Fei Zhan

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Fei Zhan is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction, with a focus on developing intuitive, multi-modal interfaces for commanding teams of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Zhan’s major contributions lie in creating systems that allow users to select and control individual robots or groups through a seamless blend of voice commands, haptic feedback, facial engagement, and hand gestures. In their highly cited 2014 work, “You are green” (9 citations), Zhan introduced an innovative method where a user can identify a robot via haptic stimuli and assign it a name, such as “You two are green,” enabling precise, natural-language commands like “Green! Take off!” This approach dramatically simplifies multi-robot coordination. Building on this, Zhan’s 2014 paper “Integrating multi-modal interfaces to command UAVs” (6 citations) presented a unified system that integrates voice, touch, and gesture control for a team of two UAVs, demonstrating robust navigation and interaction. By merging multiple interaction channels, Zhan has advanced the field of human-swarm interaction, making robot teams more accessible and responsive to human operators. Their work is foundational for future applications in search-and-rescue, surveillance, and collaborative robotics.