Former Members

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Hanoi University of Industry, Hanoi, Vietnam

• B.S., Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

• M.S., Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

• Nationality: Vietnam

• Research Topic: Control of Networked Mobile Manipulators

• Publications: 

  • Van-Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Object Transportation Using Networked Mobile Manipulators without Force/Torque Sensors,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Taoyuan, Taiwan, Nov. 2018.

  • Van Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Task-Space Consensus Control and Fault Detection for Networked Robotic Manipulators,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Keelung, Taiwan, Nov. 2019.

  • Van Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Object Transportation with Force-Sensorless Control and Event-Triggered Synchronization for Networked Uncertain Manipulators,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, accepted, 2020.

  • Van-Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Distributed Task-Space Consensus Control of Networked Euler-Lagrange Systems Under Faulty Actuator and Switching Communication Topology,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), accepted, 2020. 

  • Van-Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Task-Space Consensus of Networked Euler-Lagrange Systems to A Moving Leader,” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), accepted, 2020. 

  • Van Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Event-Based Communication and Control for Task-Space Consensus of Networked Euler-Lagrange Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, accepted, 2020.

  • Van-Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Human-in-the-Loop Task-Space Coordination Control for Heterogeneous Robotic Systems with Delayed Network,” American Control Conference (ACC), accepted, 2021. 

  • Van Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, “Human-Robot Coordination Control for Heterogeneous Euler-Lagrange Systems under Communication Delays and Relative Position,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, accepted.

  • Van-Tam Ngo and Yen-Chen Liu, " On Tracking Control of Robot Manipulator with Flexible Joints in Operational Space, " 22nd IF AC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, Jul. 2023.

  • Yan-Bo Liou, Van-Tam Ngo, and Yen-Chen Liu , "Designing a Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System for Hand Function Recovery using Virtual Readlity and Haptic Robot," Advanced Robotics , accepted, Aug. 2024.

• Awards:

  • Best Paper Award – Gold Prize, International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), 2018.

  • Doctoral Dissertation Award, Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS), 2021.

Current Position: Assistant Professor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India

• Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, Anna University, Chennai, India

• Nationality: India

• Research Topic: Fault-tolerant and Resilient Control for Networked Control Systems

• Publications:

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Hybrid-Triggered Reliable Control for Singular Networked Cascade Control Systems with Actuator Saturations and Cyber Attacks,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Keelung, Taiwan, Nov. 2019.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Hybrid-Triggered Reliable Dissipative Control for Singular Networked Cascade Control Systems with Cyber-Attacks,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 357, No. 7, pp. 4008-4033, May 2020.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Resilient Event-Triggered Fault-Tolerant Control for Networked Control Systems with Randomly Occurring Nonlinearities and DoS Attacks,” International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 51, No. 14, pp. 2712-2732, Oct. 2020.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Resilient Event-Triggered Consensus Control of Multi-Agent Systems Under Actuator Faults and Periodic Denial-of-Service Attacks,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2020.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Resilient Memory Event-Triggered Finite-Time Bounded for Networked Control Systems with Multiple Attacks,” American Control Conference (ACC), accepted, 2021. 

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Resilient Annular Finite-Time Bounded and Adaptive Event-Triggered Control for Networked Switched Systems with Deception Attacks,” IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 92288-92299, Jun. 2021.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, "Resilient Memory Event-Triggered Consensus Control for Multi-Agent Systems with Aperiodic DoS Attacks," International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, Vol. 20, pp. 1800–1813, Apr. 2022.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, "Finite-Time Resilient Control for Networked Control Systems with Multiple Cyber-Attacks: Memory/Adaptive Event-Triggered Scheme," International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 901-925, Apr. 2022.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, "Resilient Adaptive Event-Triggered Dissipative Control for Networked Control Systems with DoS Attacks," International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 53, No. 7, May 2022.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, "Resilient Adaptive Event-Triggered Control for Singular Networked Cascade Control Systems Under DoS Attacks," IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 89197-89210, Aug. 2022.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan and Yen-Chen Liu, "Resilient Finite-Time Distributed Event-Triggered Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems with Multiple Cyber-Attacks," Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Vol. 116, 106876, Jan. 2023.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan, Takayuki Ishizaki, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Resilient Annular Finite-Time Synchronization for Master-Slave Systems under Scaling Attacks," IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 17, No. 18, pp. 2458-2473, Dec. 2023.

  • Sathishkumar Murugesan, Takayuki Ishizaki, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Sampled-Data-Based Synchronization of Complex Networks under Scaling Attacks," Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Vol. 47, No. 18, pp. 14487-14504, Dec. 2024.

• Awards:

Current Position: Chair, Department of Computer Science, The University of Lahore, Pakistan

• Ph.D., Department of Electric Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Nationality: Pakistan

• Research Topic: Resilient Control System

• Publications:

  • Waseem Abbasi and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design of the Robust, Resilient Controller for Dynamical Systems via Linear Matrix Inequality Technique,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Keelung, Taiwan, Nov. 2019.

  • Waseem Abbasi and Yen-Chen Liu, “ Robust and Resilient Stabilization and Tracking Control for Chaotic Dynamical Systems with Uncertainties,”  International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Vol. 9, pp. 1746-1756, Dec. 2021.

• Awards:

• Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

• Nationality: Ethiopia

• Research Topic: Intelligent and Advanced Mobile Robot System

• Publications:

  • Tesfaye Wakessa Gussu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Towards Mobile Robot-Assisted Smart Containment,” iRobotics, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-7, Mar. 2021.

• Awards:

• Ph.D., Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Nationality: Vietnam

• Research Topic: Advanced Bilateral Teleoperation Systems

• Publications:

  • Van Tinh Nguyen, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Advanced Finite-Time Control For Bilateral Teleoperators with Delays and Uncertainties,” IEEE Access, , Vol. 9, pp. 141951-141960, Oct. 2021.

  • Phuong Nam Dao, Van Tinh Nguyen, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Finite-Time Convergence for Bilateral Teleoperation Systems with Disturbance and Time-Varying Delays,” IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 15, No. 13, pp. 1736-1748, Sep. 2021.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Malaysia

• Research Topic: Networked Robot System

• Publications:

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Seng-Ming Pauh, “Adaptive Control for Bilateral Teleoperators under Time-Varying Communication Delays,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), pp. 32-37, Tainan, Taiwan, May 2013.

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Seng-Ming Pauh, “Passivity-Based Control of Networked Robotic System over Unreliable Communication,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1769-1774, Hong Kong, June 2014.

  • Seng-Ming Pauh and Yen-Chen Liu, “Discrete-Time Control Framework for Robots over Unreliable Packet-Switching Communication Network,” IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), pp. 892-897, Taichung, Taiwan, Jun. 2014.

  • Seng-Ming Puah and Yen-Chen Liu, “Wave-Variable Framework for Networked Robotics Systems with Time Delays and Packet Losses,” International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 48, pp. 1472-1484, 2017.

• Awards:

  • Best Conference Paper Award – the First Prize, International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), 2013.

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending ICRA 2014), National Science Council, 2014. (國科會補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kun Shan University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Costa Rica

• Research Topic: Mobile Robot Network

• Publications:

  • Luis A. Sanchez-Porras and Yen-Chen Liu, “Region-Based Curve Tracking Control for Leader-Follower Mobile Robot Networks,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), pp. 22-27, Taipei, Taiwan, Jun. 2014.

  • Chao-Wei Lin, Luis A. Sanchez-Porras, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Hierarchical Coordination for Multi-Robot Systems with Region-Based Tracking Control,” International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 6-17, 2015.

• Awards: 

  • Best Conference Paper Award – the Third Prize, International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), 2014.

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Human-Swarm Interaction

• Publications:

  • 林晁瑋、鄺玟豪、劉彥辰，“基於抽象任務函數之遠端群組人機互動系統”，第廿二屆全國自動化科技研討會，雲林，虎尾，103年11月。

  • Chao-Wei Lin, Luis A. Sanchez-Porras, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Hierarchical Coordination for Multi-Robot Systems with Region-Based Tracking Control,” International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 6-17, 2015.

  • Chao-Wei Lin, Mun-Hooi Khong, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Experiments of Human-in-the-Loop Coordination for Multi-Robot System with Task Abstraction,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 981-989, Jul. 2015.

  • Chao-Wei Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, “Task-Oriented Teleoperation Systems for Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Communication Delays,” IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), pp. 501-506, Sydney, Australia, Sept. 2015.

  • Chao-Wei Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, “Decentralized Estimation and Control for Bilateral Teleoperation of Mobile Robot Network with Task Abstraction,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA),  pp. 5384-5391, Singapore, May-Jun. 2017.

• Awards:

  • Best Student Paper Award, the 22th Conference on Automation Technology, Nov. 2014. (第廿二屆全國自動化科技研討會，最佳學生論文獎)

  • Best Master Thesis Award, Robotics Society of Taiwan (RST), 2015. (104年度台灣機器人學會，碩士論文獎－特優獎)

  Gong-Bo Dai (戴工博), Aug. 2013 - Jul. 2015

• B.S., Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Synchronization of Robotic Systems

• Publications:

  • Gong-Bo Dai and Yen-Chen Liu, “Controlled Synchronization of Networked Mobile Manipulators under Switching Topologies,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2015.

  • Gong-Bo Dai and Yen-Chen Liu, “Leaderless and Leader-Following Consensus for Networked Mobile Manipulators with Communication Delays,” IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), pp. 1656-1661, Sydney, Australia, Sept. 2015.

  • Gong-Bo Dai and Yen-Chen Liu, “Distributed Coordination and Cooperation Control for Networked Mobile Manipulators,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 5060-5074, Jun. 2017.

• Awards:

  • Best Master Thesis Award in Automatic Control, Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS), 2015. (104年度自動控制學會，自動控制碩士論文獎－優等)

 Mun-Hooi Khong (鄺玟豪), Aug. 2013 - Jul. 2015

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Malaysia

• Research Topic: Bilateral Teleoperation System

• Publications:

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Mun-Hooi Khong, “Passivity-Based Teleoperation for Robots with Parametric Uncertainties and Time Delays,” IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), pp. 271-276, Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2014.

  • 林晁瑋、鄺玟豪、劉彥辰，“基於抽象任務函數之遠端群組人機互動系統”，第廿二屆全國自動化科技研討會，雲林，虎尾，103年11月。

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Mun-Hooi Khong, “Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Teleoperators with Uncertain Kinematics and Dynamics,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 2550-2562, Oct. 2015.

  • Chao-Wei Lin, Mun-Hooi Khong, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Experiments of Human-in-the-Loop Coordination for Multi-Robot System with Task Abstraction,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 981-989, Jul. 2015.

  • Mun-Hooi Khong and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design and Implementation of a Three-axis Force Sensor for Applications to Bilateral Teleoperation Systems,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 1760-1765, Busan, Korea, Jul. 2015.

  • Mun-Hooi Khong and Yen-Chen Liu, “Control of Bilateral Teleoperation with Single Controller over Delayed Communication Network,” IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), pp. 507-512, Sydney, Australia, Sept. 2015.

  • Yen-Chen Liu, Mun-Hooi Khong, and Tsung-Wei Ou, “Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperators with Non-Collocated Remote Controller over Delayed Network,” Mechatronics, Vol. 45, pp. 25-36, Aug. 2017.

• Awards:

  • Best Student Paper Award, the 22th Conference on Automation Technology, Nov. 2014. (第廿二屆全國自動化科技研討會，最佳學生論文獎)

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending AIM 2015), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2015. (科技部補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Bio-Inspired Robot

• Publications:

  • Chen-Yu Chan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design and Simulation of a Quadruped Walking and Jumping Robot,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2015.

  • Chen-Yu Chan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Towards a Walking, Turning, and Jumping Quadruped Robot with Compliant Mechanisms,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 614-620, Banff, Canada, Jul. 2016.

  • Hsin-Chen Hu, Chen-Yu Chan, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Event-Triggered Control for Bilateral Teleoperation with Time Delays,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 1634-1639, Banff, Canada, Jul. 2016.

  • Chen-Yu Chan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Modeling and Implementation of Quadruped Robot with Compliant Mechanisms,” iRobotics, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-10, Jun. 2018.

• Awards:

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending AIM 2016), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2016. (科技部補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Human-Swarm Interaction

• Publications:

  • Wei-Tao Lee and Yen-Chen Liu, “Coverage Control with Density Function in Human-Swarm System,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Yilan, Taiwan, Nov. 2015.

  • Wei-Tao Lee and Yen-Chen Liu, “Dynamic Coverage Control for Mobile Robot Network with Limited and Nonidentical Sensory Ranges,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 775-780, Singapore, May-Jun. 2017.

  • Wei-Tao Li and Yen-Chen Liu, “Human-Swarm Collaboration with Coverage Control under Nonidentical and Limited Sensory Ranges,” Journal of Franklin Institute, Vol. 356, No. 16, pp. 9122-9151, 2019.

• Awards:

  • Best Master Thesis Award, Robotics Society of Taiwan (RST), 2016. (105年度台灣機器人學會，碩士論文獎－佳作獎)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Bilateral Teleoperation System

• Publications:

  • Hsin-Chen Hu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Passivity-Based Bilateral Teleoperation over Delayed Communication Network with Packet Loss,” International Conference on Automation Technology (Automation), Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2015.

  • Hsin-Chen Hu, Chen-Yu Chan, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Event-Triggered Control for Bilateral Teleoperation with Time Delays,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 1634-1639, Banff, Canada, Jul. 2016.

  • Hsin-Chen Hu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Passivity-based Control Framework for Task-Space Bilateral Teleoperation with Parametric Uncertainty over Unreliable Networks,” ISA Transactions, Vol. 70, pp. 187-199, Sep. 2017.

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Hsin-Chen Hu, “Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperators under Event-Driven Communication with Constant Time Delays,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 29, No. 11, pp. 3547-3569, Jul. 2019. 

  • Shin-Chen Hu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Event-Triggered Control for Adaptive Bilateral Teleoperators with Communication Delays,” IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 427-437, Feb. 2020.

• Awards:

  • Best Paper Award, the 13th International Conference on Automation Technology, Nov. 2015.

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending AIM 2016), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2016. (科技部補助研究生出席國際會議)

  • Best Master Thesis Award in Automatic Control, Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS), 2016. (105年度自動控制學會，自動控制碩士論文獎－優等獎)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle

• Publications: 

  • 謝一民、陳昱吉、吳維廷、劉彥辰，“基於引擎啟動門檻功率之插電式油電混合車控制策略”，中國機械工程學會第32屆全國學術研討會，高雄，104年12月。

  • Yi-Min Hsieh and Yen-Chen Liu, “Model Predictive Control Strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 2016.

  • Yi-Min Hsieh and Yen-Chen Liu, “Power Management Strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles using Engine Switching Status,” Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 315-326, Aug. 2019.

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Control of Electric Vehicle

• Publications: 

  • Yue-Han Ji and Yen-Chen Liu, “Driving Force Distribution Methods for Four-Wheel-Drive Electric Vehicle,” 2017 National Symposium on Systems Science and Engineering (NSSSE), May 2017.

  • Yue-Han Ji and Yen-Chen Liu, “Slip-Ratio-Based Torque Distribution Control Strategy for Electric Vehicles over Split Friction Regions,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), pp. 274-280, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Aug. 2017.

  • Yue-Han Ji and Yen-Chen Liu, “Force Allocation Control for Distributed Drive Electric Vehicles under Split-Friction Regions and Actuator Faults,” ISA Transactions, Vol. 129, pp. 398-412, Oct. 2022.

• Awards:

  • 2017中華民國系統科學與工程研討會，學生論文競賽 - 第二名。

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending CCTA 2017), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2017. (科技部補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Mobile Robot Networks

• Publications: 

  • Tseng-Chang Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, “Multi-Robot Control System in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2016.

  • Tsen-Chang Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, “Direct Learning Coverage Control Based on Expectation Maximization in Wireless Sensor and Robot Network,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), pp. 1784-1790, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Aug. 2017.

  • Yen-Chen Liu, Tsen-Chang Lin, and Mu-Tai Lin, “Indirect/Direct Learning Coverage Control for Wireless Sensor and Mobile Robot Networks,”  IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 202-217, Jan. 2022.

• Awards:

  • Best Conference Paper Award – the Second place, International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), 2016.

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending CCTA 2017), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2017. (科技部補助研究生出席國際會議)

  • Best Student Conference Paper Award – the Second place, International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), 2017.

• B.S., Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

  • Nationality: Macau

  • Research Topic: Advanced Automation System

• Publications: 

  • Chi-Hin Chao and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design and Hardware Realization of Wheel-Shaped Object Labeling and Quality Inspection System,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 2017.

  • Chi-Hin Chao and Yen-Chen Liu, “Hardware Design and Realization of Wheel-Shaped Object Labeling and Quality Inspection System,” International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE), Taipei, Taiwan, Jun. 2018.

• Patents:

  • Yen-Chen Liu, Chi-Hin Chao, Ting-Han Liu, and Ming-Yang Cheng, “Automated Labeling and Inspection System for Vehicle Wheel Rim,” Taiwan Patent (in Chinese).

 Mu-Tai Lin (林沐泰), Aug. 2016 - Jul. 2018

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Mobile Robot Networks

• Publications: 

  • 林沐泰、劉彥辰，“仿生式跳躍機器人系統研製”，台灣智慧型機器人研討會，台北，臺灣，105年8月

  • Mu-Tai Lin, Tseng-Chang Lin, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Effective Control for Wireless Sensor and Mobile Actuator Network in Regulation of Environmental Density Function,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Kenting, Taiwan, Nov. 2017.

  • Mu-Tai Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, “Effective Control for Wireless Sensor and Mobile Actuator Network in Regulation of Environmental Density Function,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Auckland, New Zealand, Jul. 2018.

  • Yen-Chen Liu, Tsen-Chang Lin, and Mu-Tai Lin, “Indirect/Direct Learning Coverage Control for Wireless Sensor and Mobile Robot Networks,”  IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 202-217, Jan. 2022.

• Awards:

  • 2016台灣智慧型機器人研討會，最佳學生論文獎 - 佳作。

  • Best Student Conference Paper Award – the Second place, International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), 2017.

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending AIM 2018), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2018. (科技部補助研究生出席國際會議)

 Wen-Yang Wu (吳文揚), Aug. 2016 - Jul. 2018

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

  • Nationality: Taiwan

  • Research Topic: Mobile Robot Network

• Publications: 

  • Wen-Yang Wu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Autonomous Guided Robotic Systems in Regulation Indoor Environmental Quality,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Auckland, New Zealand, Jul. 2018.

  • Wen-Yang Wu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Localization and Navigation Method for Autonomous Indoor Environmental Regulating Robot,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2018.

  • Wen-Yang Wu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Autonomous Mobile Robots and Wireless Sensors for Regulation of Environmental Air Quality,” iRobotics, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 1-9, Dec. 2020. (non-SCI journal)

• Award:

  • Best Master Thesis Award, Robotics Society of Taiwan (RST), 2018. (107年度台灣機器人學會，碩士論文獎－佳作獎)

 Tsung-Wei Ou (區宗暐), Aug. 2016 - Jul. 2018

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Adaptive Quadrotor Tracking Control System

• Publications: 

  • Yen-Chen Liu, Mun-Hooi Khong, and Tsung-Wei Ou, “Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperators with Non-Collocated Remote Controller over Delayed Network,” Mechatronics, Vol. 45, pp. 25-36, Aug. 2017.

  • Tsung-Wei Ou and Yen-Chen Liu, “Adaptive Backstepping Control for Quadrotor Transportation System with Parameter Uncertainty,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2018.

  • Tsung-Wei Ou and Yen-Chen Liu, “Adaptive Tracking Control for Quadrotor System with Dynamic Uncertainty,” International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS), Pyeong Chang, Korea, Oct. 2018.

  • Tsung-Wei Ou and Yen-Chen Liu, “Adaptive Backstepping Tracking Control for Quadrotor Aerial Robots Subject to Uncertain Dynamics,” American Control Conference (ACC), 2019, Accepted.

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Tsung-Wei Ou, “Nonlinear Adaptive Tracking Control for Quadrotor Aerial Robots under Uncertain Dynamics,” IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol.15, No. 8, pp. 1126-1139, May 2021.

• Award:

  • Best Master Thesis Award in Automatic Control, Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS), 2018. (107年度自動控制學會，自動控制碩士論文獎－優等)

 Chi-Yu Huang (黃麒祐), Aug. 2017 - Jul. 2019

• B.S., Department of Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Control of Aerial Manipulation

• Publications: 

  • Chi-Yu Huang and Yen-Chen Liu, “Experiment Verification of Reinforcement Learning Approach for Aerial Manipulator Systems,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2019.

  • Yen-Chen Liu and Chi-Yu Huang, “ DDPG-Based Adaptive Robust Tracking Control for Aerial Manipulators with Decoupling Approach,”  IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 8258-8271, Aug. 2022.

• Awards:

 Shih-Hsiu Chen (陳世修), Aug. 2017 - Jul. 2019

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

  • Nationality: Taiwan

  • Research Topic: Intelligent Control for Wireless Sensor and Robot Network

• Publications: 

  • Shih-Hsiu Chen, Mu-Tai Lin, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Coverage Control for Networked Mobile Robots with Nonholonomic Constraints,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Taoyuan, Taiwan, Nov. 2018.

  • Shih-Hsiu Chen and Yen-Chen Liu, “Wireless Sensor and Mobile Robot Network in Environmental Regulation using Radial Basis Function Networks,” IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2020, accepted.

• Awards:

  • Best Student Paper Award – Bronze Prize, International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), 2018.

  Firhan Huzaefa (胡杰), Aug. 2017 - Jul. 2019

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia

• Nationality: Indonesia

• Research Topic: Cooperative Transportation with Multiple Automated Guided Vehicles

• Publications: 

  • Firhan Huzaefa and Yen-Chen Liu, “Leader-Follower Control Strategies of Multi-AGV Systems for Object Transportation,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2018.

  • Firhan Huzaefa and Yen-Chen Liu, “Centralized Control Architecture for Cooperative Object Transportation using Multiple Omnidirectional AGVs,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, Nov. 2019.

  • Firhan Huzaefa and Yen-Chen Liu, “ Force Distribution and Estimation for Cooperative Transportation Control on Multiple Unmanned Ground Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, in press.

• Awards: 

  • Best Master Thesis Award, IEEE Tainan Section, 2019.

 Ji-Xian Peng (彭繼賢), Aug. 2017 - Jun. 2020

• B.S., Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Intelligent Automated Guided Vehicle in Industrial Environments

• Publications: 

  • Jih-Sien Peng, Duo-Wei Ma, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design of Automated Guided Vehicle for Cooperatively Transporting Object,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2018.

  • Jih-Sien Peng and Yen-Chen Liu, “Towards Cooperative Transportation of Multiple Mecanum-Wheeled Automated Guided Vehicles,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Utah, USA, Oct. 2019.

  • Jih-Sien Peng, Van-Tam Ngo, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Towards Distributed Control of Networked Omnidirectional Automated Ground Vehicles in Complex Environment with Delay Communication," Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 134, 105464, May 2023.

• Awards:

 Duo-Wei Ma (馬鐸瑋), Aug. 2018 - Aug. 2020

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Wireless Sensor and Mobile Robot Network with Faults

• Publications: 

  • Jih-Sien Peng, Duo-Wei Ma, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design of Automated Guided Vehicle for Cooperatively Transporting Object,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2018.

  • Duo-Wei Ma and Yen-Chen Liu, “Resilient Control for Multi-Robot System under Attacks in Environment Estimation,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Keelung, Taiwan, Nov. 2019.

  • Duo-Wei Ma and Yen-Chen Liu, “Gradient Coverage and Resilient Control for Wireless Sensor and Mobile Robot Networks in Environmental Estimation and Regulation,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), accepted, 2020.

• Awards:

 Michael John Chua (蔡秉昌), Aug. 2017 - Jan. 2021

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Bilateral Teleoperation of Mobile Manipulators

• Publications: 

  • Michael John Chua and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design and Fabrication of Omni-Directional Mobile Manipulator,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Keelung, Taiwan, Nov. 2019.

  • Michael John Chua and Yen-Chen Liu, “Cooperation and Null-Space Control of Networked Omni-Directional Mobile Manipulators,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), accepted, 2020.

• Awards:

   Arya Yudistira (阿里亞), Aug. 2018 - Sep. 2021

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia

• Nationality: Indonesia

• Research Topic: Continuously Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer

• Publications: 

  • Arya Yudistira Dwinanto and Yen-Chen Liu, “Rotational Misalignment of Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer in Speed Control for AGV and Mobile Robot,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2020.

  • Arya Yudistira Dwinanto and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design and Analysis for Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Based on Circular Railway with Dynamic Load,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), accepted, 2021. 

  • Sheng-Feng Lin, Arya Yudistira Dwinanto, and Yen-Chen Liu, “A Circular-Railway-Based Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer System for DC Motor Applications, ” IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference (IFEEC), Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2021.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Fault Detection and Regulation for Multiple AGV Systems

• Publications: 

  • Cheng-Tzung Tsai and Yen-Chen Liu, “Fault Detection and Isolation for Multiple Omnidirectional Automated Guided Vehicles in Cooperation Transportation,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2020.

  • Van Tam Ngo, Cheng-Tzung Tsai, and Yen-Chen Liu , "Fault Detection and Isolation for Four-Wheel-Driven Omnidirectional Automated Guided Vehicles with Actuator Faults," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Sapporo, Japan, Jul. 2022.

  • Van-Tam Ngo, Cheng-Tzung Tsai, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Actuator Fault-Tolerant Control Allocation for Cooperative Transportation of Multiple Omnidirectional Mobile Robots," Advanced Robotics, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 112-127, Jan. 2024.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan

• Nationality: China

• Research Topic: Improved Transparency in Bilateral Teleoperation

• Publications: 

  • Yen-Chen Liu, Phuong Nam Dao, and Kai Yong Zhao, “On Robust Control of Nonlinear Teleoperators under Dynamic Uncertainties with Variable Time Delays and without Relative Velocity,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 1272-1280, Feb. 2020.

  • Kai Yong Zhao and Yen-Chen Liu, “Adaptive Impedance Control in Model-Mediated Teleoperation by Using Nonlinear Environmental Prediction,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Keelung, Taiwan, Nov. 2019.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Shin Chu, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Null-Space Control of Aerial Manipulator

• Publications: 

  • Chi-Hung Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, “Design and Fabrication of Aerial Manipulator with Hexarotor and Manipulator,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2021.

  • Kai-Yuan Liu, Chi-Hung Lin, Te-Kang Hung, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Adaptive Backstepping Approach for Multitask Aerial Manipulator,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2022.

  • Kai-Yuan Liu, Te-Kang Hung, Chi-Hung Lin, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Redundancy-Driven Multi-Task Adaptive Backstepping Tracking Control for Aerial Manipulators," IEEE Access, Vol. 12, pp. 47134-47146, Apr. 2024.

• Awards:

  • Best Master Thesis Award, Robotics Society of Taiwan (RST), 2022. (111年度台灣機器人學會，碩士論文獎－佳作獎)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Shin Chu, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Persistent Coverage Control on Multiple Quadrotors

• Publications: 

  • Sheng-Wen Chen and Yen-Chen Liu, “Cooperative Persistent Coverage Control on Multiple Quadrotor System in Complex Environments with Different Importance,” International Automatic Control Conference (CACS), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2020.

  • Mourya Thummalapeta, Sheng-Wen Chen, and Yen-Chen Liu, “Priority-based Persistent Coverage over Disastrous Environments using Quadrotors,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2022.

  • Mourya Thummalapeta, Sheng-Wen Chen, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Importance-Based Distributed Persistent Coverage Strategy over Environmental Hotspots using Quadrotors: Algorithm and Experiments," Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 361, No. 2, pp. 994-1009, Jan. 2024.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Remote Haptic Human-Robot Interaction

• Publications: 

  • Shu-Ting Hsu and Yen-Chen Liu, “Direct Human-Manipulator Interaction by Using Inertial Measurement Units and Head-Mounted Display,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2022.

  • Yu-Wei Chang, Shu-Ting Hsu, Hua-Hsuan Yeh, and Yen-Chen Liu, "An Intuitive Human-Manipulator Interface with Mixed Reality," the 23rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), Yeosu, Korea, Oct. 2023.

  • Yu-Wei Chang, Shu-Ting Hsu, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Development of an Intuitive Mixed Reality Interface for Remote Human-Robot Interactive Control Systems," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2023.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Advanced Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer

• Publications: 

  • Sheng-Feng Lin, Arya Yudistira Dwinanto, and Yen-Chen Liu, “A Circular-Railway-Based Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer System for DC Motor Applications, ” IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference (IFEEC), Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2021.

• Awards:

  • Excellent Master Thesis Award, IET Taipei Local Network, 2022. (IET中華民國分會碩士論文佳作獎)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Advanced Bilateral Teleoperation System

• Publications: 

  • Yu-Ming Fan and Yen-Chen Liu, “Experimental Verification of Bilateral Teleoperation System with Dynamics Uncertainties and Time Delay Using Neural Network,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2022.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Human-Manipulator Interface with Mixed Reality

• Publications: 

  • Yu-Wei Chang, Shu-Ting Hsu, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Development of an Intuitive Mixed Reality Interface for Remote Human-Robot Interactive Control Systems," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2023.

  • Yu-Wei Chang, Shu-Ting Hsu, Hua-Hsuan Yeh, and Yen-Chen Liu, "An Intuitive Human-Manipulator Interface with Mixed Reality," the 23rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), Yeosu, Korea, Oct. 2023.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Null-Space-Based Adaptive Control for Aerial Manipulators

• Publications: 

  • Te-Kang Hung and Yen-Chen Liu, "Null-Space-Based Adaptive Control for Aerial Manipulators on Cooperatively Transporting Cable-Suspended Objects," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Seattle, Washington, USA, Jun.-Jul. 2023.

  • Te-Kang Hung and Yen-Chen Liu, "Null-Space-Based Adaptive Control for Cooperative Transport of Cable-Suspended Objects by Aerial Manipulators," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2023.

  • Kai-Yuan Liu, Te-Kang Hung, Chi-Hung Lin, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Redundancy-Driven Multi-Task Adaptive Backstepping Tracking Control for Aerial Manipulators," IEEE Access, Vol. 12, pp. 47134-47146, Apr. 2024.

• Awards:

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending AIM 2023), National Science and Technology Council, 2023. (國科會補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Robot-Assisted Virtual Rehabilitation System with Haptic Feedback

• Publications: 

  • Yan-Bo Liou and Yen-Chen Liu, "Development of a Robot-assisted Virtual Rehabilitation System with Haptic Feedback," 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Busan, Korea, Aug. 2023.

  • Yan-Bo Liou, Van-Tam Ngo, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Designing a Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System for Hand Function Recovery using Virtual Readlity and Haptic Robot," Advanced Robotics, accepted, Aug. 2024.

• Awards:

  • Best Master Thesis Award in Automatic Control, Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS), 2023. (112年度自動控制學會，自動控制碩士論文獎－優等)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan  University Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Energy-Constrained Persistent Coverage Control

• Publications: 

  • Jue-Rong Fan and Yen-Chen Liu, "Persistent Coverage Control for Multi-Quadrotor Systems with Energy Constraints," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2023.

  • Jue-Rong Fan, Mourya Thummalapeta, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Energy-Constrained Persistent Coverage Control on Multi-Quadrotor Systems," the 23rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), Yeosu, Korea, Oct. 2023.

• Awards:

  • Excellent Master Thesis Award, IET Taipei Local Network, 2023. (IET中華民國分會碩士論文佳作獎)

  • Outstanding Paper Award, 23rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), 2023.

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Continuous Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Circular Roadway 

• Publications: 

  • Chen-En Lee, Sheng-Feng Lin, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Continuous Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Circular Roadway with Optimal Load: Design and Analysis," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Seattle, Washington, USA, Jun.-Jul. 2023.

  • Chen En Lee and Yen-Chen Liu, "Continuous Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Low Power Applications on Composite Railways," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2023.

• Awards:

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending AIM 2023), National Science and Technology Council, 2023. (國科會補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Smart Agriculture Assisted Mobile Robot System

• Publications: 

  • Hsin-Chia Chen and Yen-Chen Liu, "Autonomous Navigation of Agricultural Robots Based on an Improved Dynamic Window Approach," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2024.

  • Cong-Thanh Vu, Hsin-Chia Chen, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Toward Autonomous Navigation for Agriculture Robots in Orchard Farming,"  IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Systems Science and Engineering (RASSE), Taichung, Taiwan, Nov. 2024.

• Awards:

  • The Third Place, Best Presentation Paper Award, International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), 2024.

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Advanced Automated Balancing and Driving E-Scooter

• Publications: 

  • Yun-Hao Lin, Alireza Jafari, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Dynamic Modeling and Stability Analysis of Balancing in Riderless Electric Scooters," American Control Conference (ACC), Toronto, Canada, 2024, accepted.

  • Yun-Hao Lin and Yen-Chen Liu, "Autonomous E-Scooter Navigation and Balancing with Advanced Control Systems," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2024.

• Awards:

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant for International Conference (for attending ACC 2024), National Science and Technology Council, 2024. (國科會補助研究生出席國際會議)

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Intelligent Human-Following Companion Robot

• Publications: 

  • Hsin-Hui Huang and Yen-Chen Liu, "Companion Human-Following Robots Based on Model Predictive Path Integral Control," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2024.

  • Cong-Thanh Vu, Hsin-Hui Huang and Yen-Chen Liu, "Autonomous Navigation for Human-Following Robots Based on Optimized Position Tracking," International Conference on Control and Robotics Engineering (ICCRE), Nagoya, Japan, May. 2025.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Intelligent Interactive System for Human to Mobile Manipulator

• Publications: 

  • Bo-Nian Lee and Yen-Chen Liu, "Intuitive Teleoperation System of Mobile Manipulators Using Adaptive Neural Network-Based Whole-Body Impedance Control," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2024.

  • Bo-Nian Lee, Hua-Hsuan Yeh, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Adaptive Neural Networked Based Impedance Control of Mobile Manipulators with Uncertainties," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Oct. 2024.

  • Bo-Nian Lee, Hua-Hsuan Yeh, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Whole-Body Impedance Control for Mobile Manipulators with Online Uncertainty Compensation," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 2024.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Systems Engineering and Technology, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Hybrid Path Planning for an Outdoor Autonomous Orchard Spraying

• Publications: 

  • Min-Yen Hsieh, En-Ming Liu, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Intelligent Automated Optical Inspection Integrated Robotic Grinding System for Helmet Manufacturing," Automation, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2024.

  • En-Ming Liu and Yen-Chen Liu, "Enhancing Orchard Weed Robot Autonomy via Hybrid Path Planning," SICE Festival with Annual Conference (SICE FEC), Chiang Mai, Thailand, Sep. 2025, in press.

  • En-Ming Liu and Yen-Chen Liu, "Orchard Robot Autonomy Using Hybrid Path Planning and Visual Weed Response," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2025.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Composite Adaptive Control and Least-Squares Method for Environmental Interaction Estimation

• Publications: 

  •  I-Chen Yeh, Hua-Hsuan Yeh, and Yen-Chen Liu, "An Enhanced Composite Least-Squares Adaptive Control for Environmental Parameter Identification," 2025 25th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), Incheon, Korea, Nov. 2025, accepted.

  • I-Chen Yeh and Yen-Chen Liu, "A Composite Adaptive Control Framework with Enhanced Least Squares Estimation for Parameter Identification," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2025.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Cooperative Persistent Coverage for Dynamic Monitoring with UAV-UGV Systems 

• Publications: 

  • Yu-Cheng Lee and Yen-Chen Liu, "Heterogeneous UAV-UGV Collaboration for Dynamic Environment Surveillance and Rendezvous Charging Missions," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2025, in press.

  • Yu-Cheng Lee and Yen-Chen Liu, "UAV-UGV Collaboration for Persistent Surveillance and Strategic Charging," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2025.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Motion Control and Energy-Power Analysis for Humanoid Robots

• Publications: 

  • Cong-Thanh Vu, Chi Cheng Lai, and Yen-Chen Liu, "Learning Virtual Passive Dynamic Walking Using the Kneed Walker Model for Guiding Policies," 2025 IEEE-RAS 24th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2025), Sep.-Oct., 2025, accepted. 

  • Chi-Cheng Lai and Yen-Chen Liu, "Learning Efficient Bipedal Walking Inspired by Passive Dynamic Locomotion," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2025.

• Awards:

• B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Nationality: Taiwan

• Research Topic: Human-Following Robot with Dynamic Elliptical Virtual Social Space

• Publications: 

  • Hong-Rui Hsu and Yen-Chen Liu, "Maintaining Personal Space with Dynamic Elliptical Algorithm in Human‑Following Robot," International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2025.

• Awards: