About me

I am Zhongkai Zhang (张忠恺), a first-year Ph.D. student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), advised by Prof. Ka-Wai Kwok and co-advised by Prof. Zhongliang Jiang. Prior to this, I worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) under the supervision of Prof. Zhongliang Jiang. I received my Master’s degree from the Robotics Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2026, where my past research focused on robot modeling & control.

My research interests lie at the intersection of robot manipulation, perception, and medical robotics. Currently, I am working on visual perception, reinforcement learning and imitation learning for enabling life-long robot learning capabilities. I am always open for collaboration, so please feel free to contact me via email if you are interested!

Education

• Sept. 2023 - Mar. 2026, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, M. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
• Sept. 2019 - June 2023, Harbin Institute of Technology, B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Research & Publications

In my master’s research, I primarily focused on robot modeling, identification & control.

Published & accepted:

• Z. Zhang, H. Hu, P. Zha, C. Zhuang, “Unified Gravitational and Elasto-Geometrical Calibration for an Industrial Robot Using Closed-Form Formulation,” IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 7619–7626, July 2025.
• Z. Zhang, Y. Lu, H. Hu, Z. Shen, C. Zhuang, “A Hybrid Elasto-geometrical Calibration Method for Industrial Robot using Only Position Measurement,” The 17-th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA), 2024.
• H. Hu, Z. Zhang, C. Zhuang, “Modeling and Compensation of Backlash-Induced Dynamic Errors in Industrial Robots with a PINN-Based Approach,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Early Access.
• Y. Lu, Z. Zhang, W. Hu, C. Zhuang, “A learning-based iterative path correction method for industrial robots with localized error excitation,” Precision Engineering, 2026.

… See google scholar for full publication list

Award & Honors

• Outstanding Master’s Thesis (Top 15%), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2026)
• Outstanding Graduate, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2026)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis (Top 5%), Harbin Institute of Technology (2023)
• National 1st Prize in 10th National Undergraduate Mechanical Innovational Competition (2022)
• National 2nd Prize in 20th ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (2021)
• National Excellent Prize in 13rd Zhou Peiyuan Undergraduate Mechanics Competition (2021)