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Fengyu Zhou is a control systems researcher whose work sits at the intersection of advanced control theory and autonomous mobile robotics. His primary research areas encompass iterative learning control (ILC), fractional-order control, and autonomous navigation, with a particular focus on solving real-world challenges in service and nonholonomic mobile robot systems. Zhou's most influential contributions address the persistent challenge of path-tracking under uncertainty. His fractional-order iterative learning control framework, incorporating initial state learning design (2017, 18 citations), represents a significant theoretical advance, while his discrete-time ILC framework for nonholonomic robots (2017, 15 citations) delivers robust solutions against problematic initial state shifts — a notoriously difficult practical obstacle. His earlier work on fractional-order PD control for service robots (2015, 11 citations), implemented on a physical Leader I-DX platform, demonstrated his commitment to bridging theory and real-world deployment. More recently, Zhou has expanded into computer vision-integrated control through perspective dynamic systems and multi-sensor fusion SLAM, reflecting his evolving interest in comprehensive autonomous systems capable of operating across diverse environments. With cumulative citations spanning foundational control mathematics to applied robotics engineering, Zhou's research offers valuable frameworks for engineers and researchers developing next-generation autonomous mobile systems.