Humanoid Tactile Sensations, Including Tactile Sensing, Tactile Interaction, and Tactile Display

1. Key Measurement and Testing Technologies in Intelligent Tactile Sensing Based on Flexible Interfaces, supported by the National Key R&D Program of China, Nov 2021-Dec 2024.

2. Tactile Characteristics of Human Fingertip Recognition of 2D/3D Dot Matrix Graphics, supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China, Jan 2020-Dec 2022.

3. Multimodal Interaction Methods in Experimental Teaching Environment, supported by the National Key R&D Program of China, May 2018-Apr 2021.

4. Key Technologies in Digital Image Perception for Visually Impaired People, a philanthropic project supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology , Jan 2016-Dec 2017.

5. New Computing Theories, Methods, Key Technologies, and Applications Based on Somatosensory Interaction, supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jan 2013-Dec 2018.

6. Individualized Preoperative Diagnosis and Force Perception in Virtual Total Knee Arthroplasty, supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China, Jan 2014-Dec 2016.

7. Tactile Display and Interaction Technologies for Mobile Terminals, a Key Project of the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) of China, Jan 2013-Dec 2015.

1.  W. Yang, J. Huang, R. Wang, W. Zhang, H. Liu, and J. Xiao, "A Survey on Tactile Displays for Visually Impaired People", IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2021, doi:10.1109/TOH.2021.3085915.

2. X. Tong, X. Wu, S. Li, J. Huang, and W. Yang, "Short-term Memory Characteristics of Vibro-Tactile Perception in Human Fingertips. " Acta Physiologica Sinica, 2020;72(5):643-650, doi:10.13294/j.aps. 2020.0054.

3. Wen Su, Haifeng Zhang, Jia Li, Wenzhen Yang, and Zengfu Wang. 2019. Monocular Depth Estimation as Regression of Classification using Piled Residual Networks. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM '19), October 21-25, 2019, Nice, France. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages. doi:10.1145/3343031.3350930.

4. Wenzhen Yang, Jiali Luo, Xinli Wu, Xin Li, Zhaona Jiang, Zhigeng Pan. Image tactile perception with an improved JSEG algorithm. International Journal of Performability Engineering,2018,14(1):77-88. DOI: 10.200371-017-1421-6.

5. Yang Wenzhen, Luo Xianquan, Wu XinLi, Zhou Qiang, Pan Zhigeng, Wu Yuecheng. Intersection workspace visualization of multi-finger hands. The Visual Computer, 2017, 33(10): 1253–1263.  DOI: 10.1007/s00371-017-1421-6.

6. Wenzhen Yang; Yan Xu; Xinli Wu; Panfei Zhu. LAYERED ELECTRO-MAGNETIC REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND BRAILLE READER. US16610912.US20200160747A1,20200521.

Based in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, the research group is part of the Research Center for Humanoid Sensing and Perception and focuses on humanoid tactile sensation research, with some real-life applications already achieved. Most members have overseas study experience, with diversified expertise to support each other’s work. We offer a friendly working environment, satisfying research support, and nice salaries and benefits. We welcome ideal candidates to join us.

Research Focus:

Our research focuses on humanoid tactile sensation, including tactile sensing, tactile interaction, and tactile display.

(1)   Tactile sensation and brain cognition: revealing the mechanisms of tactile stimulation and brain cognition.

(2)   Metaverse for tactile intelligence: constructing tactile communication channels connecting physical space, human society, and information space.

Recruitment Requirements:

(1)   Equipped with professional knowledge and skills in computer programming, embedded control, microelectronic chip design, MEMS fabrication, stimulus-responsive material, and cognitive psychophysiology, etc.

(2)   Publications in JCR Q2 and Q1 or CCF-A and CCF-B journals or conferences (human-machine interaction, ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligence, graphics, communications, etc.).

Job Vacancies:

6 research positions: doctoral degree required, publications in CCF-A journals or conferences preferred.

3 engineering positions: doctoral or master’s degree required, work experience in Fortune Global 500 companies preferred.

5 postdoctoral positions: doctoral degree required, publications in CCF-A journals or conferences preferred.

Please contact:

Prof. YANG Wenzhen

Email: ywz@zhejianglab.edu.cn

Mobile: 86-13857119543