Zhongchao Zhou(周忠潮)

Zhongchao Zhou(周忠潮)

Project Researcher at the Matsuo-Iwazawa Lab as well as TRAIL (Tokyo Robotics and AI Lab)

About me

Hi, welcome to my site! I am Zhou Zhongchao (周忠潮, シユウ チュウチョウ), a project researcher at the Matsuo-Iwazawa Lab at the University of Tokyo, starting my role in April 2025. My academic journey has been shaped by a PhD degree from Chiba University, where I was supervised by Prof Wenwei Yu, and an enriching academic visit at Healthcare Biorobotics Lab (HBL) at the University of Oxford, supervised by Prof Liang He.

🔬Research interset

My research interests lie in the intersection of robotics and AI, including soft pneumatic robotics, modelling, control theory, machine learning applications in robot's control systems.I am very interested in collaborations and various research opportunities. Feel free to contact me by

zhouzhongchao@outlook.com 📧

🏛️Work experience

  • 2025.04 ~: Project researcher
    • University of Tokyo
    • Supervisor: Professor Yutaka Matsuo, Professor Yusuke Iwasawa
  • 2023.10 ~ 2024.04: Academic Visitors
    • University of Oxford
    • Supervisor: Professor Liang He
  • 2018.10 ~ 2019.09: Research student
    • Chiba Unviersity
    • Supervisor: Professor Wenwei Yu

🎓Education

  • Ph.D in Medical Engineering, Chiba University, 2024
  • M.S. in Medical Engineering, Chiba University, 2021
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 2018

🏆Awards and Recognitions

  1. Third Prize
    Nanohana Startup Competition, 2024.10, Chiba University
    Project name: PneumGo–空気圧制御システムソリューション

  2. Good Project Award
    Global Student Innovation Challenge Competition, 2024.08, Shanghai, China
    Project name: PneumGo-The Intelligent Modular Pneumatic Control System for soft-robot Rehabilitation

  3. Best Paper Award in Universal Design
    17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe), 2024.08, Shanghai, China
    Paper name: Design of a Self-Locking Component for McKibben Muscle Back-Stretchability

  4. Best Conference Paper Award
    17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe), 2024.08, Shanghai, China
    Paper name: Design of a Self-Locking Component for McKibben Muscle Back-Stretchability

  5. First Prize of Fresh Ideas Funding Competition
    Mapping the Future of Soft Robotics for Healthcare, 2024.02, Wimbledon, UK
    Project name: Development of a Soft Robotic Device for Assisted Support of the Soft Palate

  6. Poster Award
    International Symposium on Info Comm and Mechatronics Technology in Bio-Medical and Healthcare Application (IS 3T-in-3A), 2019.10, Chiba, Japan
    Paper name: A Control Model for Pneumatic-Artificial-Muscle Based Trans-humeral Prostheses

  7. National Third Prize
    National Environmental Friendly Science and Technology Competition,2017.10 (全国环境友好科技竞赛)

  8. National Third Prize
    National University Student Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, 2016.10 (全国大学生节能减排社会实践与科技竞赛)

  9. Provincial First Prize
    The “Challenge Cup”, 2016.10 (挑战杯)

  10. 8 other provincial-level competitions award

📜Patent

  1. Invention patent: CN106968230A
    A New Type of Energy-Saving Shallow Sea Enteromorpha Collection Device(一种节能新型浅海浒苔收集装置)

  2. Invention patent: CN107469450A
    A Dual-Layer Filtration Enteromorpha Collection Device(一种双层过滤浒苔收集装置)
  3. Five additional utility model patents

🌐Academic Affiliations

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