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Yongchun Fang

Yongchun Fang

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
66
Citations
13892
World Ranking
1170
National Ranking
205

Overview

Yongchun Fang is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily in engineering, with 440 publications across various subfields. Their work spans control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, aerospace engineering, and mechanical engineering. Control and systems engineering is the most represented subfield with 222 publications.

Fang's research topics emphasize adaptive control of nonlinear systems, robotic path planning algorithms, dynamics and control of mechanical systems, and control and dynamics of mobile robots. Additional focal topics include soft robotics and applications, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and robotics and sensor-based localization.

Frequent coauthors in Fang's publications include Ning Sun (60 collaborations), Tong Yang (41), Jianda Han (32), Xiao Liang (25), and Hai Yu (21). The venues where Fang's research is often published reflect a focus on automation, mechatronics, and industrial informatics, with repeated contributions to:

  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Some of Fang's recent papers include:

  • Adaptive Fuzzy Control for a Class of MIMO Underactuated Systems With Plant Uncertainties and Actuator Deadzones: Design and Experiments, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • Neuroadaptive Control for Complicated Underactuated Systems With Simultaneous Output and Velocity Constraints Exerted on Both Actuated and Unactuated States, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • Adaptive Neural Network Output Feedback Control of Uncertain Underactuated Systems With Actuated and Unactuated State Constraints, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • Adaptive Output Feedback Control for 5-DOF Varying-Cable-Length Tower Cranes With Cargo Mass Estimation, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Observer-Based Nonlinear Control for Tower Cranes Suffering From Uncertain Friction and Actuator Constraints With Experimental Verification, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

The research contributions demonstrate a consistent focus on adaptive control methods tailored for complex and uncertain mechanical systems, including underactuated systems and tower cranes, which combine theoretical control design with experimental validation.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear coupling control laws for an underactuated overhead crane system

    Y. Fang;W.E. Dixon;D.M. Dawson;E. Zergeroglu

  • Tracking and regulation control of an underactuated surface vessel with nonintegrable dynamics

    A. Behal;D.M. Dawson;W.E. Dixon;Y. Fang

  • A Motion Planning-Based Adaptive Control Method for an Underactuated Crane System

    Yongchun Fang;Bojun Ma;Pengcheng Wang;Xuebo Zhang

  • Neural Network-Based Adaptive Antiswing Control of an Underactuated Ship-Mounted Crane With Roll Motions and Input Dead Zones

    Tong Yang;Ning Sun;He Chen;Yongchun Fang

  • Homography-based visual servo regulation of mobile robots

    Yongchun Fang;W.E. Dixon;D.M. Dawson;P. Chawda

  • Transportation Control of Double-Pendulum Cranes With a Nonlinear Quasi-PID Scheme: Design and Experiments

    Ning Sun;Tong Yang;Yongchun Fang;Yiming Wu

  • A Novel Kinematic Coupling-Based Trajectory Planning Method for Overhead Cranes

    Ning Sun;Yongchun Fang;Yudong Zhang;Bojun Ma

  • Amplitude-Saturated Nonlinear Output Feedback Antiswing Control for Underactuated Cranes With Double-Pendulum Cargo Dynamics

    Ning Sun;Yongchun Fang;He Chen;Biao Lu

  • New Energy Analytical Results for the Regulation of Underactuated Overhead Cranes: An End-Effector Motion-Based Approach

    Ning Sun;Yongchun Fang

  • Energy coupling output feedback control of 4-DOF underactuated cranes with saturated inputs

    Ning Sun;Yongchun Fang;Xuebo Zhang

  • Nonlinear Hierarchical Control for Unmanned Quadrotor Transportation Systems

    Xiao Liang;Yongchun Fang;Ning Sun;He Lin

  • Adaptive Fuzzy Control for a Class of MIMO Underactuated Systems With Plant Uncertainties and Actuator Deadzones: Design and Experiments.

    Tong Yang;Ning Sun;Yongchun Fang

  • Nonlinear Antiswing Control for Crane Systems With Double-Pendulum Swing Effects and Uncertain Parameters: Design and Experiments

    Ning Sun;Yiming Wu;Yongchun Fang;He Chen

  • Dynamics Analysis and Nonlinear Control of an Offshore Boom Crane

    Yongchun Fang;Pengcheng Wang;Ning Sun;Yichun Zhang

  • Range identification for perspective vision systems

    W.E. Dixon;Y. Fang;D.M. Dawson;T.J. Flynn

  • Adaptive Control for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Systems With Parametric Uncertainties and Unidirectional Input Constraints

    Ning Sun;Dingkun Liang;Yiming Wu;Yiheng Chen

  • Adaptive Active Visual Servoing of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots

    Yongchun Fang;Xi Liu;Xuebo Zhang

  • Continuous Sliding Mode Control Strategy for a Class of Nonlinear Underactuated Systems

    Biao Lu;Yongchun Fang;Ning Sun

  • Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning for Underactuated Overhead Crane Systems With State and Control Constraints

    Xuebo Zhang;Yongchun Fang;Ning Sun

  • A Swing Constraint Guaranteed MPC Algorithm for Underactuated Overhead Cranes

    He Chen;Yongchun Fang;Ning Sun

  • Nonlinear Stabilizing Control for Ship-Mounted Cranes With Ship Roll and Heave Movements: Design, Analysis, and Experiments

    Ning Sun;Yongchun Fang;He Chen;Yiming Fu

  • Motion-Estimation-Based Visual Servoing of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots

    Xuebo Zhang;Yongchun Fang;Xi Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ning Sun
Ning Sun Nankai University
Darren M. Dawson
Darren M. Dawson Methode Electronics
Warren E. Dixon
Warren E. Dixon University of Florida
Aman Behal
Aman Behal University of Central Florida
Guoqiang Hu
Guoqiang Hu Nanyang Technological University
Shugen Ma
Shugen Ma Ritsumeikan University

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