Maobin Lu 吕茂斌

Maobin Lu 吕茂斌

Professor

Lu Maobin is a professor at the School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, and a doctoral supervisor. He is a recipient of the Youth Program of the 16th batch of the "Overseas High-level Talent Introduction Program" in China. His research mainly focuses on output regulation of complex dynamic systems, distributed estimation, cooperative control and game theory, and unmanned system control. He has published more than ten first-author papers in top-tier journals in the field of systems and control, such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (IEEE TAC) and Automatica. Currently, he is leading projects such as the National Key Technology R&D Program for Next-generation Artificial Intelligence, the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and key projects funded by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation-Xiaomi Innovation Joint Fund.

His research achievements have won several prestigious awards, including the IEEE ICCA Best Paper Award, the Zhang Siying (CCDC) Outstanding Young Paper Award at the Chinese Control and Decision Conference, the Shimemura Young Author Award at the Asian Control Conference, and the Best Paper Award at the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA). He has also mentored students who have won multiple innovation and technology competition awards, such as the championship in the UAV Intelligent Perception Technology Competition, the grand prize in the International Smart Unmanned Systems Application Challenge (Flight Obstacle Avoidance) and the first prize in the Air-ground Coordination competition, the grand prize in the Capital Challenge Cup, and the runner-up in the RoboMaster Mech Master AI Challenge Elite Competition.

He currently serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Youth Work Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation and as a member of the Committee on Autonomous and Unmanned Systems of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence.

Personal Information

  • Nov.2020 - Now, Professor, Control Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology.

  • Aug.2015 - Sep.2018, Postdoctoral Fellow, Automation Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.

  • Sep.2011 - Aug.2015, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

  • Sep.2008 - Jul.2011, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University.

  • Sep.2004 - Jul.2008, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, North China University of Technology.

🔥 Research Interests

  • Networked Control: Robot Systems, Vehicles, Spacecrafts

  • Output Regulation: Linear Systems, Nonliear Systems, Time-Delay Systems

📝 Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Zhang L, Guay M, M. Lu* and S. Wang, “Distributed state estimation for discrete-time uncertain linear systems over jointly connected switching networks,” Automatica, vol. 173, Mar. 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2024.112079.

  2. J. Wu, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “An emulation approach to semi-global robust output regulation for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems,” Acta Automatica Sinica, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/JAS.2024.125085.

  3. L. Liu, M. Lu*, S. Wang, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Robust distributed nash equilibrium seeking subject to communication constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Early Access, Oct. 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2024.3476195.(Best Paper Award)

  4. Z. Bao, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Attitude tracking of uncertain flexible spacecraft systems subject to unknown external disturbances,” arXiv e-prints 2024, DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2403.12542.(Best Theoretical Paper Award)

  5. L. Zhang, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Distributed state estimation under jointly connected switching networks: Continuous-time linear systems and discrete-time linear systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 1104-1111, Feb. 2024, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2023.3279210.

  6. J. Wu, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Event-triggered cooperative robust output regulation of minimum-phase linear uncertain multi-agent systems,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 7390-7405, Jul. 2024, DOI:10.1002/rnc.7349.

  7. J. Wu, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Robust output regulation of a class of minimum-phase linear uncertain systems by event-triggered control,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 989-998, Jun. 2024, DOI:10.1109/TCNS.2023.3330446.

  8. X. He, M. Lu*, S. Wang, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Output feedback control of uncertain Euler–Lagrange systems by internal model,” Automatica, vol. 156, Oct. 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2023.111189.

  9. J. Wu, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Cooperative robust output regulation of linear uncertain multi-agent systems: A dynamic event-triggered approach,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 33, no. 18, pp. 11538-11552, 2023, DOI:10.1002/rnc.6957.

  10. M. Lu, “A sensory feedback based discrete distributed observer to cooperative output regulation,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 4762-4769, Sept. 2022, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2022.3162545.

  11. J. Wu, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Robust output regulation of linear uncertain systems by dynamic event-triggered output feedback control,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 7333-7341, Nov. 2023, DOI:10.1109/TCYB.2023.3235731.

  12. L. Liang, F. Deng, J. Wang, M. Lu and J. Chen, “A reconnaissance penetration game with territorial-constrained defender,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 6295-6302, Nov. 2022, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2022.3183034.

  13. M. Lu and L. Liu, “A low gain approach to output consensus of networked heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems,” SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 59,no. 6,pp. 4295-4313, Nov. 2021, DOI.org/10.1137/19M1296458.

  14. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Consensus of heterogeneous second-order nonlinear uncertain multi-agent systems under switching networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 3331-3338, July 2021, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2020.3019737.

  15. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Robust synchronization control of switched networked Euler–Lagrange systems,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 6834-6842, July 2022, DOI:10.1109/TCYB.2020.3031009.

  16. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Quantized output regulation of minimum-phase linear uncertain systems,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 30, no. 17, pp. 7074 – 7088, Feb. 2020, DOI:10.1002/rnc.5157.

  17. L. Liang, F. Deng, M. Lu and J. Chen, “Analysis of role switch for cooperative target defense differential game,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 902-909, Feb. 2021, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2020.2987701.

  18. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Leader-following attitude consensus of multiple rigid spacecraft systems under switching networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 839 – 845, Feb. 2020, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2019.2920074.

  19. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Leader-following consensus of multiple uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems with unknown dynamic leader,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 4167 – 4173, Oct. 2019, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2019.2892384.

  20. M. Lu, L. Liu and G. Feng, “Adaptive tracking control of uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems subject to external disturbances,” Automatica, vol. 104, pp. 207 – 219, Mar. 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.automatica.2019.02.048. (Regular paper)

  21. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Leader-following consensus of second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems subject to disturbances,” Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 88 – 94, Jan. 2019, DOI:10.1631/FITEE.1800611. (Invited Paper)

  22. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Leader-following consensus of multiple uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 28, no. 14, pp. 4093 – 4104, Sep. 2018, DOI:10.1002/rnc.4223.

  23. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Robust output consensus of networked heterogeneous nonlinear systems by distributed output regulation,” Automatica, vol. 94, pp. 186 – 193, Aug. 2018, DOI:10.1016/j.automatica.2018.04.018.

  24. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Leader-following consensus of multiple uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems subject to communication delays and switching networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 2604 – 2611, Aug. 2018, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2017.2771318.

  25. M. Lu, “Rendezvous with connectivity preservation of mobile agents subject to uniform time-delays,” Automatica, vol. 88, pp. 31 – 37, Feb. 2018, DOI:10.1016/j.automatica.2017.11.003.

  26. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Internal model approach to cooperative robust output regulation for linear uncertain time-delay multi-agent systems,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 2528 – 2542, Jan. 2018, DOI:10.1002/rnc.4034.

  27. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Cooperative output regulation of linear multi-agent systems by a novel distributed dynamic compensator,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 6481 – 6488, Dec. 2017, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2017.2658026.

  28. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Distributed feedforward approach to cooperative output regulation subject to communication delays and switching networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1999 – 2005, Apr. 2017, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2016.2594151.

  29. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Consensus of linear multi-agent systems subject to communication delays and switching networks,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1379 – 1396, Jun. 2017, DOI:10.1002/rnc.3750. (Front Cover Paper)

  30. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Cooperative output regulation problem for linear time-delay multi-agent systems under switching network,” Neurocomputing, vol. 190, pp. 132-139,May. 2016, DOI:10.1016/j.neucom.2016.01.025.

  31. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Cooperative global robust output regulation for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems with a nonlinear leader,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 3557 – 3562, Feb. 2016, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2016.2527920.

  32. M. Lu and J. Huang, “A class of nonlinear internal models for global robust output regulation problem,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 1831 – 1843, Aug. 2015, DOI:10.1002/rnc.3180.

  33. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Robust output regulation problem for linear time-delay systems,” International Journal of Control, vol. 88, no. 6, pp. 1236 – 1245, Jan. 2015, DOI:10.1080/00207179.2014.1002111.

Conference Papers

  1. L. Liu, M. Lu, S. Wang, F. Deng, L. Dou and J. Chen, “Distributed Nash Equilibrium Seeking with Communication Delays,” in Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE 18th International Conference on Control & Automation, Reykjavík, Iceland, pp. 6-11, DOI:10.1109/ICCA62789.2024.10591839.

  2. Z. Bao, M. Lu* and F. Deng, “Leader-Following Attitude Synchronization of Multiple Flexible Spacecraft Systems Subject to External Disturbance,” in Proceedings of the 2023 Youth Academic Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Automation, Hefei, China, pp. 1175-1180, DOI:10.1109/YAC59482.2023.10401360.

  3. Z. Bao, M. Lu* and F. Deng, “Attitude Tracking Control of Uncertain Flexible Spacecraft Systems Subject to External Disturbances,” in Proceedings of the 2023 IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 9239-9244, DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.005.

  4. J. Wu, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems by an Emulation-Based Approach,” in Proceedings of the 2023 American Control Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 2023, pp. 4779-4784, DOI:10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156239.

  5. Y. Zhang, J. Wu, M. Lu* and F. Deng, “Event-Triggered Practical Output Regulation of Linear Uncertain Systems Under Denial-of-Service Attacks,” in Proceedings of the 2023 42nd Chinese Control Conference, Tianjin, China, 2023, pp. 1-6, DOI:10.23919/CCC58697.2023.10240140.

  6. L. Zhang, M. Lu*, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Distributed State Estimation of Linear Systems Under Uniformly Connected Switching Networks,” in Proceedings of the 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, USA, 2021, pp. 4008-4013, DOI:10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683045.

  7. X. He, M. Lu* and F. Deng, “Trajectory Tracking Control of Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems: A Robust Control Approach,” in Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Sanya, China, 2021, pp. 1855-1860, DOI:10.1109/ROBIO54168.2021.9739471.

  8. M. Lu, F. Deng, and L. Liu, “An Extension of Barbalat's Lemma with its Application to Synchronization of a Class of Switched Networked Nonlinear Systems,” in Proceedings of the 2020 IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2020, pp. 9778-9783, DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.2659.

  9. M. Lu, F. Deng and L. Liu, “Cooperative output regulation of linear multi-agent systems under communication delays,” in Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE 15th International Conference on Control and Automation, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 16–19, 2019, pp. 1132 – 1137, DOI:10.1109/ICCA.2019.8900020.

  10. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Synchronization of a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Systems, Shanghai, China, May 29–31, 2019, pp. 429 – 433, DOI:10.1109/ISASS.2019.8757768.

  11. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Adaptive leader-following consensus of networked uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems with dynamic leader based on sensory feedback,” in Proceedings of the 2018 15th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Singapore, Nov. 18–21, 2018, pp. 756 – 761, DOI:10.1109/ICARCV.2018.8581140.

  12. M. Lu, L. Liu and G. Feng, “Adaptive leader-following consensus of multiple uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems based on sensory feedback,” in Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics, Kandima, Maldives, Aug. 1–5, 2018, pp. 302 – 303.

  13. M. Lu and L. Liu, (Invited) “Leader-Following Consensus of Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Delays,” in Proceedings of the 37th Chinese Control Conference, Wuhan, China, Jul. 25–27, 2018, pp. 7055 – 7060, DOI:10.23919/ChiCC.2018.8482898.

  14. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Stabilization of minimum-phase linear uncertain systems with quantized measurement output and disturbances,” in Proceedings of the 2018 World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Changsha, China, Jul. 4–8, 2018, pp. 234 – 239, DOI:10.1109/WCICA.2018.8630533. (Best Paper Award)

  15. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Attitude consensus of switched networked spacecraft multi-agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 14th International Conference on Control and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, Jun. 12–15, 2018, pp. 312 – 317, DOI:10.1109/ICCA.2018.8444347.

  16. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Robust consensus of a class of heterogeneous nonlinear uncertain multi-agent systems subject to communication constraints,” in Proceedings of the 2018 Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Shenyang, China, Jun. 9–11, 2018, pp. 74 – 81, DOI:10.1109/CCDC.2018.8407109. (Zhang Si-Ying (CCDC) Outstanding Youth Paper Award)

  17. M. Lu, L. Liu and G. Feng, “Output synchronization of heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 2017 Asian Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 17–20, 2017, pp. 156 – 161, DOI:10.1109/ASCC.2017.8287159. (Shimemura Young Author Prize)

  18. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Cooperative global robust output regulation for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems with communication delays,” in Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA,May 24–26, 2017, pp. 2668 – 2673, DOI:10.23919/ACC.2017.7963355.

  19. M. Lu and L. Liu, “Consensus of linear multi-agent systems with communication delays under dynamic networks,” in Proceedings of the 2016 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 13–15, 2016, DOI:10.1109/ICARCV.2016.7838664.

  20. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Cooperative robust output regulation for linear uncertain time-delay multi-agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Information Science and Applications, Ho Chi Minh City(Saigon), Vietnam, Feb. 15–18, 2016, pp. 299 – 307, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-0557-2_30.

  21. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Cooperative robust output regulation for nonlinear multi-agent systems with unity relative degree subject to a nonlinear leader,” in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, Lijiang, China, Aug. 8–10, 2015, pp. 196 – 201, DOI:10.1109/ICInfA.2015.7279284.

  22. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Robust output regulation problem for linear systems with both input and communication delays,” in Proceedings of the 2015 American Control Conference, Chicago, USA, Jul. 1–3, 2015, pp. 4036 – 4041, DOI:10.1109/ACC.2015.7171960.

  23. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Cooperative output regulation problem for linear time-delay multi-agent systems under switching network,” in Proceedings of the 33th Chinese Control Conference, Nanjing, China, Jul. 28–30, 2014, pp. 3515 – 3520, DOI:10.1016/j.neucom.2016.01.025.

  24. M. Lu and J. Huang, “Output regulation problem for linear time-delay systems,” Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, Hong Kong, China, Jun. 4–7, 2014, pp. 274 – 279, DOI:10.1109/CYBER.2014.6917474.

  25. M. Lu and J. Huang, “A class of nonlinear internal models and its application,” in Proceedings of the 32th Chinese Control Conference, Xi’an, China, Jul. 26–28, 2013, pp. 1052 – 1057.

  26. S. Yuan, M. Lu and X. Liu, “The analysis of static and dynamic characteristics of motorized high-speed spindle based on sensitivity analysis of FEM model,” Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 376 – 381, Feb. 2011. DOI:10.4028www.scientific.net AMM.43.376.

  27. Q. Liu, X. Liu, M. Lu and W. Wu, “Dynamic analysis on linear motor drive unit for NC machine tool based on multi-modes motion,” in Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Computer,Mechatronics, Control and Electronic Engineering, Changchun, China, Aug. 24–26, 2010, pp. 460 – 463, DOI:10.1109/CMCE.2010.5610103.

Pending Patents and Software

Patents

  1. S. Yuan, M. Lu and X. Liu, “Topology optimization-based cobweb-like interlayer rib plate composite structure design method,” National Inventing Patents, China, PN: CN101980222B, issued Dec. 2013.

  2. S. Yuan and M. Lu, “Design method of bionic spider web composite material structure,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN101950316B, issued Nov. 2012.

  3. S. Yuan, Z. Zhan, and M. Lu, “Dynamic property scaling type model researching method for large machine tool,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN102184303A, issued Sep. 2011.

  4. M. Lu, X. He, F. Deng, J. Chen, B. Xie, J. Dong and G. Liu, “A multi-robot serial-to-WIFI communication and collaborative motion control method,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN115026811A, issued Sep. 2022.

  5. M. Lu, X. He, F. Deng, J. Chen, B. Xie, J. Dong and G. Liu, “Ros-based multi-robot distributed collaborative control method and system,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN115145264A, issued Oct. 2022.

  6. M. Lu, Q. Wang, M. Huang, J. Cai, C. Gao, F. Deng and J. Chen, “Embedded-based telephoto lens autofocus system and method,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN115980965A, issued Apr. 2023.

  7. M. Lu, Z. Bao, L. Zhang, H. Yang, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A flexible spacecraft attitude inner-model control method under external disturbances,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN115840358A, issued Mar. 2023.

  8. M. Lu, B. Xie, J. Dong, G. Sun, G. Liu, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A desktop-level six-degree-of-freedom robotic arm structure,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN115890644A, issued Apr. 2023.

  9. M. Lu, G. Liu, B. Xie, J. Dong, X. He, G. Sun, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A stepper motor position closed-loop control system and method,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116015141A, issued Apr. 2023.

  10. M. Lu, B. Xie, J. Dong, G. Liu, X. Yang, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A robot communication architecture and communication method based on serial communication and bus communication,” National Inventing Patents, PN: ZL202310042145.7, issued May. 2023.

  11. M. Lu, J. Dong, Y. Lin, B. Xie, G. Liu, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A stepper motor current output control system and method,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116111900A, issued May. 2023.

  12. M. Lu, G. Liu, B. Xie, J. Dong, X. He, Y. Lin, G. Sun, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A hybrid stepper motor closed-loop driver,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116169910A, issued May. 2023.

  13. M. Lu, X. Yang, Y. Lin, G. Liu, J. Dong, B. Xie, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A 42mm hybrid stepper motor position closed-loop driver,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116683818A, issued Sep. 2023.

  14. M. Lu, B. Xie, G. Liu, J. Dong, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A two-phase four-wire hybrid stepper motor closed-loop vector driver,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116743016A, issued Sep. 2023.

  15. M. Lu, G. Liu, B. Xie, J. Dong, G. Sun, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A modular assembly-supported six-degree-of-freedom robotic arm structure,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116766170A, issued Sep. 2023.

  16. M. Lu, G. Sun, B. Xie, G. Liu, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A desktop-level high-load four-degree-of-freedom robotic arm structure,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN116968081A, issued Oct. 2023.

  17. M. Lu, J. Dong, B. Xie, G. Liu, X. He , F. Deng and J. Chen, “Stepper motor trapezoidal segment position tracking control system and method,” National Inventing Patents, PN: CN117013908A, issued Nov. 2023.

  18. M. Lu, Y. Lu, Q. Wang, J. Cai, Y. Lin, Y. Bao, F. Wang, F. Deng, C. Chen, H. Fu and J. Chen, “A ground navigation map construction method based on drone perspective,” National Inventing Patents, filed Nov. 2023.

  19. M. Lu, J. Wu, L. Zhang, F. Deng and J. Chen, “An event-triggered system regulation control method under network attacks,” National Inventing Patents, filed Dec. 2023.

  20. M. Lu, Y. Lu, Q. Wang, Y. Lin, J. Cai, Y. Bao, F. Wang, F. Deng and J. Chen, “A ground navigation map construction method based on drone perspective,” National Inventing Patents, filed Dec. 2023.

Software

  1. S. Yuan and M. Lu, “The analysis and optimization system for motorized spindle of NC machine tools,” Software Copyright, China, register No.:2010SR027562.

  2. M. Lu, J. Dong, B. Xie, G. Liu, F. Deng and J. Chen “An ESP32-based CAN bus communication system,” Software Copyright, China, register No.:2023SR0372311, granted Mar. 2023.

  3. M. Lu, J. Dong, G. Liu, B. Xie, F. Deng and J. Chen “A PaddlePaddle-based robotic vision classification system,” Software Copyright, China, register No.:2023SR0372459, granted Mar. 2023.

  4. M. Lu, G. Liu, X. He, B. Xie, J. Dong, G. Sun, F. Deng and J. Chen “A stepper motor position detection software based on a measuring encoder,” Software Copyright, China, register No.:2023SR0375421, granted Mar. 2023.

  5. M. Lu, B. Xie, J. Dong, G. Liu, X. Yang, F. Deng and J. Chen “A JSON-based communication system between ROS and ESP32,” Software Copyright, China, register No.:2023SR0375420, granted Mar. 2023.

Thesis

  1. M. Lu, “The Output Regulation of Linear Time-Delay Systems and Complex Nonlinear Systems,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK, Hong Kong, China, Aug. 2015.

  2. M. Lu, “Design, Analysis, and Dynamic Optimization of NC Machine Tool,” M.S. Thesis, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, BUAA, Beijing, China, June, 2011.

📖 Teaching

Undergraduate Courses:

  • Operational Research, 32 class hours

Postgraduate Courses:

  • Optimization Theory and Methods, 32 class hours

Teaching Assistant(CUHK)

  • Engineering Mathematics, 2012-2014 spring

  • Control and Industrial Automation, 2012-2013 fall

  • Modern Control Systems Analysis and Design, 2012-2013 fall
















💬 Research Group

Current Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Kedi Xie (2023-2025)

PhD Students

  • Haizhou Yang (2020-2026)
  • Lupeng Liu (2021-2025)
  • Lan Zhang (2021-2025)
  • Faqi Wang (2022-2026)
  • Geyuan Liu (2022-2028)
  • Qiang Wang (2023-2027)
  • Bowei Xie (2023-2027)
  • Xianzhi Yang (2023-2029)
  • Guanghui Sun (2024-2028)
  • Fangzhe Xu (2024-2029)
  • Xinrui Xie (2024-2030)

Master Students

  • Jianyi Cai (2022-2025)
  • Yulong Lin (2022-2025)
  • Yufan Lu (2022-2025)
  • Yuhan Bao (2023-2026)
  • Hongzeng Li (2023-2026)
  • Qilin Yan (2023-2026)
  • Fujian Sun (2024-2027)
  • Zelong Xie (2024-2027)
  • Shiduo Wang (2024-2027)
  • Wei Nie (2024-2027)

Graduated Members

PhD Students

  • Jieshuai Wu (2024)

Master Students

  • Xingxiu He (2022)
  • Yongjie Zhang (2023)
  • Ze'an Bao (2023)
  • Juan Dong (2024)
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🎖 Awards

Research Awards

  • Best Paper Award for IEEE ICCA, 2024

  • Best Theoretical Paper Award for YAC, 2023

  • Best Paper Award for WCICA, 2018

  • Zhang Si-Ying (CCDC) Outstanding Youth Paper Award, 2018

  • Shimemura Young Author Prize for ASCC, 2017

  • Hong Kong Reaching Out Award 2014-2015, 2015

Competition Awards

  • 2024 Intelligent Unmanned Systems Challenge - Flight Obstacle Avoidance Champion Video

  • 2024 Intelligent Unmanned Systems Challenge - Air-Ground Coordination Champion Video

  • 2023 "Challenge Cup" Capital University Students' Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Provincial Competition Champion Video

  • 2023 Intelligent Unmanned Systems Challenge - Flight Obstacle Avoidance Champion Video

  • 2023 Intelligent Unmanned Systems Challenge - Air-Ground Coordination Runner-up Video

  • ROBOMASTER Planning and Control Special Competition Champion Video

  • 18th "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition Runner-up

💻 Service

Research Grants

  • Principal Investigator,“Robust cooperative output regulation and its application”,National Natural Science Foundation of China,2020.01-2023.12

  • Principal Investigator,“Cooperative output regulation of multi-agent systems”,Young Teachers Academic Startup Project of Beijing Institute of Technology,2018.09-2021.09

  • Participant,“Basic theory and key technology of flexible wearable sensor network systems based on ubiquitous energy”,Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China,2020.01-2024.12

  • Participant,“Attachment and Cooperative control of complex flexible systems on asteroids”,National Key R&D Program of China,2019.12-2024.11

  • Participant,“Cooperative output regulation of nonlinear multi-agent systems and its applications”,National Natural Science Foundation of China,2018.01-2021.12

Professional Activities

International Program Committee

  • Associate Editor: The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Jul. 6–9, 2020

  • Associate Editor: The 2020 16th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Shenzhen, Dec. 13–15, 2020

  • Associate Editor and Session Chair: The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Edinburgh, Scotland, Jul. 16–19, 2019

  • Associate Editor: The 2018 15th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Singapore, Nov. 18–21, 2018

  • Associate Editor: The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Jun. 12–15, 2018

  • Publicity Chair and Associate Editor: The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Ohrid, Macedonia, Jul. 3–6, 2017

  • Associate Editor: The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Kathmandu, Nepal, Jun. 1–3, 2016

Journal Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

  • Automatica

  • International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (Outstanding Reviewer Award)

  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

  • IEEE Control Systems Letters

  • European Journal of Control

  • Control Engineering Practice

  • Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems

  • Unmanned Systems

  • Journal of Control Theory and Applications

Conference Presentations

  • The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Edinburgh, Scotland, Jul. 16–19, 2019 (20 mins)

  • The 2018 Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Shenyang, China, Jun. 9–11, 2018 (20 mins)

  • The 2018 Asian Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 17–20, 2017 (20 mins)

  • The 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, May 24–26, 2017 (20 mins)

  • The 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 13–15, 2016 (20 mins)

  • The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, Li jiang, China, Aug. 8–10, 2015 (20 mins)

  • The 2015 American Control Conference, Chicago, USA, July 1–3, 2015 (20 mins)

  • The 33rd Chinese Control Conference, Nanjing, China, July 28–30, 2014 (20 mins)

  • The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, Hong Kong, China, June 4–7, 2014 (20 mins)

  • The 32nd Chinese Control Conference, Xi’an, China, July 26–28, 2013 (20 mins)

Projects （Funded by the National Science and Technology Major Project under Grant 2021ZD0112600）

Demos & Codes & Model/Algorithm library

Experiment for mobile robot connectivity control game

TAC 2024
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This experiment illustrates a connectivity control game, which involves motion control of four velocity-actuated mobile robots. Each robot aims to minimize its own cost function, which depends on the positions of all robots. We propose a distributed Nash equilibrium seeking control law. It allows the robots to coordinate their movement via a uniformly strongly connected switching network with unknown bounded time delays. The results shown in the experiment validate our approach: the robots’ positions converge to the Nash equilibrium, and their velocities diminish to zero.

Authors： L. Liu, M. Lu, S. Wang, F. Deng and J. Chen

Videos: bilibiliicon  Code: Githubicon/Downloadicon   Download Count:

Output feedback control of uncertain Euler–Lagrange systems by internal model

Automatica 2023
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In this paper, we investigate the trajectory tracking control problem of a class of uncertain Euler–Lagrange systems subject to disturbances. We propose a class of dynamic output feedback control laws which depends on the tracking error of the position and that of the velocity. Specifically, by characterizing the reference trajectory and the disturbances with an exosystem, we design an internal model to learn the desired feedforward input such that the reference trajectory can be tracked in spite of unknown system parameters and disturbances. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by its application to trajectory tracking control of a three-link cylindrical robot arm.

Authors： X. He, M. Lu

Videos: bilibiliicon  Code: Githubicon/Downloadicon   Download Count:

2024 Intelligent Unmanned Systems Challenge - Flight Obstacle Avoidance Champion

National First Prize
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Design a drone capable of fully autonomously completing five obstacle-avoidance tasks in a designated area: navigating through trees, passing through a tunnel, traversing a maze, flying through fixed hoops, and flying through moving hoops. During the flight, tasks must be completed in strict sequential order, but each team can choose how many tasks to execute based on their capabilities.

Team Members: J. Cai, W. Kong, Y. Bao, H. Li, Y. Liu and Q. Wang

Advisor: M. Lu, C. Wang and F. Deng

Videos: bilibiliicon  Code: Githubicon/Downloadicon   Download Count:

2024 Intelligent Unmanned Systems Challenge - Air-Ground Coordination Champion

National First Prize
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Using a ground unmanned vehicle and a rotary-wing drone will compete in a maze enclosed by barriers. Teams must remotely control or autonomously drive the unmanned vehicle to complete a rescue mission while avoiding hazardous areas. The drone assists the vehicle by performing overhead reconnaissance, communication, and guidance. Upon completing the mission, the unmanned vehicle and drone must park in their designated parking space and helipad, respectively.

Team Members: Y. Lin, Z. Du, Y. Lu, Y. Bao, F. Wang and Q. Wang

Advisor: M. Lu, C. Chen and F. Deng

Videos: bilibiliicon  Code: Githubicon/Downloadicon   Download Count:

2023 "Challenge Cup" Capital University Students' Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Provincial Competition Champion

Provincial Grand Prize
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To address the design problem of modular and flexible reconfiguration in robotic systems, a robot system capable of modular and flexible reconfiguration was designed across three levels: robotic mechanical structure, robotic circuit connections, and robotic communication system.

Team Members: B. Xie, G. Liu, J. Dong, G. Sun and X. Yang

Advisor: M. Lu

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IROS 2024 Cooperative Aerial Robots Inspection Challenge Competition

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Propose a systematic approach based on functional division and online cooperative decision-making. First, the UAV swarm is categorized into two functional units—“Explorers” and “Detectors”—based on the dynamics and sensor configurations of each platform. Explorers perform incremental mapping through local perception in unknown environments, gradually reconstructing the structural information of the task space. Detectors, on the other hand, leverage the current mapping results and environmental features to perform high-quality image acquisition of designated targets.

Authors： B. Zhao, J. Guo, X. Chen, Y. Wang,C. Tang, L. Cao, R. Ji and X. Yu

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Research Challenge on Swarm-Based Micro UAV Search in Denied Environments

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This codebase is dedicated to addressing the 2024 “Challenge Cup” Special Project Competition—“Swarm Search of Micro UAVs in Denied Environments,” organized by the Communist Youth League of China. It focuses on the challenges of autonomous navigation and cooperative search of micro UAV swarms in complex and dynamic environments. The project builds a system framework tailored to the characteristics of denied environments, based on complex dynamic system modeling methods, integrated with decision theory and algorithm design, to enable efficient cooperation and intelligent decision-making under incomplete information.

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