fanxinw2@illinois.edu/wangfanxin@yahoo.com
Education
PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Master of Science, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Research Interests
Controls and Dynamics, Advancements in Medical Robotics and Automations, Sensors
Research Projects:
Project Leader/Ph.D. Research Assistant, Robotic Biopsy Platform
Project Leader/Ph.D. Research Assistant, Economic Sanitizing UVBOT
Ph.D. Research Assistant, Haptic Feedback in Robotic Surgery
Ph.D. Research Assistant, Autonomous Driving Vehicle
Ph.D. Research Assistant, Increase RL Robustness Using L1 Adaptive Control
M.S. Research Assistant, Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Platform
PUBLICATIONS:
[1] F. Wang, N. J. Toombs, T. Kesavadas, and P. M. Ferreira, “Mechanical Design and Modeling of a Manipulator Tool for a Compact Multiple-Tool Single Port Laparoscopic Robot Platform,” 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Jul. 2019, Published, doi: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857539.
[2] F. Wang, H. J. Nisar, Y. Li, E. Araud, T. H. Nguyen, and T. Kesavadas, “Low-Cost UVBot Using SLAM to Mitigate the Spread of Noroviruses in Occupational Spaces,” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 22, p. 8926, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.3390/s22228926.
[3] Y. Cheng, P. Zhao, F. Wang, D. J. Block, and N. Hovakimyan, “Improving the Robustness of Reinforcement Learning Policies With L1 Adaptive Control,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 6574–6581, Jul. 2022, doi: 10.1109/lra.2022.3169309.
[4] F. Wang, S. Mukherjee, R. Bhargava, T. Kesavadas, “Development of Label-free Digital Pathology Compatible Robotic Biopsy System”. (submitting before Dec, 2023)
[5] F. Wang, S. Mukherjee, R. Bhargava, T. Kesavadas, “Transformer-based Tissue Classification in Robotic Needle Biopsy”. (submitting before Dec, 2023)
[6] C.Tao, F.Wang, “Nonlinear MPC in path planning and obstacle avoidance for autonomous driving”. (In progress)
[7] C.Tao, F.Wang, “PPO-based CBF specification in multi-agent cooperation”. (In progress)
[8] Y. Cheng, F. Wang, “EnvironAdpt: Safe drone delivery in complex terrains”. (In progress)