Wenbin Ji
Papers
6
Total Citations
71
H-Index
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About
Wenbin Ji is a mechanical engineering researcher specializing in robotic force control, precision grinding, and intelligent end-effector systems, with particular focus on high-stakes aerospace and automotive manufacturing applications. His work addresses one of the most persistent challenges in automated manufacturing: achieving consistent, controllable contact forces during robotic grinding and polishing operations. Ji's most influential contribution introduces a backstepping combined with PID force control strategy for grinding automobile wheel hubs (23 citations), demonstrating practical pathways toward fully automated surface finishing. He has since extended this expertise to aeroengine blade manufacturing — a domain demanding extraordinary precision — developing advanced control strategies including extended state observer-based methods to counteract environmental noise and modeling errors, adaptive friction compensation using the LuGre friction model for pneumatic end-effectors, and sliding mode backstepping algorithms for polishing force regulation. His 2023 work on vibration suppression in macro-micro grinding systems further highlights his systems-level thinking in tackling real-world manufacturing disturbances. Collectively accumulating over 70 citations within a remarkably short publication window, Ji's research has meaningfully advanced the reliability and intelligence of robotic manufacturing processes, offering the aerospace and automotive industries practical tools for replacing manual finishing operations with precise, adaptive robotic systems.
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- 1Force tracking control of grinding end effector based on backstepping + PID23 citations · 2021
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