News
The Dallas BEST Robotics Team that I mentored, The Parish Episcopal School Robotics Team, was ranked 10th at the Game Day on Oct. 24, 2009. It was a great achievement for a first-year participating team! See more HERE.
I co-supervised 2 in-coming UTD freshmen over the summer. They created very interesting robots - see more HERE.
Brief Intro
I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate working with Dean Mark W. Spong at Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science in University of Texas at Dallas. I am working at the Laboratory for Autonomous Robotics and Systems (LARS). I received my PhD degree in Feb 2009 in Mechanical Engineering at University at Buffalo. From Jan 2002 to Nov 2008, I worked with Prof. Venkat N. Krovi as a research assistant in Automation, Robotics & Mechatronics Laboratory in Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in University at Buffalo. My research area lies in the span of cooperative robotics for payload transport applications, parallel mechanisms, and real-time electro-mechanical control systems.
Contact
The best way to contact me is through email.
E-mail: chinpei[a]utdallas[d]edu
Mail Stop:
The University of Texas at Dallas
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science
800 W. Campbell Rd., EC32
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Office Location:
The University of Texas at Dallas
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science
ECSS 3.901
Lab Location Location:
The Laboratory for Autonomous Robotics and Systems (LARS)
ECSN 2.522/2.526
Publications
Journal Articles
G. D. White, R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi,"Experimental Evaluation of Dynamic Redundancy Resolution in a Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Manipulator", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 349-357, Jun 2009. [PDF]
R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi,"Formation Optimization for a Fleet of Wheeled Mobile Robots - A Geometrical Approach", Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 102-120, Jan 2009. [PDF]
W. A. Khan, C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi,"Modular and Distributed Forward Dynamic Simulation of Constrained Mechanical Systems - A Comparative Study", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 558-579, May 2007. [PDF]
C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi,"Manipulability-Based Configuration Evaluation of Cooperative Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives", Robotica, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 29-42, Jan 2007. [PDF]
M. Abou-Samah, C. P. Tang, R. M. Bhatt and V. N. Krovi,"A Kinematically Compatible Framework for Cooperative Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives", Autonomous Robots, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 227-242, Nov 2006. [PDF]
C. P. Tang, R. M. Bhatt, M. Abou-Samah and V. N. Krovi,"Screw-Theoretic Analysis Framework for Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives",IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 169-178, Apr 2006. [PDF]
Refereed Conference Proceedings
C. P. Tang, "Differential Flatness-based Kinematic and Dynamic Control of a Differentially Driven Wheeled Mobile Robot", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Guilin, Guangxi, China, December 18-22, 2009. [Google Scholar]
C. P. Tang, "Configuration Optimization for Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators with Physical Interaction", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Guilin, Guangxi, China, December 18-22, 2009. [Google Scholar]
C. P. Tang, P. T. Miller, V. N. Krovi, J.-C. Ryu and S. K. Agrawal, "Kinematic Control of Wheeled Mobile Manipulator - A Differential Flatness Approach", Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Ann Arbor MI, Oct 20-22, 2008. [Recipient of Session Best Presentation Award] [Google Scholar]
R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, M. Abou-Samah and V. N. Krovi,"A Screw-Theoretic Analysis Framework for Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives", IMECE2005-81525, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando FL, Nov 5-11, 2005. [Google Scholar]
C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi,"Manipulability-Based Configuration Evaluation of Cooperative Payload Transport by Mobile Robot Collectives",DETC2004-57476, Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conferences, Salt Lake City UT, Sep 28-Oct 2, 2004. [Google Scholar]
C. P. Tang, R. M. Bhatt and V. N. Krovi,"Decentralized Kinematic Control of Payload Transport by a System of Mobile Manipulators", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans LA, Apr 26-May 1, 2004. [Google Scholar]
R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi,"Geometric Motion Planning and Formation Optimization for a Fleet of Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Robots", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans LA, Apr 26-May 1, 2004. [Google Scholar]
R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, L.-F. Lee and V. N. Krovi,"Web-Based Self-Paced Virtual Prototyping Tutorials", DETC2003/CIE48201, Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conferences, Chicago IL, Sep 2-6, 2003. [Google Scholar]
Conference Abstract
C. P. Tang, R. M. Bhatt, V. N. Krovi, "Cooperative Payload Transport by Robot Collectives", Proceedings of the fifth annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Bangalore, India, August 22-25, 2009.
Theses
C. P. Tang,"Design and Control Framework for Cooperative Mobile Robot Collectives", Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Feb 2009. [PDF]
C. P. Tang,"Manipulability-Based Analysis of Payload Transport by Robot Collectives", M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Jun 2004. [PDF]
Internal Reports
C. P. Tang, P. R. Maheshwari, and M. W. Spong "Building verdex-based Framework for iRobot Create Using QuaRC", August 2009. [PDF]
C. P. Tang, "Lagrangian Dynamic Formulation of a Four-Bar Mechanism with Minimal Coordinates", March 2006. [PDF]
