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)

Publications

Only first author papers are displayed here, you can find all my articles on my Google Scholar profile.

Journal Articles

Addressing data imbalance in Sim2Real: ImbalSim2Real scheme and its application in finger joint stiffness self-sensing for soft robot-assisted rehabilitation

Published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024

Keywords: imbalanced sim2real problem, CycleGAN, self-sensing, soft robot-assisted rehabilitation

Recommended citation: Zhongchao Zhou, Yuxi Lu, Pablo Enrique Tortós, Ruian Qin, Shota Kokubu, Fuko Matsunaga, Qiaolian Xie, Wenwei Yu. "Addressing data imbalance in Sim2Real: ImbalSim2Real scheme and its application in finger joint stiffness self-sensing for soft robot-assisted rehabilitation." Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 12 (2024): 1334643.
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A GAN based PID controller for highly adaptive control of a pneumatic-artificial-muscle driven antagonistic joint

Published in Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2024

Keywords: Generative Adversarial Nets(GAN), Learning-based adaptive control,

Recommended citation: Zhongchao Zhou, Yuxi Lu, Shota Kokubu, Pablo Enrique Tortós, Wenwei Yu. "A GAN based PID controller for highly adaptive control of a pneumatic-artificial-muscle driven antagonistic joint." Complex & Intelligent Systems (2024): 1-18.
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The role of pre-tensioned springs in 3 pneumatic artificial muscles driven joint mechanisms with sliding mode controllers

Published in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022

Keywords: Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), Mechanical Design, dynamics modeling

Recommended citation: Zhou, Zhongchao, Yuanyuan Wang, and Wenwei Yu. "The role of pre-tensioned springs in 3 pneumatic artificial muscles driven joint mechanisms with sliding mode controllers." Robotics and Autonomous Systems 151 (2022): 104017.
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Optimization of spring constant of a pneumatic artificial muscle-spring driven antagonistic structure

Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022

Keywords: Optimization algorithm, dynamic systems analysis,sliding mode control(SMC)

Recommended citation: Zhongchao Zhou, Shota Kokubu, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuxi Lu, Pablo Enrique Tortós, Wenwei Yu. "Optimization of spring constant of a pneumatic artificial muscle-spring driven antagonistic structure." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7.3 (2022): 5982-5989.
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Conference Papers

A Simulation Study on Model Reference Adaptive Trajectory Controller for Back Stretchable McKibben Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

Published in 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe), 2024

Keywords: Model reference adaptive control,back stretchable McKibben Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

Recommended citation: Zhongchao Zhou, Shuai Mao, Wenwei Yu, Liang He. "A Simulation Study on Model Reference Adaptive Trajectory Controller for Back Stretchable McKibben Pneumatic Artificial Muscles." 2024 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). IEEE, 2024.
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A simulation study for evaluating the role of pre-tensioned springs in 3 pneumatic artificial muscle driven joint mechanisms with sliding mode controllers

Published in International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems(IAS), 2021

Keywords: pneumatic artificial muscle,sliding mode control

Recommended citation: Zhou, Zhongchao, Yuanyuan Wang, and Wenwei Yu. "A simulation study for evaluating the role of pre-tensioned springs in 3 pneumatic artificial muscle driven joint mechanisms with sliding mode controllers." International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
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