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Biography [CV]

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Before that, I received the B. Eng. degree in the School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University in 2015, and Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), supervised by Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng. From 2019.8 to 2020.8, I work as a Postdoc with Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng in the Department of Electronic Engineering, CUHK. From 2020.9 to 2022.6, I work as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, SUSTech.

My research focuses on Robotics, Motion and Path Planning, and Human Robot Interaction. Recently, I am working on human-aware motion planning and data-driven method for motion planning.

News

[11/2023] I am invited to serve as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
[11/2023] I am invited to serve as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.
[10/2023] One paper is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems.
[07/2023] One paper is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
[06/2023] Two papers are accepted to IROS 2023.
[05/2023] I am invited to serve as an Associate Editor of International Journal of Robotics and Automation.
[05/2023] One paper is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
[10/2022] One paper is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
[09/2022] I am invited to serve as an Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
[08/2022] I am invited to serve as an Associate Editor of Intelligence & Robotics.

Academic Appointments

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2023.11-)
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (2023.11-)
Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2022.9-)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Robotics and Automation (2023.5-)
Early Career Editorial Board, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (2021.11-)
Associate Editor, Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (2021.1-)
Associate Editor, Intelligence & Robotics (2022.8-)
Senior Program Committee, IEEE ICRA 2021, IEEE ROBIO 2019, IEEE ICIA 2016-2019
Technical Committee, IEEE ROBIO 2021, 2022

Journal Publications

† indicates equal contribution, and * indicates corresponding authorship.

38. FabricFolding: Learning Efficient Fabric Folding without Expert Demonstrations
Can He, Lingxiao Meng, Zhirui Sun, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Robotica, 2024.

37. Graph neural network based method for robot path planning problem
Xingrong Diao, Wenzheng Chi*, Jiankun Wang* [paper]
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2024.

36. Multi-Risk-RRT: An Efficient Motion Planning Algorithm for Robotic Autonomous Luggage Trolley Collection at Airports
Zhirui Sun†, Boshu Lei†, Peijia Xie, Fugang Liu, Junjie Gao, Ying Zhang, Jiankun Wang* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2024, Early Access.

35. Learning to Predict Diverse Stable Placements for Extrinsic Manipulation on a Support Plane
Peng Xu†, Zhiyuan Chen†, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 2023.

34. Learning to Reorient Objects with Stable Placements Afforded by Extrinsic Supports
Peng Xu, Hu Cheng, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023.

33. Bi-AM-RRT*: A Fast and Efficient Sampling-Based Motion Planning Algorithm in Dynamic Environments
Ying Zhang*, Heyong Wang, Maoliang Yin, Jiankun Wang, Changchun Hua [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2023.

32. Learning-based Risk-Bounded Path Planning Under Environmental Uncertainty
Fei Meng, Liangliang Chen, Han Ma, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023.

31. A Divide-and-Conquer Control Strategy with Decentralized Control Barrier Function for Luggage Trolley Transportation by Collaborative Robots
Xuheng Gao, Hao Luan, Bingyi Xia, Ziqi Zhao, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Robotica, 2023.

30. Relevant Region sampling strategy with adaptive heuristic for asymptotically optimal path planning
Chenming Li, Fei Meng, Han Ma, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2023.

29. BiAIT*: Symmetrical Bidirectional Optimal Path Planning with Adaptive Heuristic
Chenming Li, Han Ma, Peng Xu, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023.

28. NR-RRT: Neural Risk-Aware Near-Optimal Path Planning in Uncertain Nonconvex Environments
Fei Meng, Liangliang Chen, Han Ma, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022.

27. PRTIRL Based Socially Adaptive Path Planning for Mobile Robots
Zhiyu Ding, Jie Liu, Wenzheng Chi*, Jiankun Wang, Guodong Chen, Lining Sun [paper]
International Journal of Social Robotics, 2022.

26. Enhance Connectivity of Promising Regions for Sampling-based Path Planning
Han Ma, Chenming Li, Jianbang Liu, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022.

25. Hierarchical Policy for Non-prehensile Multi-object Rearrangement with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Monte Carlo Tree Search
Fan Bai, Fei Meng, Jianbang Liu, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2022.

24. Bi-Risk-RRT Based Efficient Motion Planning for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Han Ma, Fei Meng, Chengwei Ye, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2022.

23. GMR-RRT*: Sampling-based Path Planning Using Gaussian Mixture Regression
Jiankun Wang, Tingguang Li, Baopu Li, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2022.

22. Efficient Robot Motion Planning Using Bidirectional-Unidirectional RRT Extend Function
Jiankun Wang†, Wenzheng Chi†, Chenming Li, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2021.

21. Robot Path Planning via Neural-Networks-Driven Prediction
Jiankun Wang, Jianbang Liu, Weinan Chen, Wenzheng Chi, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2021.

20. Deep Neural Network Enhanced Sampling-based Path Planning in 3D Space
Jiankun Wang, Tianyi Zhang, Nachuan Ma, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2021.

19. Robustness Improvement of Using Pre-trained Network in Visual Odometry for On-road Driving
Weinan Chen, Lei Zhu, Shing Yan Loo, Jiankun Wang, Chaoqun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng, Hong Zhang* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2021.

18. Learning Robot Exploration Strategy with 4D Point-Clouds-like Information as Observations
Zhaoting Li, Tingguang Li, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.

17. Generative Adversarial Network based Heuristics for Sampling-based Path Planning
Tianyi Zhang†, Jiankun Wang†, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2021.

16. A Generalized Voronoi Diagram based Efficient Heuristic Path Planning Method for RRTs in Mobile Robots
Wenzheng Chi, Zhiyu Ding, Jiankun Wang*, Guodong Chen*, Lining Sun* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2021.

15. A Survey of Learning-based Robot Motion Planning
Jiankun Wang, Tianyi Zhang, Nchuan Ma, Zhaoting Li, Han Ma, Fei Meng, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, 2021.

14. A survey of the development of biomimetic intelligence and robotics
Jiankun Wang†, Weinan Chen†, Xiao Xiao†, Yangxin Xu†, Chenming Li, Xiao Jia, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2021. EiC invited paper.

13. Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks for Optimal Path Planning
Nachuan Ma†, Jiankun Wang†, Jianbang Liu, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 2021.

12. A Reusable Generalized Voronoi Diagram Based Feature Tree for Fast Robot Motion Planning in Trapped Environments
Wenzheng Chi†, Jiankun Wang†, Zhiyu Ding, Guodong Chen*, Lining Sun* [paper]
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021.

11. Real-time Decision Making and Path Planning for Robotic Autonomous Luggage Trolley Collection at Airports
Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, 2020.

10. Kinematic Constrained Bi-directional RRT with Efficient Branch Pruning for Robot Path Planning
Jiankun Wang, Baopu Li, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Expert Systems with Applications, 2020.

9. A Searching Space Constrained Partial to Full Registration Approach with Applications in Airport Trolley Deployment Robot
Jin Pan, Xiaochun Mai, Chaoqun Wang, Zhe Min, Jiankun Wang, et al. [paper]
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020.

8. EB-RRT: Optimal Motion Planning for Mobile Robots
Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng*, Oussama Khatib* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2020, 17(4).

7. Neural RRT*: Learning-based Optimal Path Planning
Jiankun Wang, Wenzheng Chi, Chenming Li, Chaoqun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2020, 17(4).

6. Optimal Path Planning using Generalized Voronoi Graph and Multiple Potential Functions
Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2020, 67(12).

5. Socially Compliant Path Planning for Robotic Autonomous Luggage Trolley Collection at Airports
Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Sensors, 2019, 19(12).

4. Safe and Robust Mobile Robot Navigation in Uneven Indoor Environments
Chaoqun Wang†, Jiankun Wang†, et al. [paper]
Sensors, 2019, 19(13).

3. Finding a High-Quality Initial Solution for the RRTs Algorithms in 2D Environments
Jiankun Wang, Wenzheng Chi, Mingjie Shao, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
Robotica, 2019, 37(10).

2. Risk-DTRRT-Based Optimal Motion Planning Algorithm for Mobile Robots
Wenzheng Chi, Chaoqun Wang, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2018, 16(3).

1. Efficient Object Search With Belief Road Map Using Mobile Robot
Chaoqun Wang, Jiyu Cheng, Jiankun Wang, Xintong Li, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3(4), 3081-3088, 2018.

Conference Publications

28. MMA-Net: Multiple Morphology-Aware Network for Automated Cobb Angle Measurement
Zhengxuan Qiu†, Jie Yang†, Jiankun Wang* [paper]
2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

27. Indoor Exploration and Simultaneous Trolley Collection Through Task-Oriented Environment Partitioning
Junjie Gao, Peijia Xie, Xuheng Gao, Zhirui Sun, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

26. Efficient RRT*-based Safety-Constrained Motion Planning for Continuum Robots in Dynamic Environments
Peiyu Luo†, Shilong Yao†, Yiyao Yue, Hong Yan, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

25. Ethical Decision-making for Autonomous Driving based on LSTM Trajectory Prediction Network
Wen Wei, Jiankun Wang* [paper]
2023 International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ICBIR).

24. Mani-GPT: A Generative Model for Interactive Robotic Manipulation
Zhe Zhang, Wei Chai, Jiankun Wang* [paper]
2023 International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ICBIR).

23. Virtual Reality Based Robot Teleoperation via Human-Scene Interaction
Lingxiao Meng, Jiangshan Liu, Wei Chai, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2023 International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ICBIR).

22. Bidirectional Search Strategy for Incremental Search-based Path Planning
Chenming Li, Han Ma, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

21. Collaborative Trolley Transportation System with Autonomous Nonholonomic Robots
Bingyi Xia, Hao Luan, Ziqi Zhao, Xuheng Gao, Peijia Xie, Anxing Xiao, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

20. Automatic Angle of Trunk Rotation Detection Using 3D Sensor Imaging in Scoliosis Assessment
Jie Yang, Ziqi Zhao, Xiao Xiao, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

19. Kinova Gemini: Interactive Robot Grasping with Visual Reasoning and Conversational AI
Hanxiao Chen, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

18. Quadrotor Autonomous Landing on Moving Platform
Pengyu Wang, Chaoqun Wang, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2022 International Symposium on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ISBIR).

17. Multi-Tree Guided Efficient Robot Motion Planning
Zhirui Sun, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2022 International Symposium on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ISBIR).

16. Robotic Autonomous Trolley Collection with Progressive Perception and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
Anxing Xiao†, Hao Luan†, Ziqi Zhao†, Yue Hong, Jieting Zhao, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

15. Motion Planning for Hexapod Robots in Dynamic Rough Terrain Environments
Bingyi Xia, Kaiwei Che, Zhilong Tang, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

14. Learning-based Fast Path Planning in Complex Environments
Jianbang Liu, Baopu Li, Tingguang Li, Wenzheng Chi, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

13. A Nonuniform Sampling Strategy for Path Planning Using Heuristic-based Certificate Set
Han Ma, Jianbang Liu, Fei Meng, Jin Pan, Jiankun Wang*, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

12. Sliding-Window Informed RRT*: A Method for Speeding Up the Optimization and Path Smoothing
Chenming Li, Chaoqun Wang, Jiankun Wang, Yutian Shen, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR).

11. Efficient Heuristic Generation for Robot Path Planning with Recurrent Generative Model
Zhaoting Li†, Jiankun Wang†, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

10. Multibranch Learning for Angiodysplasia Segmentation with Attention-Guided Networks and Domain Adaptation
Xiao Jia, Xiaochun Mai, Xiaohan Xing, Yutian Shen, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

9. No Need for Interactions: Robust Model-Based Imitation Learning using Neural ODE
HaoChih LIN, Baopu Li*, Xin Zhou, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

8. A Knowledge-Based Fast Motion Planning Method Through Online Environmental Feature Learning
Yuan Yuan, Jie Liu, Jiankun Wang, Wenzheng Chi*, Lining Sun* [paper]
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

7. Path Planning for Nonholonomic Multiple Mobile Robot System with Applications to Robotic Autonomous Luggage Trolley Collection at Airports
Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2020 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

6. SARL: Deep Reinforcement Learning based Human-Aware Navigation for Mobile Robot in Indoor Environments
Keyu Li, Yangxin Xu, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

5. Tropistic RRT*: An Efficient Planning Algorithm via Adaptive Restricted Sampling Space
Jiankun Wang Xintong Li, Wenzheng Chi, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2018 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA).

4. Risk-Informed-RRT*: A Sampling-based Human-friendly Motion Planning Algorithm for Mobile Service Robots in Indoor Environments
Wenzheng Chi, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2018 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA).

3. Motion Artifact Reduction in PPG Signals based on Periodic Component Factorization
Frank Powen Lo, Xintong Li, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017).

2. Continuous Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Estimation utilizing Long Short-term Memory Network
Frank Powen Lo, Xintong Li, Jiankun Wang, Jiyu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017).

1. An Improved RRT Algorithm Incorporating Obstacle Boundary Information
Jiankun Wang, Xintong Li, Max Q.-H. Meng* [paper]
2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).

Honors & Awards

Experience

  • Stanford University, Robotics Lab
    2018.7 - 2018.12

    Visiting Student in the Department of Computer Science
    Topic: Motion Planning and Control
    Supervisor: Oussama Khatib

Professional Activities

  • Academic Organizer and Chair:
    Local Arrangement Chair chair of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2019
    Session chair of IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, 2017
    Session chair of IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, 2016

  • Journal Reviews:
    IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
    SCIENCE CHINA Information Science
    Applied Science
    IEEE Access

  • Conference Reviews:
    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2020)
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020)
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2019,2018)
    International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering (CSAE 2019)
    IEEE International Conference on Automation and Science Engineering (CASE 2018)
    IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA 2018,2017,2016)
    IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2017)

Teaching

BMEG4103: Biomedical Modeling. Fall 2015-2016
BMEG3420: Medical Robotics. Spring 2016-2017
Develop a new course integrating robot and vision. Fall 2016-2017
Special TA: Interview, Photographer and General Affairs. Spring 2017-2018
ENGG1100: Engineering Design. Spring 2018-2019


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