Position: PhD student
Supervisor: Gang Zheng
Email: ke.wu@inria.fr
Research interests:
Soft robotics (control and mechanical design); Compliant mechanisms and its topology optimization; Nonlinear beam theory; FOOTBALL (If you hate Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo, please leave this page ASAP).
Short Bio:
Ke Wu received the B.E.degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing University, China in 2016 and the double M.E degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing University, China and University College Dublin, Ireland in 2019. He is currently working as a PhD researcher in Defrost team, INRIA Lille. His research interests include soft robotics, compliant mechanisms and nonlinear beam theory.
Publications:
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Wu, K. and Zheng, G., An analytical formulation for nonlinear beam-deflection problems within intermediate range: analytical beam constraint model (writing and aiming at xxxxx)
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., An optimized shooting strategy for statically modeling general slender planar beams (writing and aiming at xxxxx)
Wang, Wenbiao. Qiu, Zhiwei. Wu. Ke, Zheng. Gang, Zhu Xinyu. Chen. Rui. and Bao. Guanjun. Environment-adaptable Soft Pipe-climbing Robot with high synthetical performance （under review Soft Robotics）
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., Insight into Numerical Solutions of Large Deflection of General Planar Beams (under review Mechanism and Machine Theory)
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., Theoretical Analysis on Nonlinear Bucking, Post-bucking of Slender Beams and Bi-stable Mechanisms (accepted by ASME JMR)
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., 2021 A Comprehensive Static Modeling Strategy via Beam Theory for Compliant Mechanisms. (accepted by Mechanism and Machine Theory)
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., 2021 FEM-based Trajectory Tracking Control of a Soft Trunk Robot. (accepted by Robotics and Autonomous Systems)
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., 2021 FEM-based Nonlinear Control of a Soft Trunk Robot. (accepted by IROS and under review RA-L)
Wu, K., Zheng, G. and Hao, G., 2021. Efficient Spatial Compliance Analysis of General Initially Curved Beams for Mechanism Synthesis and Optimization. Mechanism and Machine Theory (Available until May 29, 2021: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1ctWd,28z4PzKs)
Wu, K. and Zheng, G., 2021. FEM-based Gain-Scheduling Control of a Soft Trunk Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(2), pp.3081-3088. (Selected for ICRA) (Video: https://youtu.be/cEFSTufqqeo)
Wu, K. and Hao, G., 2020. Design and nonlinear modeling of a novel planar compliant parallelogram mechanism with general tensural-compresural beams. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 152, p.103950.
Researchgate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ke-Wu-29
Thesis Project: Control and mechanical design of soft/compliant robots
