Qin Fang

Assistant Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology School of Information Science and Engineering Weihai, China E-mail: fangqin@hit.edu.cn

About me

Fang Qin joined the School of Control Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University in 2021 to pursue her Ph.D. under the supervision of Researcher Lu Haojian (Overseas High-Level Talent) and co-supervision of Professor Gong Zhefeng. From 2018 to 2021, she completed her master's degree at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, where her research focused on origami-inspired soft robotics. Her peer-reviewed work has been published in leading international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, Research, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, among others. She has received several honors, including the Zhejiang University Interdisciplinary Research Achievement Award and the Wiley China Excellent Author Prize.

Research

Research interests

• Soft Robotics

• Bionic Robots

• Medical Robots

Recent publications

1. Qin Fang, et al. "Soft Lightweight Small-Scale Parallel Robot With High-Precision Positioning", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023.12 (JCR Q1)

2. Qin Fang, et al. "Drosophila Larvae-Inspired Soft Crawling Robot with Multi-Modal Locomotion and Versatile Applications", Research, 2024.03 (JCR Q1)

3. Qin Fang, et al. "Reconfigurable Transparent Variable-Stiffness Soft Robot for Underwater Operations", Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024.03 (JCR Q1, Cover)

4. Jiaxu Shen*, Qin Fang*, et al. "Piezoelectric Planar Parallel Microrobot with High Bandwidth and Precision for Micromanipulation", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024 (JCR Q1)

5. Jingyu Zhang*, Qin Fang*, et al. "Design, Modeling and Force Control of A Variable-Length Continuum Robot with Variable Stiffness for Minimally Invasive Surgery", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024 (JCR Q1)

Note: * indicates the co-first author.

Academic service

Reviewer

• IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

• IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation Major Project: Bionic Control Theory of Soft Robots Inspired by Drosophila Larvae Motion Mechanisms (2023–2027)

2. Zhejiang Key R&D Project: Bio-Inspired Soft Robots Based on Drosophila Larvae Control Mechanisms (2022–2024)

3. Zhejiang University Presidential Grant: Deep Bionic Research and Development of Drosophila Larvae Robots (2021–2023)