PhD Student

Supervisor: Prof Huosheng HU 

Contact
E-mail: jindong.liu@gmail.com

Education History

• 2003-2007 in University of Essex, United Kingdom, PhD in Robotics
  Thesis title: Modelling and Online Optimization of Robotic Fish Behaviours
• 1999-2002 in Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master in Control Theory and Control Engineering
• 1995-1999 in Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Bachelor in Industrial Automation

Main Research Interest

• I am interested in bio-mimetic mobile robots, including the modelling, simulation, sensor fusion, pattern recognition, and unsupervised learning. In Essex robotic fish team, we produced the first autonomous robotic fish in the world (please see picture gallery , and video gallery). In this achievement, I designed and coded a 3D robotic fish simulator in order to evaluate control algorithm in real robotic fish. I built a novel kinematical model for the bio-mimetic control, and implemented it in our robotic fish.

• In terms of unsupervised learning and adaptive control upon mobile robots. I have investigated the impact of reinforcement learning upon robotic fish behaviours in my PhD. Using an improved policy gradient reinforcement learning algorithm, a robotic fish can optimise its swimming parameters to achieve a larger turning angle.

• Now, I am doing the group control of multiple mobile robots, i.e. flock control. we plan to have a fish school in a big tank.

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Main Publications

• J. Liu, D. Gu and H. Hu. Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robotic Fish. Mobile Robots: The Evolutionary Approach. Series on Studies in Computational Intelligence. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. ISBN: 978-3-540-49719-6. pages 121-135.

• J. Liu and H. Hu. Biologically Inspired Behaviour Design for Robotic Fish. Journal of Automation and Computing. Accepted on July, 2006.

• H. Hu, J. Liu, I. Dukes and G. Francis, Design of 3D Swim Patterns for Autonomous Robotic Fish, Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, 9-15 October 2006.

• J. Liu, H. Hu and D. Gu, A layered control architecture for autonomous robotic fish, Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, 9-15 October 2006.

• J. Liu, H. Hu and D. Gu. RL-based Optimisation of Robotic Fish Behaviours. Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Control and Automation. Dalian, China, June 2006. pp3992-3996.

• J. Liu and H. Hu. Novel Mechatronics Design for a Robotic Fish. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Edmonton, Canada, 2005, pp2077-2082.

• J.Liu and H. Hu. Mimicry of Sharp Turning Behaviours in a Robotic Fish. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Barcelona, Spain, April 2005.pp3329-3334.

• H. Hu, J. Liu and C.A. Acosta Calderon, Biologic Inspiration in Human Centred Robotics, Journal of Shanghai University, Vol. 10 Suppl., pages 4-12, Proceedings of the International Conference/the 1st National Life Modelling and Simulation, Shanghai University, 28-30 October 2004.

• J. Liu and H. Hu. 3D Simulation of Autonomous Robotic Fishes. Journal of Automation and Computing. Vol.1, No.1, 2004.

• J. Liu and H. Hu. Building a 3D Simulator for Autonomous Navigation of Robotic Fishes. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2004, pp613-618.

• J. Liu and H. Hu. Development of Fish-like Swimming Behaviours for an Autonomous Robotic Fish. IEE, Proceedings of the Control 2004, ID217.

• J. Liu and H. Hu, Building a Simulation Environment for Optimising Control Parameters of an Autonomous Robotic Fish, Proceedings of CACSCUK, pages 317-322, Luton, England, 20 September 2003

• Liu Jindong, Yuan Kui, Zou Wei, Luo Bencheng, A Real-Time Face/Hand Tracking Method for Chinese Sign Language Recognition (English, Indexed by SCI).High Technology Letters 2002

• Zou Wei, Yuan Kui, Liu Jindong, Du Qingxiu, A 3D Hand Tracking Method Based on Dual-information Sources(Chinese, Indexed by SCI) High Technology Letters(Chinese)2002

• Zou Wei, Yuan Kui, Liu Jindong, Du Qingxiu, A Novel Recognition Method of Chinese Sign Language Gesture Based on Fuzzy State Markov Model(Chinese) Chinese Academy of Sciences , Institute of Automation ,Chinese Automation and Information Technology, )CASIA CAIT 2001

• Zou Wei, Yuan Kui, Liu Jindong, Du Qingxiu,A Method of Posing Hand in 3D Based on GMM (Chinese) Chinese Fifth Body Vision Conference,2001

• Zou wei, Yuan Kui, Liu Jindong and Luo Bencheng,A Method for Hand Tracking and Motion Recognizing in Chinese Sign Language (English, Indexed by SCI). International Conferences on Info-tech & Info-net (ICII2001-Beijing).

• Co-authored with Yuan Kui, Liu Xianhua etc. A Kind of Universal Platform of Autonomic Mobile Robot(Chinese) (Chinese Academy of Sciences , Institute of Automation ,Chinese Automation and Information Technology, ) CASIA CAIT 2001.

• <Home Recording Power> ISBN: 7-1111-3095-2, China Machine Press. 2004. Translator:Jindong Liu, Qinmin Yang.

• <AutoCAD 2000's User Guide> ISBN: 7-5053-5912-6/TP.3079 Publishing House of Electronics Industry Writer: Liu Jindong, Chen Gang

• <Sablime Administrator's Guide> ISBN 7-9000-4920-7/TP.20  Beijing Hope Electronic Press. Translator: Liu Jindong, Qin Qiang, Han Jiang

• <Oracle9i Programming with XML>ISBN:7-5077-0886-1 Beijing Hope Electronic Press. Translator: Chen Gang, Liu Jindong

Honors and Awards

• September 2003,'Best Paper' award in Proceedings of CACSCUK.

• 2001-2002, 'Liu Yongling ' Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for the excellent graduate student.

• Excellent Undergraduate Student of Liaoning Province, Fall 1999

• Award for Academic Achievement, Fanting Middle School, Fall 1994 

Web Resource

Web source about robotic fish

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