PEOPLE

Faculty and postdoctoral researchers

Research leadership, core faculty and postdoctoral researchers.

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

Shanben Chen

Founder and Director | Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Shanben Chen founded the laboratory in March 2000 and continues to lead its research in intelligent robotic welding. His work spans visual and multisensor perception, modelling and intelligent control of welding dynamics, locally autonomous welding robots and multi-robot manufacturing systems.

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CORE FACULTY

Core faculty

Huabin Chen↗

Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Intelligent robotic welding / Intelligent control of welding dynamics / Intelligent thermal manufacturing

Yanling Xu↗

Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Robot vision and seam tracking / Digital twins and automatic programming for welding / Robotic wire-arc additive manufacturing and remanufacturing

Jijin Xu↗

Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Welding mechanics and numerical modelling / Superalloy additive manufacturing / Joint strengthening and stress control

Chun Yu↗

Associate Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor

Metal additive manufacturing and process control / Microelectronic interconnections and interface reliability / Process modelling and mechanical behaviour

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Postdoctoral researchers

Yiyang Zhao↗

Postdoctoral Researcher

Robot motion control / Weld formation quality / Intelligent welding equipment

Yingcai Wan↗

Postdoctoral research (2024–2026)

Robot perception / Stereo vision and 3D reconstruction / Embodied intelligence and LLM-enhanced perception / Coordinated mobile-platform and robot-arm welding