Papers
38
Total Citations
814
H-Index
15
About
Youmin Zhang is a prominent researcher whose work sits at the intersection of fault-tolerant control, autonomous robotics, and multi-vehicle cooperative systems. His research has made substantial contributions to the resilience and coordination of robotic platforms, spanning wheeled mobile robots, quadrotors, and bionic flapping-wing aircraft. Zhang is perhaps best recognized for his pioneering work on fault-tolerant cooperative control (FTCC), developing strategies that enable teams of autonomous robots to maintain formation integrity even when actuator faults occur — a challenge with profound real-world implications for industrial automation and autonomous systems. His most cited work (131 citations) addresses this problem for wheeled mobile robots, while subsequent research extended these principles using advanced computational methods such as hybrid GA-PSO algorithms. Beyond fault tolerance, Zhang has driven innovation in multi-vehicle trajectory planning, tackling the notoriously difficult problem of coordinating multiple robots in cluttered, nonconvex environments with time-optimal efficiency. His 2021 contribution on adaptive-scaling constrained optimization (65 citations) exemplifies this thread. More recently, his exploration of Type-3 fuzzy predictive controllers and safety-guaranteed collision-avoidance models signals a continued push toward intelligent, robust autonomous systems — cementing his reputation as a versatile and impactful force in modern robotics research.
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Top Papers
- 1Fault-Tolerant Cooperative Control Design of Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots131 citations · 2017
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- 3Formation control of multiple quadrotors based on leader-follower method70 citations · 2015
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