Yuqing chen PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Yuqing Chen is currently an assistant professor in Department of Mechatronics and Robotics, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Yuqing received his B.Eng. degree and M.Eng. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, China and Ph.D. degree from Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. Yuqing also visited Vanderbilt University, USA in 2020.

His research interest lies primarily in data-driven optimal control, which includes: 1) data-driven hardware-in-the-loop control, 2) nonlinear optimal control theory and 3) intelligent robot control systems.

We welcome students with interests in mechanical design, robot system control and mechatronic system design to join our research group. Interested students could contact me by email: Yuqing.Chen@xjtlu.edu.cn.


  • Ph.D. in Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
  • M.Eng. in Control Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
  • B.Eng. in Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China


  • Program Director, Department of Mechatronics and Robotics - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2021-present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechatronics and Robotics - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2022-present
  • Lecturer, Department of Mechatronics and Robotics - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2020-2022
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Vanderbilt University, 2020
  • Teaching Assistant, System & Control - Singapore University of Technology and Design, 2017-2019
  • Engineering researcher - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 2016


  • Data-driven Optimal Control
  • Nonlinear Optimal Control Theory
  • Hardware-in-the-loop Control
  • Intelligent Robot Control System


  • Y. Chen, Y. Li and D.J. Braun, Finite-Horizon Nonlinear Optimal Control with Unknown Control-Affine Dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2020 (under review)
  • Y. Chen, Y. Li and D.J. Braun, Data-driven Iterative Optimal Feedback Control for Switched Dynamical Systems, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020 (under review)
  • Y. Chen and D.J. Braun, Iterative Online Optimal Feedback Control, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pp. 1-15, 2021 (early access)
  • Y. Chen, Optimal Feedback Control without Model-based Future Prediction, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, 2020
  • D.J. Braun, Y. Chen and L. Li, Operational Space Control under Actuation Constraints using Strictly Convex Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 302-309, Feb. 2020.
  • Y. Chen and D.J. Braun, Hardware-in-the-Loop Iterative Optimal Feedback Control without Model-based Future Prediction, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1419-1434, Dec. 2019.
  • Y. Chen, L. Roveda and D.J. Braun, Efficiently Computable Constrained Optimal Feedback Controllers, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 121-128, Jan. 2019.


  • Y. Chen and D.J. Braun, Hardware-in-the-Loop Iterative Optimal Feedback Control without Model-based Future Prediction, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, FR, June. 2020


  • 2022, PI, Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation Young Scientist Fund (BK20220283)
  • 2022, PI, XJTLU Teaching Development Fund (TDF21/22-R24-179)
  • 2022, PI, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF2022059)
  • 2021, PI, XJTLU Postgraduate Research Scholarship Fund (FOSA2106023)
  • 2021, CI, XJTLU Teaching Development Fund (TDF20/21-R22-146)
  • 2021, PI, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF2021058)
  • 2021, PI, XJTLU Postgraduate Research Scholarship Fund (PGRS2012019)
  • 2021, PI, XJTLU Research Development Fund (RDF-20-01-08)


  • Reviewer, International Journal on Robotics Research (IJRR)
  • Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC)
  • Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO)
  • Reviewer, Systems & Control Letters (SCL)
  • Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)


  • CPT 404 Project Management
  • MEC305 Robotic System
  • EEE 109 Electronic Circuits
  • MEC 104 Experimental, Computer Skills and Sustainability


  • IET Member
  • IEEE Member
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Recognition reference: PR227166, 2021), UK
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