SJTU Intelligentized Robotic Welding Technology Laboratory

Shanben Chen (S.B. Chen or Shan-Ben Chen) received his B.S. degree in industry automation from Dalian Railway Institute (Dalian Jiao Tong University) in 1982, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in control theory and application from Harbin Institute of Technology, P. R. China, in 1987 and 1991 respectively. He worked as postdoctoral fellow at The National Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding Production of China in Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) from 1993 to 1995, as professor and supervisor for doctoral candidates from 1995 to 2000, at HIT. From Apr. 2000 to present, he has been awarded the Special Professor position, Cheung Kong Scholar Program* of Ministry of Education of P. R. China & Li Ka Shing Foundation, Hong Kong, and engaged in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China. Prof. Chen was engaged as the visiting professor of University of Western Sydney (UWS) for ARC Linkage collaboration in Jun., 2009. He is currently the director of Intellgentized Robotic Welding Technology Laboratory, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 
Prof. Chen is currently a Senior member of IEEE; A member of America Welding Society; Chair of Robotics & Automation Committee of Chinese Welding Society (CWS); Deputy Secretary-General of Chinese Welding Society; Standing member of board of directors, CWS; and other academic positions.
Prof. Chen’s research interests include intelligentized welding manufacturing, intelligentized technologies for welding robot, intelligent control of welding dynamical  process, modeling and control of complex systems, robust control of uncertain systems, and relevant ranging in welding automation and advanced welding manufacturing.
Prof. Chen is the author or co-author of 10 academic books and more than 300 magazine papers. His main papers were published in IEEE Trans.  Automatic Control, IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics，Welding Journal, J. of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Int. J. of System Sciences and other primary international academic magazines. Prof. Chen has been charged with more than 40 research projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and other chinese national scientific and technology program, he has hold more than 30 National invent patents of China in the field of information sensing, modeling and intelligent control of robotic welding Process. Prof. Chen has received 8 main scientific and technological awards authorized by National Scienses and Technology Ministry or other Ministry of China.

1. The main completed and executing research projects
• The project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): On-line prediction and prevention of porosity defect formation during Al alloy GTAW process by multi-information fusion, 2016.01-2019.12, the PI of the project. 
• The project of the NSFC: MLD modeling and control method for the hybrid system characteristics of intelligentized welding robot systems，2014.1—2017.12, the PI of the project.
• The project of the NSFC: Real-time prediction and control of the weld defect during  Al alloy TIG welding based on intelligent processing of arc information， 2011.1—2013.12, the PI of the project.
• The project of the NSFC: Mixed Logic Dynamic modeling and control of welding process, 2009.1—2011.12，the PI of the project.
• The key project of the NSFC：Intellgent control technology and systems of robotic space seam welding quality,1997.1-2000.12，the co- PI of the project..
• The project of the NSFC：Soft-computing rough sets modeling and control of complex controlled objects,2005.1—2007.12，the PI of the project.
• The project of the NSFC: Modeling of GTAW pool surface and real time visual computing methods, 2006.1—2008.12，the PI of the project.
• The project of the NSFC: Time domain robust optimal control method for uncertain systems with L2 bounded uncertainties,1995.1-1997.12，the PI of the project.
• The project of the NSFC: Robust optimized designing method of time-delay uncertain system ,1999.1-2001.12，the PI of the project.
• The project of the NSFC: Fuzzy reasoning – artificial neural network control of pulsed GTAW dynamical process, 1996.1-1998.12，the PI of the project.
• The project of the National 863 High Technology Plan of China: All position autonomous welding robot with wheel—foot combination over obstacle, 2009.1—2010.12，the PI of the project.
• The key foundation project of Shanghai Science and Technology committee, P. R China: Study on element problems of intelligentized technologies for wedling process， 2009.10-2011.10，the PI of the project.
• The project of the Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China, Knowledge modeling method for welding dynamical process based on rough set theory,No.20020248015，2002.10-2005.10，the PI of the project.
• The key technology project of Shanghai Science and Technology committee, P. R China: The local-surroundings autonomous intelligent welding robot and systems, 2002.10-2004.10，the PI of the project.
• The key foundation project of Shanghai Science and Technology committee, P. R China: Study on element problems on intelligentized material hot manufacturing， 2006.10-2008.10，the PI of the project.
• Research project from the Sweden ABB Company: Recognition and Tracking Seam, and Autonomous Control of Weld Shaping Based on Visual Sensing for the ABB Arc Welding Robot）,2006.10-2008.10，the PI of the project.
• Research project from the Sweden ABB Company: Tracking seam system with arc sensing of the ABB welding robot, 2008.10-2009.10，the PI of the project.
• Research project from the Japan DAIKIN Company: Visual Sensing Technology for TIG Welding）, 2007.9-2009.10，the PI of the project.
• Research project from the Germany KUKA Company: Development of visual sensing system of KUKA welding robot,2008.08.01——2009.09.30, the PI of the project.
• INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES SCHEME (IRIS) of University of Western Sydney（UWS）for International Visiting Fellow (engaged as the Visiting Professor of UWS from Jun.,2009), the title of the Project :“Autonomous multi-robot system in welding”.
• The project of Australian Research council (ARC Linkage）: “A vision controlled Autonomous multi-robot welding system”，Project ID:LP0991108., 2009-2014, the principal in China.

2.  The Representative Publications*
•  Representative papers
● S．B. Chen，“On Intelligentized Welding Manufacturing”, Keynote Speaking at 2014 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2014) Oct. 25-27, 2014, Shanghai, P. R. China, The Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer Verlag,Vol. 363, pp3-34, 2015.
● Chen S B, Lv N. “Research evolution on intelligentized technologies for arc welding process,”.Journal of manufacturing processes, vol..16 109–122，2014 (Invited papers for Special Issue on Recent Developments in Welding Processes).
● Chen S. B.; Wu J.; Du Q. Y.，“Non-linear modelling and compound intelligent control of pulsed gas tungsten arc welding dynamics,” PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART I-JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND CONTROL ENGINEERING  Vol: 225( I1): 113-124, 2011（SCI）
● S. B. Chen, "Research evolution on intelligentized technologies for robotic welding at SJTU," Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation, LNEE v 88, pp. 3-14, 2011, Springer.（EI）
● S. B. Chen, 2007, "Visual Information Acquirement and Real-time Control Methodologies for Weld Pool Dynamics during Pulsed GTAW,” The invited paper of the THERMEC’2006, Journal  Materials Science Forum vols. 539-543, Mar. 2007
● S. B. Chen., 2007, On the Key Intelligentized Technologies of Welding Robot, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences，LNCIS 362，pp.105-116, Springer (ISTP)
● S .B. Chen, X.Z. Chen, J.Q. Li, T. Lin, 2005, “Acquisition of Welding Seam Space Position Information for Arc Welding Robot Based on Vision,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems ,vol.43, pp77-97.
● S. B. Chen, et al., 2004.  “Intelligentlized technologies for robotic welding”, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, LNCIS vol. 299: 123-143
● Chen Shanben, et al., 2003, “On intelligentized technologies for modern welding manufacturing,” Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol.16, No.4, pp367-370

● S. B. Chen, Y.J.Lou, L.Wu, D.B. Zhao, 2000, ”Intelligent Methodology for Measuring, Modeling, Control of Dynamic Process During Pulsed GTAW ---Part I Bead-on-plate Welding,” Welding Journal, vol.79, No. 6, pp151s-163s.
● S. B. Chen, D. B. Zhao, L. Wu, Y. J.Lou, 2000, ”Intelligent Methodology for Measuring, Modeling, Control of Dynamic Process During Pulsed GTAW - - Part II Butt Welding,”  Welding  Journal, vol.79, No.6 , pp164s-174s
● S. B Chen， Y. Zhang， T. Qiu，T Lin., 2003, “Robotic Welding Systems with Vision Sensing and Self-learning Neuron Control of Arc Weld Dynamic Process”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol.36, No.2, pp191-208.
● S. B. Chen, L. Wu, Q. L. Wang, 1997, "Self-learning fuzzy neural networks for control  of uncertain systems with time delays," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol.27 No.1, pp142-148.
● S. B. Chen, L. Wu, Q. L. Wang, Y.C.Liu, 1997, "Self-learning fuzzy neural networks and computer vision for control of the pulse GTAW," Welding Journal, vol.76, No.5, pp201s-209s
● S. B. Chen, F. E. Zhang, Q. Zhang, L. Wu, 1994,"On the existence of solution of the general algebraic Riccati equation," International Journal of Systems Science, vol.25, No.11, pp2023-2029.
● S. B. Chen, 1993,"The robust optimal control of uncertain systems--state space method,", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol.38, No.6, pp951-957

3.  The book publications
[B1]  S. B. Chen,  J. Wu,  “ Intelligentized Technology for Arc Welding Dynamic Process,” Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, LNEE 29, Germany, Nov, 2009(monograph)
[B2] T. J. Tarn, S. B. Chen and X Q Chen, “Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation, ” The Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 363, Springer, 2015
[B3] T. J. Tarn, S. B. Chen and G. Fang., “Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation,” LNE88, Springer, 2011
[B4] T. J. Tarn, S. B. Chen and C. J. Zhou,   “Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation,” LNCIS 362, Springer, 2007.
[B5] S. B. Chen, T Lin, ” Intelligentized Technologies for Welding Robots,” Mechanical Industry Press, China, Beijing, Jan., 2006(in Chinese).
[B6] T. J. Tarn, S. B. Chen and C. J. Zhou, “Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation,” LNCIS 299 Springer, 2004.
[B7]  S. B. Chen, Y. H. Fan, ”Linear Square Optimal Robust Control with L2 Uncertainties – LQL Method,” Science Press, Beijing, China, Oct. 2003 (in Chinese).
[B8]  S. B. Chen,” Modern Control Methods for Welding Process,” Press of Harbin Institute of Technology, May, 2001(in Chinese).
[B9]  Lin Wu, S. B. Chen, ”Intelligentized Welding Technologies,”National Defence Industry Press, China, Beijing,July, 2000(in Chinese).
[B10] Lin Wu (Editor), S. B. Chen (One of three associate editors).”Welding Handbook,” vol.1, Chinese Welding Society, Mechanical Industry Press, China, Beijing, Oct., 2001(in Chinese).
[B11] S. Y. Lin, S. B. Chen, ” Welding Robots and Applications,” Mechanical Industry Press, China, Beijing, Aug., 2000(in Chinese).

4. Received Science & Technology Awards

• First grade award of 2008’ Science and Technology of Chinese Mechanical Industry, titled “ Key technologies and applications of intelligentized robotic welding,”  granted by Chinese Mechanical Industry Association and Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Prof. Chen is the first principal and contributor of the awarded project.
• Second grade award of 2008’ Shanghai Science and Technology Progress, titled “ The local- surroundings autonomous intelligent welding robot and systems,” granted by Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Government, P. R. China, the first principal and contributor.
• Second grade award of 2004’ National Science and Technology Progress, titled “ Intelligent control technologies for spacial seam quality of robotic welding and system realization,” granted by State Department of People’s Republic of China, the second principal and contributor.
• First grade award of 2002’ National Defence Science and Technology, titled "Special welding technologies -- welding automatic technology, ” granted by National Defence Science and Technology Committee of PRC, the second principal and contributor.
• First grade award of 2001’ Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, titled “ Intelligent control technologies for spacial seam quality of robotic welding and system realization,” granted by Ministry of Education of PRC, Prof. Chen is the second principal and contributor of the awarded project.
• Second grade award of 2000’ National Defence Science and Technology, titled "Fuzzy reasoning – artificial neural network control of pulsed GTAW dynamical process,” granted by National Defence Science and Technology Committee of PRC, the first principal and contributor.
  • Second grade award of 1999’ Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, titled "Time domain robust optimal control method for uncertain systems with L2 bounded uncertainties,” granted by Ministry of Education of PRC, the first principal and contributor.
  • Third grade award of 1998’ Spaceflight Science and Technology of China, titled "Time-domain robust optimized designs for uncertain systems with L2 bounded uncertainties,” granted by Spaceflight Industry Ministry of PRC, the first principal and contributor.
  • In 2000, Prof. Chen was awarded the Special Professor position, Cheung Kong Scholar Program*, granted by Ministry of Education of P. R. China & Li Ka Shing Foundation, Hong Kong. (* Remarks: The Cheung Kong Scholar Program is to award those young scientists who have made outstanding academic contributions in relevant scientific field, in every year from 1998, about thousands applicants from all over the world are applying for the Cheung Kong Scholar Program and only about one hundred persons are authorized by Ministry of Education of  P. R. China & Li Ka Shing Foundation, Hong Kong. The Cheung Kong Scholar Program is the highest academic contribution prize in Ministry of Education of P. R. China). Up till now, Prof. Chen still is only person authorized in the Cheung Kong Scholar Program among the welding field scientists of China.
• In 2001, Prof. Chen was awarded “Chinese Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Prize”, granted by National Personnel Ministry of P.R. China and Postdoctoral Science Foundation Committee of China, Prof. Chen was one of ten awarded persons in China this year. This prize is the highest academic contribution award authorized by Postdoctoral Science Foundation Committee of China since the postdoctoral system had been established in China from 1985.

5. Preside and hold the academic conferences
(1) As the Executive General Chair, Prof. Shanben Chen successfully organized and presided over the 2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (IEEE ARSO’2016). July 7-10, 2016, Shanghai, P. R. China  
(2) As the Initiator, Executive General Chair and Program Chair, Prof. Shanben Chen successfully organized and presided over a series of International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA) Every four years from 2002, i.e, RWIA’2002, RWIA’2006, RWIA’2010 and RWIA’2014.
• 2014 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2014), Oct. 25-27, 2014, Shanghai, P. R. China，The conference proceedings in English was published as a special issue of The Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing in.vol. 363 by Springer, 2015.
• 2010 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2010) Oct. 8-11, 2010, Shanghai, P. R. China，The conference proceedings in English was published as a special issue of Lecture Notes in LNEE 88, by Springer, 2011.
  • 2006 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2006) Dec. 8-11, 2006, Shanghai, P. R. China，The conference proceedings in English was published as a special issue of Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences in LNCIS 362, by Springer, 2007.
  • 2002 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2002) Dec. 8-11, 2002, Shanghai, P. R. China，The conference proceedings in English was published as a special issue of Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences in LNCIS 299, by Springer,2004.
 
  (3) As the Initiator, Executive General Chair and Program Chair, Prof. Shanben Chen successfully organized and presided over a series of Chinse Conference on Robotic welding(CCRW) every two year from 1996, i.e., CCRW’1996, CCRW’1998, ……, so far to CCRW’ 2014, and CCRW’2016.

6. Slected plenary reports, keynote speaking and invited papers for academic conferences
● S. B. Chen，”Intelligentized Robot Technology in Welding Manufacturing,” The keynote speech in the  2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (IEEE ARSO’2016). July 7-10, 2016, Shanghai, P. R. China
● S．B. Chen，“On Intelligentized Welding Manufacturing”, Keynote Speaking at 2014 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2014) Dec. 24-27, 2014, Shanghai, P. R. China, to be appeared in The Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer Verlag,2015.
● S. B. Chen， “Development of Intelligentized Welding Manufacturing Technologies –from Intelligentization of Units ,Systems and Production Workshop”， Keynote Speaker, 2014 International Intelligent Manufacturing Conference--2014 International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Manufacturing Technology
● S. B. Chen，“Intelligentized Technologies for Welding Manufacturing Process”， Keynote Speaker,2013 International Forum of Intelligent Welding Technology，( “IFWT 2013), Shanghai China.
● Chen S. B.;“Intelligentized Technologies for Welding Manufacturing", invited paper and invited speaker in the 15th International Conference on “Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT 2012)”. Wollongong, Australia from 23-26 September 2012.
● S. B. Chen，”Intelligentized Technologies for Modern Welding Manufacturing Process，” The Panel Discussion on Intelligent Automation at 2011 World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA2011) Taiwan during June 21-23, 2011
● S. B. Chen，“Intelligentized Technologies for Robotic Arc Welding Process,” The Tutorials at 2011 World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA2011) Taiwan during June 21-23, 2011
●S. B. Chen，” Research Evolution on Intelligentized Technologies for Arc Robotic Welding at SJTU”, Proceedings on the 2010 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2010), Oct. 14-16,2010, Shanghai, China
● S. B. Chen, W. Y. Wang, H. B. Ma, “Intelligent Control Of Arc Welding Dynamics During Robotic Welding Process,” the invited paper of the THERMEC’2009, Proceedings on International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Berlin, Gemany, Aug. 25-29,2009.
● S. B. Chen, “Visual Information Acquirement and Real-time Control Methodologies for Weld Pool Dynamics during Pulsed GTAW,” the invited paper of the THERMEC’2006, Proceedings on International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Vancouver, Canada, July 4-8,2006
● S. B. Chen “Intelligentized Technologies for welding，” 10th Chinese Conference on Welding，Oct.5,2001，Tianjin, P R China. Plenary Report and Keynote Speaking.
● S. B. Chen ,“The Status and Development of Intelligent Technology for Welding in China,” The First International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME’2000), Shanghai, China, Nov., 2000.12. Plenary Peport and Keynote Speaking.
● S. B. Chen, “Intelligentlized technologies for robotic welding,” 2002 Int. Conf. on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2002), Dec. 9-12,2002, Shanghai, China, (Keynote Speaking and Plenary Report)
● S. B. Chen，“On the Key Intelligentized Technologies of Welding Robot”，2006 Int. Conf. on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2006), Dec. 8-11,2002, Shanghai, China, Keynote Speaking and Plenary Report.
● S. B .Chen, “Recent Development of Intelligentized Technologies for Robotic Welding,”，1996 Chinse Conference on Robotic welding- CCRW‘1996, Jan. !996, Harbin. Keynote Speaking and Plenary Report.