Dr. Luya Li

Research Associate

Intelligent / Distributed Enterprise
Automation Laboratory  
School of Engineering Science 
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada 

Tel: (778) 782-4371
Fax: (778) 782-4951
Internet: lli7236389[at]gmail.com

Education

1994
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing, China

Dissertation: "Control of Redundant Robots", October, 1994

1990
M.E. in Electrical Engineering
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing, China

Thesis: "Multiprocessor-Based Motion Controller for Redundant Robots", February, 1990

1984
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
Shijiazhuang Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Hebei, China

Research Interests

Computer control systems
Graphical user interface design
Embedded firmware system design
Embedded software programming
Robot controller design
Robot control, kinematics and dynamics
Neural networks

Professional Experience

1998-present
Research Associate
Intelligent Robotics and Manufacturing Systems Laboratory
School of Engineering Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC Canada

Preparation of scientific papers and assisting in supervising graduate students.

1996-1998
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Group Leader
Intelligent Robotics and Manufacturing Systems Laboratory
School of Engineering Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC Canada

Conducted research on the development of multifingered hands and redundant robots, including the design and implementation of computer hardware and software.

1994-96
Senior Project Engineer, Project Leader
Institute for Robotics Research
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing, China

Conducted research on design and implementation of a controller for the fault-tolerant robot with seven degrees of freedom, including the design of AC motor controller, system hardware, software engineering, control strategy, programming, and system test.

1990-94
Electronics Engineer (part-time)
Institute for Robotics Research
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing, China

Participated in research on design, modeling, analysis and control of redundant robots with seven degrees of freedom, including the design of DC motor controller, multi-computer control system, kinematic real-time control, and system test.

1984-87
Electronics Engineer
Shijiazhuang Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Hebei, China

Participated in research on design and implementation of a computer-based intelligent monitoring system for the dynamic equilibrium mechanism, including hardware design and software programming.

Professional Skills

Embedded Firmware/Software Design
ADSP 21XX / Intel MCS-51, 96 / Intel 80x86
PIC16, 17, 18 / M68HC11, 12, 16 / Zilog Z80

Programming Languages & Operating Systems
C / C++ / VC++ / MATLAB / Assembly
MS Windows / UNIX / QNX / DOS

Selected Publications

Journals

Luya Li, W.A. Gruver, and Q. Zhang, "Kinematic control of redundant robots based on the motion optimizability measure," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, Vol. 31, No. 1, Feb. 2001.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Yang, and W. A. Gruver, "Control of redundant robots with local degrees of freedom", Chinese J. of Aeronautics (English Edition), Vol.10, No.1, 1997

L. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Yang, "Analysis of kinematic stability in force control of redundant robots", J. of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Vol.23, No.4, 1997

L. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Yang, "Analysis of kinematic stability in force control of redundant robots", J. of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Vol.23, No.4, 1997.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, and Z. Yang, "A study on real-time control of kinematics for redundant robots", Chinese J. of Mechanical Engineering , Vel.30, No.6, 1994.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, and Z. Yang, "Study on redundant robots", Chinese J. of Robots , Vol.13, No.6, 1991

Conferences

L. Li and W. A. Gruver, "Fault-Tolerant Control of Redundant Robots by Dual-Optimization," Proc. of 1998 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robotics & Systems , Victoria, Canada, October 1998.

L. Li and W. A. Gruver, "Fault Tolerant Control of Kinematically Redundant Robots," Proc. of the 1998 World Automation Congress (WAC98) , Anchorage, Alaska, May 1998.

L. Li and W. A. Gruver, "Real-Time Control of Redundant Robots With Multiple Criteria," Proc. of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , Leuven, Belgium, May 1998.

W. Chen, Z. Wu, Q. Zhang, J. Li and L. Li, "A Direct Iteration Method for Global Dynamic Control of Redundant Manipulators," Proc. of 11th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial In telligence and Expert Systems , IEA/AIE-98, Castellón, Spain, June 1-4, 1998.

L. Li and W. A. Gruver, "Kinematic Stability of Hybrid Position/Force Control for Redundant Robots, Proc. of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics ,Orlando, FL, October 1997.

L. Li and W. A. Gruver, "Redundancy and Fault-Tolerance in Grasping and Manipulation by Multifingered Hands," Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Advanced Robotics , Monterey, CA, July 1997.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Yang, and W. A. Gruver, "Control of Redundant Robots by Dual-Optimization," Proc. of IEEE International Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics ,Vancouver, Canada, October 1995.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, Z. Yang, and W. A. Gruver, "Control of Redundant Robots Based on the Motion Optimizability Measure" Proc. of IEEE International Conf. on Robotics and Automation , San Diego, CA, USA, May 1994.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, and Z. Yang, "Neural network solution for the kinematic solutions of redundant manipulators", Proc. of the First Chinese World Congress on Intelligent Control and Intelligent Automation , Beijing, China, August 1993.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, and Z. Yang, "Adaptive control of motor servo system", Proc. of The 4th China National Conference on Robotics , Anhui, China, August 1992.

L. Li, Q. Zhang, and Z. Yang, "Redundancy control of robot with seven degrees of freedom", Proc. of Asia-Pacific Conf. on Measurement and Control , Guangzhou, China, August 1991

L. Li, and Y. Li, "Control of the dc motors based on the Intel 8098 processor", Proc. of China National Conference on Microprocessor Technology , Tianjin, China, Sept. 1991.

L. Li, and Y. Wang, "Application and development of MCS Basic-52 processor", Proc. of China National Conference on Microprocessor Technology, Tianjin, China, Sept. 1991.

L. Li, and Z. Yang, "Multiprocessor-based motion controller for redundant robots", Proc. of China National Conference on Microprocessor Technology , Beijing, China, May 1990.

L. Li, and Z. Yang, "Control of the DC motors based on PWM techniques", Proc. of China National Conference on Microprocessor Technology , Beijing, China, May 1990.