Yanfei Zhu

Guangdong University of Technology, Shanghai Normal University, Southeast University

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Yanfei Zhu is a researcher whose work bridges swarm intelligence, biomedical engineering, and autonomous robotics. Zhu’s foundational contribution, the 2010 paper “Overview of Swarm Intelligence” (47 citations), provides a comprehensive synthesis of biological principles, artificial swarm algorithms, and engineering applications—a resource that has shaped subsequent research in collective robotics and optimization. More recently, Zhu has advanced human-robot interaction by developing methods for continuous knee joint angle prediction from surface electromyography (sEMG) signals (2021, 6 citations), enabling more intuitive control of rehabilitation exoskeletons. In autonomous navigation, Zhu’s 2022 study on lidar-based unmanned driving interfaces (6 citations) integrates camera and laser scanning data for robust environmental perception. A particularly innovative contribution is the 2025 work on multi-sensor information fusion for mobile robot localization (4 citations), which introduces a zonotopic set-membership estimation approach to seamlessly fuse GNSS, odometry, and 2D laser data for reliable indoor-outdoor positioning. This work addresses a critical challenge in autonomous navigation—maintaining accuracy across changing environments. Zhu’s research consistently demonstrates a commitment to real-world applications, from medical rehabilitation to autonomous vehicles, making tangible impacts on how machines perceive and interact with their surroundings.