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Our review paper on cable-driven parallel robots published in Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

09/23/2022

Our review paper "State -of-the-art on theories and applications of cable-driven parallel robots" has been published in Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering. 

The online version can be accessed at this link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11465-022-0693-3. [Open Access]

Review on CDPR

Dr. Zhang was invited to give a report on atherectomy device

07/08/2022

The Young Scholars Forum on High-Performance Medical Device will be held from July 18 to 22. Dr. Zhang was invited to give a report on the topic “Atherectomy Device and its Grinding Mechanism and Force Properties for Grinding Cardiovascular Calcified Plaque”.

The recorded video is available at: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18r4y177F2/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.3&vd_source=75fd219e73d7ea011a710ccff43cbdb1 (In Chinese)

Our work on CDPR calibration published in Mechanism and Machine Theory

03/01/2022

Our paper "Kinematic Calibration of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots Considering the Pulley Kinematics" has been published in Mechanism and Machine Theory. 

Zhaokun Zhang, Guangqiang Xie, Zhufeng Shao*, Clément Gosselin. Kinematic Calibration of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots Considering the Pulley Kinematics. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022, 169, 104648. DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.104648.

Our project won the First prize of technological invention of the 2020 China Instrument and Control Society Science and Technology Award

12/16/2020

The China Instrument and Control Society announced the winners of the 2020 China Instrument and Control Society Science and Technology Award and Young Science and Technology Talent Award on 12/16/2020. The project "rigid-flexible fusion cable-drive high-speed robot technology and system" won the First prize of technological invention. Dr. Zhaokun Zhang is one of the main completers of this project.

Award Announcement: http://www.cis.org.cn/post/detail/110/5385 

https://www.instrumentandapparatus.com/2020/announcement-of-the-winners-of-the-2020-china-instrument-and-control-society-science-and-technology-award-and-young-science-and-technology-talent-award-2/ 

Dr. Zhang won the Gold Award of the 1st National Machinery Industry Design Innovation Competition

12/20/2020

From December 18-20, 2020, the finals of the first National Machinery Industry Design Innovation Competition jointly sponsored by China Machinery Industry Federation and China Machinery, Metallurgy and Building Materials Trade Union were held in Suzhou city, Jiangsu Province. The "Cable-driven high-speed parallel robot" project led by Dr. Zhaokun Zhang entered the final. Dr. Zhang defended on behalf of the project team, and finally stood out and won the gold award.

http://idi.cmpjjj.com/work.html?pages/zuopin_detail.html?id=151 

Introduction of the works: Cable-driven high-speed parallel robot

Our paper won the 2020 Outstanding Paper Award of Journal of Tsinghua University

10/28/2020

Our paper "Digital workshopinformation model and its standardization (数字化车间信息模型及其建模与标准化)" was selected as the 2020 Outstanding Paper of the Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology). Dr. Zhaokun Zhang is the first author of the paper.

Award Announcement: http://jst.tsinghuajournals.com/CN/column/item1722.shtml 

Link to the paper: http://jst.tsinghuajournals.com/CN/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2017.22.003 

Dr Zhang's doctoral dissertation was selected as the "2020 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University"

07/01/2020

Dr. Zhaokun Zhang's doctoral dissertation entitled "Research on the Design and Dynamic Performance of High-Speed Cable-Driven Parallel Robot" was selected as the 2020 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University. 

Link to introduction: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HlM5T9zsG_i2Gs3kUgI1RQ