Mingxue Yan, Xuewen Zhang, K. Zhang, Zhaojian Li, and Xunyuan Yin. "Learning-based data-enabled economic predictive control with convex optimization for nonlinear systems." Control Engineering Practice. 2026.
Huanqing Wang, K. Zhang, Kyungjoon Lee, Yu Mei, Vaibhav Srivastava, Jun Sheng, Ziyou Song, and Zhaojian Li. "Velocity-Form Data-Enabled Predictive Control of Soft Robots under Unknown External Payloads." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2026.
Mohammad R Hajidavalloo, K. Zhang, Vaibhav Srivastava, and Zhaojian Li. "Model-free Vehicle Rollover Prevention: A Data-driven Predictive Control Approach." Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control. 2026.
Huanqing Wang, K. Zhang, Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam, Haowei An, Nan Li, Daning Huang, and Zhaojian Li. "Data-Enabled Predictive Control for Flexible Spacecraft." Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control. 2026.
Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam, Keyi Zhu, K. Zhang, Ziyou Song, and Zhaojian Li. "Data-Enabled Neighboring Extremal: Case Study on Model-Free Trajectory Tracking for Robotic Arm." IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2026.
K. Zhang, Yongqiang Wang, Ziyou Song, and Zhaojian Li. "Differentially-Private Distributed Model Predictive Control of Linear Discrete-Time Systems with Global Constraints." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2026.
Cheng Ouyang, Moeen Ul Islam, K. Zhang, Zhaojian Li, Xiaobo Tan, and Dong Chen. "Deep Reinforcement Learning-Enhanced Event-Triggered Data-Driven Predictive Control for a 3D Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm." arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.26048. 2026.
Keyi Zhu, Kyle Lammers, Chaaran Arunachalam, K. Zhang, Renfu Lu, and Zhaojian Li. "A Modular Dual-Arm Apple Harvesting Robot with Enhanced Field Performance." arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.14089. 2026.
Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Chaaran Arunachalam, K. Zhang, Jiajia Li, Renfu Lu, and Zhaojian Li. "Detect, segment, cluster: Apple localization for robotic harvesting in complex orchards." Smart Agricultural Technology. 2025.
Keyi Zhu, Kyle Lammers, K. Zhang, Chaaran Arunachalam, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Jiajia Li, Renfu Lu, and Zhaojian Li. "Advancement and Field Evaluation of a Dual-arm Apple Harvesting Robot." Smart Agricultural Technology. 2025.
A. Vahidi-Moghaddam, K. Zhang, Xunyuan Yin, Vaibhav Srivastava, and Zhaojian Li. "Online Reduced-Order Data-Enabled Predictive Control." IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 2025.
Keyi Zhu, Jiajia Li, K. Zhang, Chaaran Arunachalam, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Renfu Lu, and Zhaojian Li. "Foundation Model-Based Apple Ripeness and Size Estimation for Selective Harvesting." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2025.
K. Zhang, Yang Zheng, and Zhaojian Li. "Privacy-Aware Data-Driven Predictive Control for Mixed Traffic Via Masking Techniques." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications. 2025.
Siddhartha S Bhattacharya, Chaaran Arunachalam, K. Zhang, Jiajia Li, Renfu Lu, and Zhaojian Li. "Robust 3D Apple Localization in Robotic Harvesting Using Deep Learning and Spatial Clustering." Proceedings of the ASABE Annual International Meeting. 2025.
A. Vahidi-Moghaddam, K. Chen, K. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Wang, and K. Wu. "Safe Data-Driven Predictive Control." IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 2025.
Xuewen Zhang, K. Zhang, Zhaojian Li, and Xunyuan Yin. "Deep DeePC: Data-enabled predictive control with low or no online optimization using deep learning." AIChE Journal. 2025.
K. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Wang, and N. Li. "Privacy-Preserving Nonlinear Cloud-based Model Predictive Control via Affine Masking." Automatica. 2025.
K. Zhang, Zhaojian Li, and Wei Lin. "Distributed Platoon Control Under Quantization: Stability Analysis and Privacy Preservation." arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.05959. 2025.
Cheng Ouyang, Moeen Ul Islam, Dong Chen, K. Zhang, Zhaojian Li, and Xiaobo Tan. "Direct Data-Driven Predictive Control for a Three-dimensional Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm." arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.08953. 2025.
K. Lammers, K. Zhang, K. Zhu, P. Chu, Z. Li, and R. Lu. "Development and Evaluation of a Dual-Arm Robotic Apple Harvesting System." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2024.
A. Vahidi-Moghaddam, K. Zhang, Z. Li, X. Yin, Z. Song, and Y. Wang. "Extended Neighboring Extremal Optimal Control with State and Preview Perturbations." IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 2024.
D. Chen, K. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Yin, Z. Li, and D. Filev. "Communication-Efficient Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control." IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 2024.
K. Zhang, K. Lammers, P. Chu, Z. Li, and R. Lu. "An Automated Apple Harvesting Robot -- from System Design to Field Evaluation." Journal of Field Robotics. 2024.
Huanqing Wang, Kaixiang Zhang, Kyungjoon Lee, Yu Mei, Keyi Zhu, Vaibhav Srivastava, Jun Sheng, and Zhaojian Li. "Mechanical Design and Data-Enabled Predictive Control of a Planar Soft Robot." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2024.
D. Li, K. Zhang, H. Dong, Q. Wang, Z. Li, and Z. Song. "Physics-Augmented Data-EnablEd Predictive Control for Eco-Driving of Mixed Traffic Considering Diverse Human Behaviors." IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2024.
K. Zhang, Kaian Chen, Zhaojian Li, Jun Chen, and Yang Zheng. "Privacy-Preserving Data-Enabled Predictive Leading Cruise Control in Mixed Traffic." IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2024.
P. Chu, Z. Li, K. Zhang, K. Lammers, and R. Lu. "High-Precision Fruit Localization Using Active Laser-Camera Scanning: Robust Laser Line Extraction for 2D-3D Transformation." Smart Agricultural Technology. 2024.
K. Zhang, P. Chu, K. Lammers, Z. Li, and R. Lu. "Active Laser-Camera Scanning for High-Precision Fruit Localization in Robotic Harvesting: System Design and Calibration." Horticulturae. 2024.
Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam, K. Zhang, Zhaojian Li, and Yan Wang. "Data-Enabled Neighboring Extremal Optimal Control: A Computationally Efficient DeePC." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2023.
Huanqing Wang, K. Zhang, Keyi Zhu, Ziyou Song, and Zhaojian Li. "ABatRe-Sim: A Comprehensive Framework for Automated Battery Recycling Simulation." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics. 2023.
Pengyu Chu, Zhaojian Li, K. Zhang, Dong Chen, Kyle Lammers, and Renfu Lu. "O2RNet: Occluder-Occludee Relational Network for Robust Apple Detection in Clustered Orchard Environments." Smart Agricultural Technology. 2023.
K. Zhang, Yang Zheng, Chao Shang, and Zhaojian Li. "Dimension Reduction for Efficient Data-Enabled Predictive Control." IEEE Control Systems Letters. 2023.
N. Li, K. Zhang, Z. Li, V. Srivastava, and X. Yin. "Cloud-Assisted Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Finite-Duration Tasks." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2023.
K. Zhang, Z. Li, X. Yin, and L. Han. "Resource Provision for Cloud-Enabled Automotive Vehicles with a Hierarchical Model." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. 2023.
Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam, Zhaojian Li, Nan Li, K. Zhang, and Yan Wang. "Event-Triggered Cloud-based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Neighboring Extremal Adaptations." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2022.
K. Zhang, Kaian Chen, Zhaojian Li, and Yang Zheng. "Privacy-Preserved Data-Enabled Predictive Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles in Mixed Traffic." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2022.
Xinfang Zhang, Jian Chen, Zhongle Wu, Lalitesh Kumar, and K. Zhang. "Output feedback control with performance recovery analysis for a class of time-delay nonlinear systems." Journal of the Franklin Institute. 2022.
K. Zhang, K. Lammers, P. Chu, N. Dickinson, Z. Li, and R. Lu. "Algorithm Design and Integration for a Robotic Apple Harvesting System." Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2022.
Q. Wang, J. Chen, J. Deng, X. Zhang, and K. Zhang. "Simultaneous Pose Estimation and Velocity Estimation of an Ego Vehicle and Moving Obstacles Using LiDAR Information Only." IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2022.
K. Chen, K. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Wang, K. Wu, and U. Kalabi\'c. "Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Quasi-Linear Parameter Varying Systems: Case Study on Automotive Engine Control." Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control. 2022.
K. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Wang, A. Louati, and J. Chen. "Privacy-Preserving Dynamic Average Consensus via State Decomposition: Case Study on Multi-Robot Formation Control." Automatica. 2022.
Renfu Lu, Nathan Dickinson, Kyle Lammers, K. Zhang, Pengyu Chu, and Zhaojian Li. "Design and Evaluation of End Effectors for a Vacuum-Based Robotic Apple Harvester." Journal of the ASABE. 2022.
K. Zhang, Kaian Chen, Xinfan Lin, Yusheng Zheng, Xunyun Yin, Xiaosong Hu, Ziyou Song, and Zhaojian Li. "Data-Enabled Predictive Control for Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion Batteries with Constraint Handling." arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.12862. 2022.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, G. Yu, X. Zhang, and Z. Li. "Visual Trajectory Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robots With Uncalibrated Camera Extrinsic Parameters." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. 2021.
K. Zhang, K. Lammers, P. Chu, Z. Li, and R. Lu. "System Design and Control of an Apple Harvesting Robot." Mechatronics. 2021.
X. Zhang, Y. Gao, J. Chen, and K. Zhang. "An Efficient Method to Recover Relative Pose for Vehicle-Mounted Cameras Under Planar Motion." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems. 2021.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, Y. Li, and X. Zhang. "Visual tracking and depth estimation of mobile robots without desired velocity information." IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 2020.
K. Zhang, F. Chaumette, and J. Chen. "Trifocal tensor-based 6 DOF visual servoing." International Journal of Robotics Research. 2019.
Guoqing Yu, Jian Chen, K. Zhang, and Xinfang Zhang. "Camera External Self-Calibration for Intelligent Vehicles." Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. 2019.
B. Jia, J. Chen, K. Zhang, and Q. Wang. "Sequential Monocular Road Detection by Fusing Appearance and Geometric Information." IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2019.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, and F. Chaumette. "Visual servoing with trifocal tensor." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2018.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, and X. Zhang. "Homography-based visual servo tracking without derivative measurement of desired trajectory." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2018.
Zhongle Wu, Jian Chen, Chengshuai Wu, and K. Zhang. "Adaptive tracking for MIMO nonlinear systems with Unknown fast time-varying parameters." International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2018.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, Y. Li, and Y. Gao. "Unified visual servoing tracking and regulation of wheeled mobile robots with an uncalibrated camera." IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2018.
J. Chen, K. Zhang, B. Jia, and Y. Gao. "Identification of a moving object's velocity and range with a static-moving camera system." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2018.
J. Chen, J. Yu, K. Zhang, and Y. Ma. "Control of regenerative braking systems for four-wheel-independently-actuated electric vehicles." Mechatronics. 2018.
Jian Chen, Bingxi Jia, and K. Zhang. "Multi-View Geometry Based Visual Perception and Control of Robotic Systems." CRC Press. 2018.
K. Zhang, Jian Chen, and Bingxi Jia. "Asymptotic moving object tracking with trajectory tracking extension: A homography-based approach." International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2017.
J. Chen, B. Jia, and K. Zhang. "Trifocal Tensor-Based Adaptive Visual Trajectory Tracking Control of Mobile Robots." IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 2017.
Y. Gao, J. Chen, K. Zhang, and B. Jia. "A 2-point pose estimation algorithm for monocular visual odometry of ground vehicles." Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2017.
B. Jia, J. Chen, and K. Zhang. "Recursive drivable road detection with shadows based on two-camera systems." Machine Vision and Applications. 2017.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, B. Jia, and Y. Li. "Unified tracking and regulation visual serving of wheeled mobile robots with Euclidean reconstruction." Proceedings of the American Control Conference. 2017.
B. Jia, J. Chen, and K. Zhang. "Drivable Road Reconstruction for Intelligent Vehicles Based on Two-View Geometry." IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 2017.
K. Zhang, J. Chen, B. Jia, and Y. Gao. "Velocity and range identification of a moving object using a static-moving camera system." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2016.
C. Wu, J. Chen, Z. Wu, L. Qu, and K. Zhang. "A constructive stabilization method via system immersion for multi-input non-affine nonlinear systems." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2016.
Bingxi Jia, Jian Chen, and Kaixiang Zhang. "Adaptive visual trajectory tracking of nonholonomic mobile robots based on trifocal tensor." Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2015.
B. Jia, S. Liu, K. Zhang, and J. Chen. "Survey on robot visual servo control: Vision system and control strategies." Acta Automatica Sinica. 2015.
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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