Address: School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Hongshan, Wuhan, Hubei

Email: ljzhu@mail.hust.edu.cn

Work experience:

2019 Research fellow, School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

Topic: Robot control, Network control

2019 Visiting scholar, The University of Newcastle, Australia

Topic: Robot control, Network control

2015-2019 Postdoctoral researcher, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

supervisor: professor David Hill (Academician of the Australia Academy of Sciences and Australia Academy of Engineering)

Topic: Intelligent manufacturing and multi-robot intelligent control

2013-2015 Postdoctoral researcher, The University of Newcastle, Australia

supervisor: professor Richard Middleton, professor Zhiyong Chen

Topic: Intelligent manufacturing and multi-robot intelligent control

Representative Publication（* represents corresponding author）

Journal papers:

1.L. Zhu, Z. Chen, and R. Middleton. A General Framework for Robust Output Synchronization of Heterogeneous Nonlinear Networked Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control [regular paper], vol.61, pp. 2092-2107, 2016

2.L. Zhu and Z. Chen, Robust Input-to-Output Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems with a Specified Gain, Automatica, vol. 84, pp. 199-204, 2018

3.L. Zhu and D. Hill, Stability Analysis of Power Systems: A Network Synchronization Perspective, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 56, pp. 1640-1664, 2018

4.L. Zhu and D. Hill, Synchronization of Power Systems and Kuramotor Oscillators: A Regional Stability Framework (conditionally accepted as a regular paper).

5.L. Zhu, Z. Chen, and T. Iwasaki. Oscillation, orientation, and locomotion of underactuated multi-link mechanical systems. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology [regular paper], vol.21, pp.1537-1548, 2013.

6.G. Khan, Z. Chen and L. Zhu, A New Approach for Event-Triggered Stabilization and Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

7.L. Zhu, X. Shi, Z. Chen, H. Zhang, and C, Xiong. Adaptive Servomechanism of Pneumatic Muscle Actuators with Uncertainties. IEEE transactions on Industrial Electronics [regular paper], vol.64, pp. 3329-3337, 2017.

8.L. Zhu, Z. Chen, and R. Middleton. Robust Asymptotic Model Matching and Its Application to Output Synchronization of Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems, Systems & Control Letters, vol.94, pp.37-45, 2016.

9.L. Zhu and Z. Chen. Robust homogenization and consensus of nonlinear multi-agent systems. Systems & Control Letters, vol. 65, pp.50-55, 2014.

10.Z. Chen, T. Iwasaki, and L. Zhu, Feedback control for natural oscillations of locomotion systems under continuous interactions with environment, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology [regular paper], vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1294-1306, 2015.

11.T. Huang, L. Zhu*, S. Du, Z. Chen and H. Ding, Robust Active Chatter Control in Milling Processes with Variable Pitch Cutters, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 140, 2018,

12.J. Zhang, L. Zhu* and Z. Chen, Control of natural oscillation gait for mechanical locomotors in three-dimensional space. Asian Journal of Control, vol. 18, pp. 302-315, 2016

13.H. Jin, L. Zhu*, and Z. Chen. Trajectory Control of Snake-like Robots in Natural Oscillation. Asian Journal Of Control, vol. 18, pp. 1908-1913, 2016

14.C. Mei, L. Zhu*, and Z. Chen. Robustness Analysis of Locomotion Controllers for Mechanical Rectifier Systems in Natural Oscillation. IET Control Theory & Applications, vol. 10, pp. 833-837, 2016

15.H. Meng, Z. Chen, L. Zhu, and R. Middleton. Consensus of a class of second-order nonlinear heterogeneous multi-agent systems with uncertainty and communication delay. International Journal of Nonlinear and Robust Control, vol. 26, pp. 3311-3329,2016

16.Z. Chen, T. Iwasaki, and L. Zhu. Neural control for coordinated natural oscillation patterns. Systems & Control Letters, vol. 62, pp.693-698, 2013.

17.Z. Chen, H. Zhang, L. Zhu, S Knorn, and Z Cheng, Advanced Techniques for Networked Systems with Applications, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3849019, 2017

18.S. Du, J. Qiao, D. Ho and L. Zhu, Fixed-time cooperative relay tracking in multi-agent surveillance network (accepted by IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems)

Conference paper:

1.X. Huang, H. Zhang, D. Wu, L. Zhu, Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Control of Pneumatic Muscle Actuator, Newcastle, Australia, 2018

2.X. Chen, L. Zhu, L. Chai and Y. Ji, Sampled-data input-to-output stabilization of nonlinear system with dynamic uncertainties, Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia 2017.

3.L. Zhu and D. Hill, Modeling and Stability of Microgrids with Smart Loads, Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of IFAC, Toulouse, France, 2017.

4.L. Zhu, X. Chen, Z. Chen and D. Hill, Output Synchronization of Linear MIMO Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems via Output Communication, Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of IFAC, Toulouse, France, 2017.

5.X. Chen, L. Zhu, L. Chai and H. Zhang, Robust Output Synchronization of Lower Triangular Multi-Agents Via Sampled-Data Control, Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of IFAC, Toulouse, France, 2017.

6.L. Zhu, D. Hill. Transient Stability Analysis of Microgrids with Network-Preserving Structure, the 6th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, 2016.

7.L. Zhu, Z. Chen and X. Chen, Robust Input-to-Output Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems, the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, 2016

8.H. Meng, Z. Chen, L. Zhu, and R. Middleton, Consensus of a class of second-order nonlinear heterogeneous multi-agent systems with uniform time delay, Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015.

9.L. Zhu and Z. Chen. Robust Adaptive Consensus of Nonlinear Heterogeneous Systems. proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 6724-6728, 2013.

10.L. Zhu and Z. Chen. Control of flapping-wing rectifier systems in natural oscillation. Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1790-1795, 2012.

11.L. Zhu and Z. Chen. Control of underactuated multi-segmental mechanical systems in natural oscillation. Preprints of the18th IFAC World Congress, pp. 13741-13746, 2011.

12.Z. Chen, L. Zhu, and T. Iwasaki. Autonomous locomotion of multi-link mechanical systems via natural oscillation pattern. Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.6034-6039, 2010.

13.L. Zhu, Z. Chen, and T. Iwasaki. Synthesis of controllers for exact entrainment to natural oscillation. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation,pp.709-713, 2010.

Research Interest:

Modeling and control of flexible and bionic robot systems

Network analysis and control

Stability analysis and control of smart grid

Intelligent manufacturing