Journal Papers

  • Sunil Kumar Rajendran, Qi Wei, Ningshi Yao, and Feitian Zhang, “Design, Implementation, and Observer-based Output Control of a Super-coiled Polymer-Driven Two Degree-of-Freedom Robotic Eye”, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), Available online
  • Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Scheduling and Controlling Automated Vehicles at an Intelligent Traffic Intersection,” in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10626-020-00336-8. Available online [bibtex]
  • Carl Young, Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptiveness and Consistency of A Class of Online Ensemble Learning Algorithms,” in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 31(6), 2018-2043, 2021. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao, Qiuyang Tao, Weiyu Liu, Zhen Liu, Ye Tian, Peiyu Wang, Timothy Li and Fumin Zhang, “Autonomous flying blimp interaction with human in an indoor space,” in Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering, 20(1), 45-59, 2019. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao, Michael Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Coupled Control Systems with a Shared Resource,” in Automatica, 122, 109219, 2020. Available online [bibtex]

Book Chapter

  • Zhenwu Shi, Ningshi Yao, and Fumin Zhang, “Scheduling Feasibility of Energy Management in Micro-grids Based on Signicant Moment Analysis,” in Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications, 431-450, Elseiver, 2017. Available onlineย [bibtex]

Conference Papers

  • Yidi Huang, Qi Wei, Joseph Demer, and Ningshi Yao, “See What a Strabismus Patient Sees Using Eye Robots”, in 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023), accepted.
  • Sunil Kumar Rajendran, Qi Wei, Ningshi Yao, and Feitian Zhang, “Observability Analysis and Reduced-Order Observer Design for a Super-Coiled Polymer-Driven Robotic Eye”, in Proc. 2022 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 1385-1391, Cancun, Mexico, 2022. Available online [bibtex]
  • Sunil Kumar Rajendran, Qi Wei, Ningshi Yao, and Feitian Zhang, “Modeling and Learning-Based Control for Super-Coiled Polymer-Driven Robotic Eye”, in Proc. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), Atlanta, GA, 2022. Available online
  • Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Event-triggered Scheduling and Control Co-design for Networked Control Systems with Sub-schedulability”, in Proc. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), 1733-1738, Atlanta, GA, 2022. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Optimal Real-time Scheduling of Human Attention for a Human and Multi-robot Collaboration System”, inย Proc. 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), 30-35,Denver, CO, 2020. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao, Michael Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Coordinating Automated Vehicles at a Traffic Intersection”, in Proc. 2019 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2233-2238, Nice, France, 2019. Available online [bibtex]
  • Carol Young, Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Avoiding Chatter in an Online Co-Learning Algorithm Predicting Human Intention”, in Proc. 2019 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 6504-6509, Nice, France, 2019. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Resolving Contentions for Intelligent Traffic Intersections using Optimal Priority Assignment and Model Predictive Control”, in Proc. 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 632-637, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao, Emily Anaya, Qiuyang Tao, Sunji Cho, Hongrui Zheng and Fumin Zhang, “Monocular Vision-based Human Following on Miniature Robotic Blimp,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3244-3249, Singapore, 2017. Available online [bibtex]
  • Ningshi Yao, Michael Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention Resolving Optimal Priority Assignment for Event-Triggered Model Predictive Controllers,” in Proc. 2017 American Control Conference (ACC), 2357-2362, Seattle, WA, 2017. Available online [bibtex]
  • Muhammad Asif Rana, Ningshi Yao, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Fumin Zhang, Emilie Warren, and Christine Payne, “Modeling the effect of nanoparticles and the bistability of transmembrane potential in non-excitable cells,” in Proc. 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), 400-405, Boston, MA, 2016. Available online [bibtex]