Xin Wu (武 鑫) Ph.D.@ME, Zhejiang University Email: xinwu@zju.edu.cn [Google Scholar], [ResearchGate], [LinkedIn], [GitHub], [ZhiHu]

Biography

Xin Wu has earned his Ph.D. at HOME Team, Zhejiang University, under the supervision of Prof. Canjun Yang. Before that, he received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Zhejiang University with honors. His research interests include underwater robotics, soft robotics, and compliant mechanisms.

Currently, he serves as a Senior Algorithm Engineer at BYD Auto Industry Co., Ltd.

Education

	Zhejiang University Ph.D. Mechatronic Engineering Supervisor: Prof. Canjun Yang	Sep. 2019 - Dec. 2024 Zhejiang, China
	Zhejiang University B.Eng. Mechatronic Engineering	Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2019 Zhejiang, China

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Mechanical modeling and experimental analysis of a hydraulically driven underwater soft twisted tower
  Zhangpeng Tu, Canjun Yang, Zilin Xing, Xin Wu*
  Smart Materials and Structures, 2025
• Underwater fluid-driven soft dock for dynamic recovery of AUVs with improved pose tolerance
  Mingwei Lin, Anzhe Yi, Ri Lin, Xin Wu, Bohao He, Bolun Zhang, Canjun Yang
  Ocean Engineering, 2024
• A review of advances in underwater humanoid robots for human–machine cooperation
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu*, Mingwei Lin, Ri Lin, Di Wu
  Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2024
• A flexible gripper with a wide-range variable stiffness structure based on shape memory alloy
  Canjun Yang, Weitao Wu, Xin Wu, Jifei Zhou, Zhangpeng Tu, Mingwei Lin, Sheng Zhang
  Industrial Robot, 2022
• Rigid-Foldable Mechanism Inspired by Origami Twisted Tower
  Xin Wu, Canjun Yang, Jia Li, Qichao Zhao, Weitao Wu, Yuanchao Zhu, Feng Zhang
  Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2022
• An integrated vision-based system for efficient robot arm teleoperation
  Xin Wu, Canjun Yang, Yuanchao Zhu, Weitao Wu, Qianxiao Wei
  Industrial Robot, 2020
• Human–robot shared control for humanoid manipulator trajectory planning
  Yuanchao Zhu, Canjun Yang, Qianxiao Wei, Xin Wu, Wei Yang
  Industrial Robot, 2020
• Physical Extraction and Feature Fusion for Multi-Mode Signals in a Measurement System for Patients in Rehabilitation Exoskeleton
  Canjun Yang, Qianxiao Wei, Xin Wu, Zhangyi Ma, Qiaoling Chen, Xin Wang, Hansong Wang, Wu Fan
  Sensors, 2018

Conference Papers

• Recent Progress of an Underwater Robotic Avatar [Best paper finalist]
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Yuanchao Zhu, Weitao Wu, Zhangpeng Tu, Jifei Zhou
  International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICIRA), 2022
• A Simulation and Prediction Method for Unpowered Airdropped Buoys Based on Aircraft Dynamics Modeling
  Xin Wu, Zhaohong Wang, Zhangpeng Tu, Yuanchao Zhu, Weitao Wu, Yulu Chen, Puzhe Zhou, Canjun Yang
  International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2022
• Development and Control of a Humanoid Underwater Robot
  Weitao Wu, Canjun Yang, Zhen Xu, Xin Wu, Yuanchao Zhu, Qianxiao Wei
  International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE), 2020
• The identification method for the lower limb posture based on the identification and trace of image
  Qianxiao Wei, Canjun Yang, Qiaoling Chen, Xin Wu, Ping Jiang, Yanhu Chen
  IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies (ICMIMT), 2018

Patents and Copyright

Patents

• Joint motion estimation based method for estimating continuous human postures
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Zhangpeng Tu, Weitao Wu, Yuanchao Zhu
  US 12424027B2, 2025
• Human body continuous posture estimation method based on key point motion estimation
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Zhangpeng Tu, Weitao Wu, Yuanchao Zhu
  ZL202210418358.0, 2025
• Underwater flexible mechanical arm system based on rigid folding mechanism and control method
  Yanhu Chen, Xin Wu, Yiyu Tang, Zian Tang, Zihao Zheng
  ZL202210710967.3, 2025
• Flexible mechanical arm with forward angle compensation function
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Jia Li, Qichao Zhao
  ZL202111026811.5, 2023
• Action mapping method and system for heterogeneous humanoid mechanical arm
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Yuanchao Zhu, Chuxuan Wang, Qianxiao Wei
  ZL202111177274.4, 2023
• Robot remote control method and human body bounding box determination method and system
  Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Yuanchao Zhu, Weitao Wu, Zhen Xu, Qianxiao Wei
  ZL201911411898.0, 2022

Software Copyright

• ZJU HOME 3D Human Pose Real-time Perception System V1.0 (2020SR1908828), 2019

Honors and Awards

• JSG Scholarship for Graduate Students, 2020
• Graduate of Merits, Zhejiang University, 2020
• Ph.D. Outstanding Freshman Scholarship, Zhejiang University, 2019
• SUPCON Outstanding Undergraduate Graduation Project Scholarship, 2019
• Zhejiang University Excellent Student Awards, 2016

Academic Exchanges

• Exchange with The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (online), 2020 [Link]
• Technische Universität Dresden Summer Workshop, Dresden, Germany (online), 2020 [Link]
• Exchange with University of New South Wales & University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2018 [Link]
• ISO/IEC Robotics Standardization Meetings - Medical Robotics Workshop, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary, 2017, as Observer [Link]

Careers

	BYD Senior Algorithm Engineer	Jan. 2025 - Present Shenzhen, China
	Mindray Anesthesia and Respiratory Algorithms R&D Intern Working on quadratic programming implementation and optimization in embedded system.	Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2022 Shenzhen, China
	Momenta Mpilot Parking Planning and Control R&D Intern Working on heuristic path planning item design and auto-tuning.	Jul. 2021 - Sept. 2021 Suzhou, China