Chunxu Tian (田春旭)
Affiliation: Institute of AI & Robotics, College of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, Fudan University (复旦大学)
Address: No.220 Handan Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China
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Chunxu Tian is an Associate Research Fellow (Equivalent to Associate Professor in Research Track) in the College of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, Fudan University. His research interests include advanced robotics, with a focus on Robotic Mechanisms, Parallel Robots, Humanoid Robots/Quadruped Robots, Dexterous Hands, Bionic UAV and Origami Robots. He has led multiple national projects and made significant contributions to the field.
Tian's innovative research addresses critical challenges in robotics, particularly in overcoming the limitations of traditional parallel robots. His work resolves key conflicts and incompatibilities between various performance aspects, pushing the boundaries from conventional “weak coupling” designs to “strong coupling,” and from “fixed configuration” systems to more adaptive “variable configuration” models. These contributions are driving the development of more versatile and capable parallel robotic systems.
E-mail: chxtian [at] fudan [dot] edu [dot] cn
Last updated: Apr 10, 2026, 22:54 (CST, UTC+8)
🔥 News
- 2026.03: 🎉 Our preprint "A Novel Reconfigurable Dexterous Hand Based on Triple-Symmetric Bricard Parallel Mechanism" was posted on arXiv.
- 2026.03: 🎉 Our paper "Design and analysis of a Bricard-inspired dexterous hand based on generalized parallel mechanisms" was published in Mechanism and Machine Theory.
- 2026.03: 🎉 Our paper "Mapping mechanical synthesis to a trainable task: A neural network approach for generalized parallel mechanisms" was published in Mechanism and Machine Theory.
- 2026.01: 🎉 Our preprint "Rhombot: Rhombus-shaped Modular Robots for Stable, Medium-Independent Reconfiguration Motion" was posted on arXiv.
- 2026.01: 🎉 Our preprint "Self-Reconfiguration Planning for Deformable Quadrilateral Modular Robots" was posted on arXiv.
- 2025.12: 🎉 Our paper "Advances in generalized parallel mechanisms: Coupling, configurable, and articulated designs" was published in Mechanism and Machine Theory.
- 2025.12: 🎉 Our paper "A Novel Synthesis Method for the Design of Origami-Based Parallel Mechanisms" was published in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).
- 2025.12: 🎉 Our preprint "UAUTrack: Towards Unified Multimodal Anti-UAV Visual Tracking" was posted on arXiv.
- 2025.11: 🎉 Our paper "A Review on Kinematically Redundant Parallel Mechanisms With Configurable Platforms" was published online in SmartBot.
- 2025.10: 🎉 Our paper "MODUR: A Modular Dual-reconfigurable Robot" was published in 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
- 2025.10: 🎉 Our paper "Design and analysis of pipeline inspection robot based on generalized parallel mechanisms" was published in Robotica.
- 2025.08: 🎉 Our paper "The novel synthesis method of decoupled generalized parallel mechanisms based on motion transmission" was published in Mechanism and Machine Theory.
- 2025.07: 🎉 Our paper "The novel synthesis of generalized parallel manipulators with 8R Kirigami-inspired configurable platform" was published in Mechanism and Machine Theory.
- 2025.03: 🎉 Our paper "Optimal design of a generalized single-loop parallel manipulator with RCM characteristic considering motion/force transmissibility" was published in Robotica.
- 2025.01: 🎉 Our paper "MOPARAS: A Modular Parallel Spherical Robot with Position-Adjustable Connectors" was published online in International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications.
Serial and parallel robots, both pivotal in automation, have distinct characteristics.
Serial robots feature an open kinematic chain with multiple joints and links, offering a large workspace and suitability for tasks requiring extensive movement. However, their load capacity is relatively low, and accuracy can be compromised by error accumulation.
Parallel robots, with closed kinematic chains, provide high - precision motion in a limited workspace, making them ideal for precision - demanding tasks. They can bear heavy loads relative to their weight and minimize error accumulation and deformation with their rigid structure.
In terms of control, serial robots use relatively simple joint - space control, while parallel robots need advanced algorithms to coordinate multiple actuators. The choice between the two depends on whether the task needs a large workspace or high - precision positioning.
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