I’m a Ph.D. candidate in College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University, supervised by Prof. Jianda Han and Prof. Xiao Liang.

My research interest includes robotics, aerial manipulators, and motion planning.

Fun Fact: Zhang Zhaopeng is my name in Mandarin, and Cheung Siupaang is my name in Cantonese.

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Education

College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University
Integrated Master’s and Ph.D. Program in Control Science & Engineering
Sep. 2021 – Present
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College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University
Bachelor in Automation, Ranked 2nd/41
Sep. 2017 – Jun. 2021
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Publications

You can also find my articles on Google Scholar.

A Collision-Aware Motion Planning Framework With Goal State Generation for Aerial Manipulation in Constrained Environments

Zhaopeng Zhang, Hai Yu, Wei He, Yongchun Fang, Jianda Han, Xiao Liang

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, early access, 2026

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RINGO: Real-time Locomotion Planning via a Guiding Trajectory for Aerial Manipulators

Zhaopeng Zhang, Shizhen Wu, Chenfeng Guo, Yongchun Fang, Jianda Han, Xiao Liang

arXiv, 2025

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An End-Effector-Oriented Coupled Motion Planning Method for Aerial Manipulators in Constrained Environments

Zhaopeng Zhang, Hai Yu, Yi Chai, Zhichao Yang, Xiao Liang, Yongchun Fang, Jianda Han

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 30(6):6027-6037, 2025

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An Impact Mitigation Strategy in Hammering Tasks for Aerial Manipulator: Analyses and Experiments

Kexin Cai, Zhaopeng Zhang, Hai Yu, Zhichao Yang, Yongchun Fang, Jianda Han, Xiao Liang

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, early access, 2026

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PEMTRS: Perception-Enhanced Memory with Temporal Region Selection for Vision-Based Multirotor Navigation

Chenfeng Guo, Chen Su, Zhaopeng Zhang, Jianda Han, Yongchun Fang, Xiao Liang

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, early access, 2026

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Early-stage Publications

Visual servoing control for aerial manipulator via hierarchical motion decomposition

Zhaopeng Zhang, Wei He, Xiao Liang*, Jianda Han, Yongchun Fang

Control Theory and Applications, in Chinese, 41(5)

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An Anti-Swing Controller for Aerial Transportation System with Flexible Suspending Rope

Zhaopeng Zhang, Xiao Liang*, Zhuang Zhang, Jianda Han

Asian Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology (ACAIT), 2021

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Misc

Open-source Project

  • PX4-based flight controller for Aerial Manipulators: PX4