Founded by Professor Shanben Chen in March 2000 and currently directed by him, the laboratory at Shanghai Jiao Tong University studies sensing, decision-making and intelligent execution for robotic welding. Its work connects environmental understanding with adaptive process control.

Welding Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering

The Intelligentized Robotic Welding Technology Laboratory focuses on Welding Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering (WIME), with welding robots at its core.

  • Fundamental technologies: welding-process knowledge modeling, vision and intelligent computing, and intelligent control of complex systems.
  • Enabling technologies: intelligent robotic welding, flexible manufacturing systems, and key technologies for intelligent welding robots.
  • Implementation technologies: intelligent welding robot development and robotic welding systems engineering.

Research areas

  1. Intelligent control of dynamic welding processes
  2. Flexible manufacturing for robotic welding
  3. Machine vision and intelligent sensing
  4. Robotic welding systems engineering
  5. Virtual manufacturing and simulation of welding systems
  6. Key technologies and development of intelligent welding robots
  7. Remote welding technology
  8. Intelligent computing
  9. Modeling and control of complex systems