Chunhong Zheng

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Chunhong Zheng is a control systems researcher whose career has been devoted to advancing the theory and practice of robot manipulator control, with particular emphasis on stability analysis, finite-time convergence, and robust tracking under uncertainty. Spanning more than a decade of influential work, Zheng's research has consistently pushed the boundaries of classical and modern control frameworks as applied to robotic systems. Among Zheng's most celebrated contributions is the development of saturated PID control schemes for robot manipulators, including a landmark 2009 paper on global asymptotic stabilization under bounded inputs — now cited over 140 times — and a 2007 output-feedback PID regulator that resolved a long-standing open question in the field. Zheng has further pioneered finite-time and fixed-time control methodologies, introducing nonsingular integral terminal sliding mode controllers and fixed-time inverse dynamics approaches that guarantee rapid, predictable convergence. A 2019 paper on robust approximate fixed-time tracking has accumulated over 160 citations, reflecting its broad impact. Across vision-based feedback, decentralized control, and Lyapunov-based stability proofs, Zheng's body of work — totaling over 540 citations — offers students and practitioners a rigorous yet accessible foundation for designing reliable, high-performance robotic control systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Robust approximate fixed-time tracking control for uncertain robot manipulators

   160 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Global Asymptotic Saturated PID Control for Robot Manipulators

   142 citations · 2009
3. 3
   A new nonsingular integral terminal sliding mode control for robot manipulators

   74 citations · 2020
4. 4
   Global finite-time inverse tracking control of robot manipulators

   57 citations · 2010
5. 5
   PID control for global finite-time regulation of robotic manipulators

   27 citations · 2016
6. 6
   A Global Asymptotic Stable Output Feedback PID Regulator for Robot Manipulators

   22 citations · 2007
7. 7
   Fixed-Time Inverse Dynamics Control for Robot Manipulators

   22 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Global asymptotic tracking of robot manipulators with a simple decentralised non-linear PD-like controller

   17 citations · 2010
9. 9
   A simple PID control for asymptotic visual regulation of robot manipulators

   11 citations · 2010
10. 10
    A simple nonlinear PID control for finite-time regulation of robot manipulators

    10 citations · 2009

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