Xuzhi Lai received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 1988, 1991, and 2001, respectively.

From 1991 to 2014, she was a Faculty Member of the School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, and was promoted to Professor in 2004. From 1998 to 1999, she was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. From 2004 to 2006, she was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, and with the School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

In 2014, she moved to China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, where she is currently a Professor in the School of Automation. Her current research interests include intelligent control, robot control, and nonlinear system control.

Main Books

1. X. Z. Lai, J. H. She, M. Wu. Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems. Beijing: SciencePress, 2013.                                                                                 

2. X. Z. Lai Ed. Fundamentals of Electrical Circuit Theory (The third edition). Changsha: Central South University Press, 2009.

Main Journal Papers

1. X. Z. Lai， P. Y. Xiong, M. Wu. Stable control strategy for a second-order nonholonomic planar underactuated mechanical system. International Journal of Systems Science, DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2019.1647304.

2. X. Z. Lai, P. Zhang, Y. W. Wang, L. F. Chen, M. Wu. Continuous State Feedback Control Based on Intelligent Optimization for First-Order Nonholonomic Systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2018.2820154.

3. X. Z. Lai, H. Q. Chen, Y. W. Wang, Y. Y. Yuan, M. Wu. Trajectory Tracking Control with Specified Posture for Planar Four-link Real Underactuated Manipulator. International Journal of Robotics & Automation, 2018.

4. X. Z. Lai, P. Zhang, Y. W. Wang, M> Wu. Position-posture control of a planar four-link underactuated manipulator based on genetic algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2017, 27 (6): 4781-4791.

5. X. Z. Lai, Y. W. Wang, M. Wu, W. H. Cao. Stable control strategy for planar three-link underactuated mechanical system. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2016, 21 (3): 1345-1356.

6. X. Z. Lai, Y. W. Wang, J. Q. Cao, M. Wu. A simple and quick control strategy for a class of first-order nonholonomic manipulator. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2016, 85: 2261-2276.

7. X. Z. Lai, A. C. Zhang, M. Wu, J. H. She. Singularity-avoiding swing-up control for underactuated three-link gymnast robot using virtual coupling between control torques. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2015, 25: 207-221.

8. X. Z. Lai, C. Z. Pan, M. Wu, S. X. Yang, W. H. Cao. Control of an Underactuated 3-link Passive-Active-Active Manipulator based on Three Stages and Stability Analysis. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, ASME, 2015, 137: 021007-1~9.

9. X. Z. Lai, J. H. She, W. H. Cao, S. X. Yang. Stabilization of underactuated planar Acrobot based on motion state constraints. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2015, 77: 342-347.

10. C. Z. Pan, X. Z. Lai, S. X. Yang, M. Wu. A biologically inspired approach to tracking control of underactuated surface vessels subject to unknown dynamics. Expert Sytems with Applications, 2015, 42: 2153-2161.

11. A. C. Zhang, X. Z. Lai, M. Wu, J. H. She. Global stabilization of underactuated spring-coupled three-link horizontal manipulator using position measurements only. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2015, 39: 1917-1928.

12. A. C. Zhang, X. Z. Lai, M. Wu, J. H. She. Stabilization of underactuated two-link gymnast robot by using trajectory tracking strategy. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2015, 253: 193-204.                                        

13. C. Z. Pan, X. Z. Lai, S. X. Yang, M. Wu. A bioinspired neural dynamics-ba sed approach to tracking control of autonomous surface vehicles subject to unknown ocean currents. Neural Computing and Applications, 2015, 26 (8): 1929-1938.

14. C. Z. Pan, X. Z. Lai, S. X. Yang, M. Wu. An efficient neural network approach to tracking control of an autonomous surface vehicle with unknown dynamics. Expert Systems with Applications, 2013, 40 (5): 1629-1635.

15. A. C. Zhang, J. H. She, X. Z. Lai, M. Wu. Motion planning and tracking control for an acrobot ba sed on a rewinding approach. Automatica, 2013, 49 (1): 278-284.

16. C. Z. Pan, X. Z. Lai, S. X. Yang, M. Wu. Bionspired neurodynamics-ba sed position-tracking control of hovercraft vessels. International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 2013, 28 (3): 269-276.

17. X. Z. Lai, C. Z. Pan, M. Wu, S. X. Yang. Unified control of n-link underactuated manipulator with single passive joint: A reduced order approach. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2012, 56 (10): 170-185.

18. J. H. She, A. C. Zhang, X. Z. Lai, M. Wu. Global stabilization of 2-DOF underactuated mechanical systems-an equivalent-input-disturbance approach. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2012, 69 (12): 495-509.

19. X. Z. Lai，A. C. Zhang，J. H. She，M. Wu.  Motion Control of Underactuated Three-li nk Gymnast Robot ba sed on Combination of Energy and Posture.  IET Control Theory & Application, 2011, 5 (13): 1484-1493.

20. X. Z. Lai, J. H. She, S. X. Yang, M. Wu. Comprehensive unified control strategy for underactuated two-link manipulators. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B, 2009, 39 (2): 389-398.

21. X. Z. Lai, S. X. Yang, J. H. She, M. Wu. Singularity avoidance for acrobots ba sed on fuzzy-control strategy. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2009, 57 (2): 202-211.

22. X. Z. Lai, J. H. She, S. X. Yang, M. Wu. Control of acrobot based on non-smooth Lyapunov function and comprehensive stability analysis. IET-Control Theory & Applications, 2008, 2 (3): 181-191.