Yawu Wang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2011 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, in 2018, all in engineering. He was a joint Doctoral Student with the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, from 2017 to 2018. In 2019, he joined the School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, where he is currently a Professor. 

His research interests include robot control and nonlinear system control.

Research Project：

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023.01-2026.12,  Principle Investigator

(2) Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020.01-2022.12,  Principle Investigator

Representative Publications ：

• Yawu Wang, Jundong Wu, Wenjun Ye, Peng Huang, Kouhei Ohnishi, Chunyi Su. Chapter: Dielectric elastomer intelligent devices for soft robots [M]. Springer, 2021, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-62147-6_12.

• Yawu Wang*, Peng Huang, Jundong Wu, Chunyi Su. Modelling and compound control of intelligently dielectric elastomer actuator [J]. Control Engineering Practice, 2022, 126: 105261. 

• Yawu Wang*, Yue Zhang, Jundong Wu, Peng Huang, Pan Zhang. Tracking control of dielectric elastomer actuators for soft robots based on inverse dynamic compensation method [J]. Information Sciences, 2022, 583: 202-218. 

• Peng Huang, Jundong Wu, Pan Zhang, Yawu Wang*, Chunyi Su. Dynamic modeling and tracking control for dielectric elastomer actuator with model predictive controller [J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2022, 69(2): 1819-1828.

• Yawu Wang*, Huiqing Yang, Pan Zhang. Iterative convergence control method for planar underactuated manipulator based on support vector regression model [J]. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020, 102(4): 2711-2724.

• Jundong Wu, Wenjun Ye, Yawu Wang*, Chunyi Su. A general position control method for planar underactuated manipulators with second-order nonholonomic constraints [J]. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2021, 51(9): 4733-4742. 

• Yawu Wang, Xuzhi Lai, Pan Zhang, Chunyi Su, Min Wu. A new control method for planar four-link underactuated manipulator based on intelligence optimization [J]. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2019, 96(1): 573-583. 

• Peng Huang, Jundong Wu, Chunyi Su, Yawu Wang*. Tracking control of soft dielectric elastomer actuator based on nonlinear PID controller [J]. International Journal of Control, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2022.2112088. 
  

• Dong Liu, Xuzhi Lai, Yawu Wang*, Xiongbo Wan, Min Wu. Position control for planar four-link underactuated manipulator with a passive third joint [J]. ISA Transactions, 2019, 87: 46-54.

• Yawu Wang, Xuzhi Lai, Luefeng Chen, Huafeng Ding, Min Wu. A quick control strategy based on hybrid intelligent optimization algorithm for planar n-link underactuated manipulators [J]. Information Sciences, 2017, 420: 148-158.

• Yawu Wang, Xuzhi Lai, Pan Zhang, Min Wu. Control strategy based on model reduction and online intelligent calculation for planar n-link underactuated manipulators [J]. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2020, 50(3): 1046-1054.

• Yawu Wang, Xuzhi Lai, Pan Zhang, Min Wu. Adaptive robust control for planar n-link underactuated manipulator based on radial basis function neural network and online iterative correction method [J]. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2018, 355(17): 8373-8391.