Hi, welcome to my personal page👏！

I am Heng Zhang (张恒), a Ph.D student 🎓 in the U2IS robot lab of ENSTA.

My journey into robotics 🤖 began in 2017. 

From 2017 to 2020：

I studied as a master's student at the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), where I engaged in cutting-edge soft robotics research. During this period, I gained extensive experience in the design and fabrication of soft robots, mechanical modeling, and simulation analysis.

Since 2021:

I have been pursuing my Ph.D. at ENSTA Paris under the supervision of Prof. Adriana Tapus. My research has turned to the exciting field of multi-modal Human-Robot Humorous Interaction and social robotics. Specifically, my work focuses on the generation methods of humor-aware behaviors (including gesture, speech, and laughter), and also their impact on HRI. Additionally, I also explored the role of humor types and personality traits in Human-Robot Humorous Interaction. My research is dedicated to endowing social robots with the ability to appropriately express humor during interactions.