Preserving Contrast Enhancement for Gray-Level Images using Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization”。2008年被邀作为国际会议IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008) 的助理编辑（Associate Editor），并曾为多次受邀为IEEE机器人技术领域的国际杂志和会议（International Journal of Robotics Research, Robotica, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation等许多IEEE会议）的论文评审人。      

主要研究方向    

1. 自主机器人的控制与路径规划的人工神经网络方法以及在机械手臂的位置和力控制方面的研究工作    
2. 近几年来与CAS的研究人员进行了在多自主机器人协调控制新方向的合作，并已取得了一定的成果   
3. 机器人的视觉和声音定位方向的研究工作    
4. 应用机器人路桥建筑和维修的研究    

近期相关的论文选列     
[1] Ha Quang,  Kwok Ngai, Liu Dikai and Fang Gu, “Contrast Enhancement and Intensity Preservation for Gray-Level Images using Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization.” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2007.(in print)      
[2] Kwok N.M., Ha Q.P., Huang S., Dissanayake G., & Fang G. “Mobile Robot Localization and Mapping using a Gaussian Sum Filter”.  International Journal of Automation & Control. Vol. 5, No. 3, pp.251-268, 2007      
[3] N.M. Kwok, Q.P. Ha, and Fang G. “Motion Coordination for Construction Vehicles using Swarm Intelligence”.  International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 469-476, 2007      
[4] Xu J., Liu D.K., and Fang G., “An Efficient Method for Collision Detection and Distance Queries in a Robotic Bridge Maintenance System”, in Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation, (Eds.:TJ Tarn, S B Chen and CJ Zhou), a volume of serial books Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2007, pp 71-82      
[5] Fang G., Dissanayake G., Kwok N., and Huang S., “Near minimum time path planning for bearing-only localisation and mapping” Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), Edmonton, Canada, August 2005, pp2763 – 2768.      
[6] Fang G., Dissanayake G., and Lau H., “A behaviour-based optimisation strategy for multi-robot exploration.” Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics.  Singapore, 1-3 December 2004. pp. 875 – 879.      
[7] Fang G., Dissanayake G., “Time-optimal feedback control of a Non-holonomic vehicle using neural networks.” International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV December 2002. pp. 1458-1463.      

      方谷博士主要负责推动本实验室与澳大利亚西悉尼大学精密机器人实验室在多自主机器人协调控制领域合作研究、人才培养等国际学术交流。