谭宁

教授

联系邮箱: tann5@mail.sysu.edu.cn

个人主页: https://cse.sysu.edu.cn/teacher/TanNing

教师简介

教授,博士生导师,广东省杰出青年基金获得者,入选全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单,中山大学“百人计划”引进人才,IEEE高级会员。在法国国家科研中心攻读博士学位,之后在新加坡国立大学、新加坡科技与设计大学从事科研工作。主持和参与多项国家级、省部级及横向项目。研究围绕各类机器人与具身智能系统的建模、设计、优化、规划与控制,涵盖基础研究和应用开发。目前已发表上百篇论著,包括机器人和人工智能顶刊 IJRR(3篇)、T-RO(2篇)、Automatica、CRPS、TMECH、T-ASE、JFR、RA-L、TNNLS、TFS、TCYB、TSMCS、TIE、TII、TETCI、TCDS、TIM、JAS等,机器人顶会RSS、ICRA、IROS等,以及英文专著2部和书中章节;授权发明专利10余项(美国专利一项);作为核心专家参与两项具身智能团体标准制定。研究成果获得了美国CNBC频道、EmTech世界新兴技术峰会、新加坡《海峡时报》、新加坡《联合早报》的广泛关注与报道。获得第五届中国机器人行业年会机器人技术突破奖,第十一届恰佩克奖年度杰出青年学者奖,广东省计算机学会青年科技奖,广东省人工智能产业协会青年科技创新奖,中国高校计算机研究生教育大会优秀论文一等奖,全省学校优秀教学成果奖(高等教育-研究生类)一等奖,中山大学第二届校级研究生教育教学成果奖特等奖,广东省计算机学会高等教育教学成果奖二等奖,中山大学优秀博士学位论文指导教师,SmartBot期刊影响力封面奖,四个国际会议的最佳论文奖/提名奖,两项学生比赛的优秀指导教师奖等。担任中国教育发展战略学会人工智能与机器人教育专委会理事,广东省工业软件学会具身智能专委会副主任委员,粤港澳大湾区人工智能产业智库专家,粤港澳机器人与人工智能生态联盟专家委员会特聘专家,CAA混合智能专委会委员,广东省精准医学应用学会医疗机器人分会委员,入选《机械工程学报》、Robot Learning、SmartBot和Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics期刊青年编委,《信息与控制》青年顾问团专家。

指导学生获:国家自然科学基金青年学生项目(博士生),CCF智能机器人专委会硕士学位论文激励计划,第十九届“挑战杯”全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛全国一等奖,睿抗机器人开发者大赛全国总决赛一等奖,海峡两岸暨港澳地区大学生计算机创新作品赛全国一等奖,中国机器人及人工智能大赛全国二等奖,iCAN大学生创新创业大赛大湾区赛区一等奖,广东省研究生学术论坛“智能制造与机器人”分论坛口头报告一等奖,粤港澳优秀研究生论文大赛一等奖,中山大学优秀博士学位论文,中山大学优秀毕业生,中山大学校级优秀本科毕业论文奖,国家奖学金,中山大学校长奖学金等。

长期欢迎对机器人和人工智能感兴趣的博士、硕士研究生与各年级优秀本科生加入实验室,

长期招收自动化、计算机、机械、电子等领域的博士后。

研究领域

- 机器人 (智能机器人、智能控制、医疗机器人、多机器人协同、仿生机器人)

- 人工智能(具身智能、机器/深度学习、多模态大模型、世界模型、类脑计算、机器视觉及其与机器人的结合)

现有部分机器人研究平台

工作经历

2026/01至今:中山大学(SYSU),教授

2018/09-2026/01:中山大学(SYSU),副教授

2018/02-2018/09:新加坡科技与设计大学(SUTD),Research Fellow

2016/05-2017/11:新加坡国立大学(NUS),Research Fellow

2014/05-2016/05:新加坡科技与设计大学(SUTD),Postdoctoral Research Fellow

海外经历

2018/02-2018/09;新加坡科技与设计大学(SUTD),Research Fellow

2016/05-2017/11;新加坡国立大学(NUS),Research Fellow

2014/05-2016/05;新加坡科技与设计大学(SUTD),Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2010/05 - 2013/12;法国CNRS Femto-st研究所,博士生/研究助理

获奖及荣誉

广东省杰出青年基金获得者

入选全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单(World's Top 2% Scientists)

广东省优秀教学成果奖一等奖

中山大学教育教学成果奖特等奖

中国高校计算机研究生教育大会优秀论文一等奖

广东省计算机学会高等教育教学成果奖二等奖

中山大学优秀博士论文指导教师

第二十八届中国机器人及人工智能大赛广东省选拔赛优秀指导教师奖

第十九届iCAN大学生创新创业大赛大湾区赛区优秀指导教师奖

第十一届恰佩克奖年度杰出青年学者奖

第五届中国机器人行业年会机器人技术突破奖

广东省计算机学会科学技术奖——青年科技奖

广东省人工智能产业协会科学技术奖——青年科技创新奖

SmartBot期刊Popular Cover Award(影响力封面奖)

Best Paper Award (大会最佳论文奖),ACIRA 2025

Best Paper Nomination Award(大会最佳论文提名),IRAC 2024

Robotica Best Paper Finalist (大会最佳论文提名奖),ROBIO 2022

Best Paper Award (大会最佳论文奖),ISAS 2020

代表性论著: 

[TRO-25] Data-Efficient and Predefined-Time Stable Control for Continuum Robots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2025. (机器人三大顶刊)

[IJRR-25] Learning High-Fidelity Robot Self-Model with Articulated 3D Gaussian Splatting, The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2025. (机器人三大顶刊)

[IJRR-25] On the Learning-based Control of Continuum Robots with Provable Robustness, Efficiency, and Generalizability, The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2025. (机器人三大顶刊)

[IJRR-24] Behavior-Predefined Adaptive Control for Heterogeneous Continuum Robots, The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2024. (机器人三大顶刊,中大首篇)

[TRO-15] Accuracy Quantification and Improvement of Serial Micropositioning Robots for In-Plane Motions, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2015. ​ (机器人三大顶刊)

[AUTO-25] Solving A Variety of Linear Time-Varying Systems of Equations with Prescribed Performance, Automatica, 2025.​  (控制领域顶刊)

[RSS-23] Predefined-Time Convergent Motion Control for Heterogeneous Continuum Robots, in Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) XIX, Daegu, Republic of Korea, 2023. (机器人Top1顶会,中大首篇)

[BOOK-26] Neurodynamic Methods for Continuum Robot Control, ISBN: 978-1-394-40273-1, May 2026, Wiley-IEEE Press.

[CRPS-26] Reconfigurable Soft Actuators With Reprogrammable Motion Based on Multi-Angle Star-Shaped Skeletons, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2026. (Cell子刊)

[RAL-26] Enhanced Soft Actuator with High Motion Potential and Multi-Drive Solutions via Bidirectional Motion and Reconfigurable Strategies, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026.

[JFR-26] Single Master Bimanual Slaves Cooperative Teleoperation with Modified Damping Zeroing Neurodynamics, Journal of Field Robotics, 2026.

[JAS-26] Model-Free Variable Impedance Control of Redundant Manipulators for Soft Tissue Puncture, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2026.

[TIE-25] Acceleration-Layer Robotic Control Based on Neural Dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2025.

[TMECH-25] Dexterity Online Optimization of Robotic Endoscopes Based on the Constrained Condition Number under RCM Constraints, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025.

[TIE-25] Predefined-Time-Synchronized Whole-Body Control of Velocity-Controlled Mobile Manipulators With Unknown Kinematics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2025.

[TII-25] A Hybrid Neurodynamic Scheme for Bimanual Synchronized Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulators with Uncertain Kinematics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2025.

[TETCI-25] Genetic-Algorithm-Optimized Fuzzy Zeroing Dynamics for Visual Servoing of Robot-Camera Systems Without Modeling and Calibration, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 2025.

[CAAI-25] Distributed Formation Control for Heterogeneous Robot Systems Based on Competitive Mechanism, CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, 2025.

[SMB-25] Leveraging Part-Based NeRF for Robot Self-Modeling and Control, SmartBot, 2025. (影响力封面奖)

[IROS-25] Iterative Learning Motion Control of Continuum Robots Based on Neural Ordinary Differential Equations, in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025.

[TSMCS-24] Multitarget Pursuit-Evasion Based on Distributed and Competitive Mechanisms, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2024.

[TCDS-24] Unifying Obstacle Avoidance and Tracking Control of Redundant Manipulators Subject to Joint Constraints: A New Data-Driven Scheme, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 2024.

[TIE-24] Discrete Quad Neural Dynamics for Inverse-Free Control of Model-Unavailable Continuum Robots, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2024.

[ROBOT-26] 基于双分支卷积神经网络的连续体机器人形状控制,机器人, 2026.

[ROBOT-25] 具身仿真器综述: 技术进展和未来展望,机器人, 2025.

[AAS-24] 基于大模型的具身智能系统综述,自动化学报, 2024. (入选知网高下载论文)

[AAS-24] 基于变参递归网络和递归最小二乘的连续体机器人控制,自动化学报, 2024.

[RAS-25] Model-Free Kinematic Control of Redundant Manipulators: A Passivity Perspective, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2025.

[RAS-25] A Competition-Based Scheme Using k-WTA Networks for Multi-Target Pursuit and Encirclement in Dynamic Environments, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2025.

[NEUNET-25] Liquid State Machine Gaussian Process, Neural Networks, 2025.

[ACIRA-25] GVI-SLAM: 3D Gaussian Splatting SLAM with An End-to-End Transformer VIO Frontend, in: 2025 International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Robotics Applications (ACIRA), Guangzhou, China, 2025. (Best Paper Award)

[IRAC-24] Causal Actions Recognition for Efficient Exploration in Robotic Reinforcement Learning, 2024 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Automatic Control (IRAC), Guangzhou, China, 2024. (Best Paper Nomination Award)

[TNNLS-23] Predefined-Time Convergent Kinematic Control of Robotic Manipulators with Unknown Models Based on Hybrid Neural Dynamics and Human Behaviors, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2023.

[TII-23] Model-Free Synchronous Motion Generation of Multiple Heterogeneous Continuum Robots, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2023.

[TFS-23] A Fuzzy-Enhanced Robust DZNN Model for Future Multi-Constrained Nonlinear Optimization with Robotic Manipulator Control, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2023.

[TIE-23] Cerebellum-Inspired Model-Free Tracking Control and Visual Servoing of a Rigid-Flexible Hybrid Robotic Endoscope with RCM Constraints, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2023.

[TMECH-23] Position-Based Visual Servo Control of Dual Robotic Arms with Unknown Kinematic Models: A Cerebellum-Inspired Approach, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023.

[TCYB-23] Uncalibrated and Unmodeled Image-Based Visual Servoing of Robot Manipulators Using Recurrent Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2023.

[ROBIO-22] A Competition-Based Distributed Scheme for Solving Multi-Robot Cooperative Pursuit Problems, in: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Xishuangbanna, China, 2022. (Robotica Best Paper Finalist)

[TIE-22] Towards Unified Adaptive Teleoperation Based on Damping ZNN for Robotic Manipulators with Unknown Kinematics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2022.

[TII-23] Data-Driven Control of Continuum Robots Based on Discrete Recurrent Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2023.

[TII-23] A Novel Discretized ZNN Model for Velocity Layer Weighted Multicriteria Optimization of Robotic Manipulators with Multiple Constraints, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2023.

[NEUNET-22] Recurrent Neural Networks as Kinematics Estimator and Controller for Redundant Manipulators Subject to Physical Constraints, Neural Networks, 2022

[JAS-22] A New Noise-Tolerant Dual-Neural-Network Scheme for Robust Kinematic Control of Robotic Arms with Unknown Models, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2022

[TIM-22] New Varying-Parameter Recursive Neural Networks for Model-Free Kinematic Control of Redundant Manipulators with Limited Measurements, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022.

[TFS-22] A Dual Fuzzy-Enhanced Neurodynamic Scheme for Model-Less Kinematic Control of Redundant and Hyper-Redundant Robots, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2022.

[TII-22] A Discrete Model-Free Scheme for Fault Tolerant Tracking Control of Redundant Manipulators, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2022.

[TCDS-22] A Cerebellum-Inspired Network Model and Learning Approaches for Solving Kinematic Tracking Control of Redundant Manipulators, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 2022.

[ISAS-20] Neural-Network-Based Control of Wheeled Mobile Manipulators with Unknown Kinematic Models, The 4rd International Symposium on Autonomous Systems (ISAS),  Guangzhou, China, 2020. (Best Paper Award)

[NEUNET-20] Model-Free Motion Control of Continuum Robots Based on a Zeroing Neurodynamic Approach, Neural Networks, vol. 133, no. 2021, pp. 21-31, 2020.

[TASE-19] Pose Characterization and Analysis of Soft Continuum Robots With Modeling Uncertainties Based on Interval Arithmetic, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2019.

[MMT-18] Design, Characterization and Applications of a Novel Soft Actuator Driven by Flexible Shafts, Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 122, pp. 197-218, 2018.

[BOOK-16] Calibration of Micro-nanopositioning Robots, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016.

[AIC-16] Toward a Framework for Robot-inclusive Environments, Automation in Construction, vol. 69, pp. 68-78, 2016.

[RAL-16] Compressive Sensing-Based Metrology for Micropositioning Stages Characterization, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2016. ​

[ICRA-14] Characterization and compensation of XY micropositioning robots using vision and pseudo-periodic encoded patterns, in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, China, 2014.

[ICRA-13] Calibration of single-axis nanopositioning cell subjected to thermal disturbance, in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.