Haoqi Tang#, Qingxiang Wu# , Zhuoqing Liu , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Integral barrier function-based adaptive output feedback robust force control for pneumatic compliant end-effectors with complex hysteresis, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics doi

Shuzhen Diao , Gendi Liu , Tong Yang , Menghua Zhang , Yanding Qin , Wei Sun , Ning Sun* , Finite-time synchronous motion control for pneumatic muscle-actuated parallel robots in Cartesian space, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics doi

Meng Zhai , Tong Yang , Qingxiang Wu , Shudong Guo , Ruiping Pang , Ning Sun* , Extended Kalman filtering - based nonlinear model predictive control for underactuated systems with multiple constraints and obstacle avoidance, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 369-382, Jan 2025

Gendi Liu , Shuzhen Diao , Zhuoqing Liu , Xinlin Zhang , Xue Xiao , Song Men , Ning Sun* , Practical finite - time compliant control for horizontal pneumatic artificial muscle systems under force - sensorless reflecting, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering doi

Xinlin Zhang , Shuzhen Diao , Tong Yang , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , LSTM - NN - enhanced tracking control for PAM - driven parallel robot systems with guaranteed performance（录用）, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I:Regular Papers

Tong Yang , Yuexuan Xu , Yongchun Fang , David Navarro - Alarcon , Song Men , Ning Sun* , Accelerated gradient - based neuroadaptive synchronization control for antagonistic PAM robot hands with obstacle avoidance and motion constraints, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics doi

Xinlin Zhang , Ning Sun* , Gendi Liu , Tong Yang , Yongchun Fang , Hysteresis compensation - based intelligent control for pneumatic artificial muscle - driven humanoid robot manipulators with experiments verification, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 2538 - 2551, July 2024

Qingxiang Wu , Ning Sun* , Deep reinforcement learning - based control for asynchronous motor - actuated triple pendulum crane systems with distributed mass payloads, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 1853-1862, Feb. 2024

Qihang Wang , Tong Yang , Gendi Liu , Yanding Qin* , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Adaptive compensation tracking control for parallel robots actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles with error constraints, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1585-1595, Feb. 2024

Zhuoqing Liu , Ning Sun* , Assembly - oriented finite - time coordinated control of underactuated dual rotary cranes for payload position and attitude regulation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 3678 - 3690, July 2024

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Concurrent learning - based adaptive control of underactuated robotic systems with guaranteed transient performance for both actuated and unactuated motions, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems , vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 18133-18144, Dec. 2024

Tong Yang , Meng Zhai , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Adaptive Fuzzy control of underactuated switched systems with disturbance observation and actuated/unactuated motion constraints, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems , vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1195-1207, March 2024

Shuzhen Diao , Gendi Liu , Zhuoqing Liu , Lu Zhou , Wei Sun , Yu Wang , Ning Sun* , Prescribed - time adaptive fuzzy control for pneumatic artificial muscle - actuated parallel robots with input constraints, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems , vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 2039-2051, Apr. 2024

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Meng Zhai , Yongchun Fang , Qingxiang Wu , Data - based dual - loop learning control of underactuated systems with disturbance prediction and input - output constraints, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence , vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 3419-3430, July 2024

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Meng Zhai , Yongchun Fang , Unactuated and actuated states simultaneously constrained optimal trajectory planning - based path - following control for underactuated robots, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 5127-5140, Sep. 2024

Xinlin Zhang , Ning Sun* , Gendi Liu , Tong Yang , Jun Yang* , Disturbance preview - based output feedback predictive control for pneumatic artificial muscle robot systems with hysteresis compensation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 3936-3948, Oct. 2024

Meng Zhai , Shuzhen Diao , Tong Yang , Qingxiang Wu , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Adaptive fuzzy control for underactuated robot systems with inaccurate actuated states and unavailable unactuated states, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 22, no. , pp. 1566-1578, 2025

Zehao Qiu , Qingxiang Wu* , Zhuoqing Liu , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , A new three - dimensional deformation pneumatic soft actuator with mutually vertical PneuNets, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 16003-16012, Dec. 2024

Gendi Liu , Shuzhen Diao , Tong Yang , Xinlin Zhang , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Supervisor learning control for compliant pneumatic artificial muscle robots with preassigned - time performance, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 5352 - 5364, Sept. 2024

Zhuoqing Liu , Tong Yang , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Optimal trajectory - based control of 3 - D dual rotary cranes for payload dynamic regulation in complex environments, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence , vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 5452-5464, Nov. 2024

Yanding Qin , Haoqi Zhang , Xiangyu Wang , Ning Sun , Jianda Han , Adaptive set - membership filter based discrete sliding mode control for pneumatic artificial muscle systems with hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1682-1694, April 2024

Haosheng Sun , Qingxiang Wu , Huawang Liu , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Precise motion control for self - reconfiguration wave - like crawling robots in parallel connection with limited resources, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters , vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 7883 - 7890, Sept. 2024

Meng Zhai , Ning Sun* , Underactuated mechanical systems with both actuator and actuated/unactuated state constraints: A predictive control - based approach, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1359 - 1371, June 2023

Yue Wang# , Tong Yang# , Meng Zhai , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Ship - mounted cranes hoisting underwater payloads: Transportation control with guaranteed constraints on overshoots and swing, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 9968 - 9978, Oct. 2023 doi

Zhuoqing Liu , Ning Sun* , Optimal collaborative motion planning of dual boom cranes for transporting payloads to desired positions and attitudes, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems , vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 6096 - 6110, June 2023

Haoqi Tang , Zhuoqing Liu , Tong Yang , Lei Sun , Yongchun Fang , Xingjian Jing , Ning Sun* , Reinforcement - learning - based robust force control for compliant grinding via inverse hysteresis compensation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 3364 - 3375, Dec. 2023

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Adaptive optimal motion control of uncertain underactuated mechatronic systems with actuator constraints, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 210 - 222, Feb. 2023 doi

Gendi Liu , Ning Sun* , Reinforcement learning - based prescribed performance motion control of pneumatic muscle actuated robotic arms with measurement noises, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 1801 - 1812, Mar. 2023 doi

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Yongchun Fang , Xin Xin , He Chen , New adaptive control methods for n - link robot manipulators with online gravity compensation: Design and experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 539 - 548, Jan. 2022 doi

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Yongchun Fang , Adaptive fuzzy control for a class of MIMO underactuated systems with plant uncertainties and actuator deadzones: Design and experiments, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 8213 - 8226, Aug. 2022 doi

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Yongchun Fang , Adaptive fuzzy control for uncertain mechatronic systems with state estimation and input nonlinearities, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1770 - 1780, Mar. 2022 doi

Dingkun Liang , Ning Sun* , Yiming Wu , Yiheng Chen , Yongchun Fang , Lianqing Liu , Energy - based motion control for pneumatic artificial muscle - actuated robots with experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 7295 - 7306, July 2022 doi

Yu Fu , Ning Sun* , Tong Yang , Zehao Qiu , Yongchun Fang , Adaptive coupling anti - swing tracking control of underactuated dual boom crane systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 4697 - 4709, July 2022 doi

Dingkun Liang , Ning Sun , Yiming Wu , Gendi Liu , Yongchun Fang , Fuzzy - sliding mode control for humanoid arm robots actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles with unidirectional inputs, saturations, and dead zones, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 3011 - 3021, May 2022 doi

Yiming Wu , Ning Sun* , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , New adaptive dynamic output feedback control of double - pendulum ship - mounted cranes with accurate gravitational compensation and constrained inputs, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 9196 - 9205, Sep. 2022 doi

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , Yongchun Fang , Neuroadaptive control for complicated underactuated systems with simultaneous output and velocity constraints exerted on both actuated and unactuated states, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems , vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 4488 - 4498, Aug. 2023

He Chen , Ning Sun* , An output feedback approach for regulation of 5 - DOF offshore cranes with ship yaw and roll perturbations, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 1705 - 1716, Feb. 2022 doi

Tong Yang# , Yiheng Chen# , Ning Sun* , Lianqing Liu* , Yanding Qin , Yongchun Fang , Learning - based error - constrained motion control for pneumatic artificial muscle - actuated exoskeleton robots with hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 3700 - 3711, Oct. 2022 doi

Zhuoqing Liu , Yu Fu , Ning Sun* , Tong Yang , Yongchun Fang , Collaborative antiswing hoisting control for dual rotary cranes with motion constraints, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 6120 - 6130, Sep. 2022 doi

Tong Yang , He Chen , Ning Sun* , Yongchun Fang , Adaptive neural network output feedback control of uncertain underactuated systems with actuated and unactuated state constraints, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 7027 - 7043, Nov. 2022 doi

Tong Yang , Xinlin Zhang , Yongchun Fang , Ning Sun* , Makoto Iwasaki , Observer - based adaptive fuzzy event - triggered control for mechatronic systems with inaccurate signal transmission and motion constraints, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 5208 - 5221, Dec. 2022

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Observer - based nonlinear control for tower cranes suffering from uncertain friction and actuator constraints with experimental verification, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 6192 - 6204, July 2021 doi

Yiming Wu , Ning Sun , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Adaptive output feedback control for 5 - DOF varying - cable - length tower cranes with cargo mass estimation, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2453 - 2464, Apr. 2021 doi

Ning Sun , Dingkun Liang , Yiming Wu , Yiheng Chen , Yanding Qin , Yongchun Fang , Adaptive control for pneumatic artificial muscle systems with parametric uncertainties and unidirectional input constraints, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 969 - 979, Feb. 2020 doi

Ning Sun , Yu Fu , Tong Yang , Jianyi Zhang , Yongchun Fang , Xin Xin , Nonlinear motion control of complicated dual rotary crane systems without velocity feedback: Design, analysis, and hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 1017 - 1029, Apr. 2020 doi

Tong Yang# , Ning Sun#* , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Motion trajectory - based transportation control for 3 - D boom cranes: Analysis, design, and experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 3636 - 3646, May 2019 doi

Tong Yang , Ning Sun* , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Neural network - based adaptive antiswing control of an underactuated ship - mounted crane with roll motions and input dead zones, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems , vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 901 - 914, Mar. 2020 doi

He Chen , Ning Sun* , Nonlinear control of underactuated systems subject to both actuated and unactuated state constraints with experimental verification, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 7702 - 7714, Sep. 2020 doi

Yiming Wu# , Ning Sun3#* , Yongchun Fang , Dingkun Liang , An increased nonlinear coupling motion controller for underactuated multi - TORA systems: Theoretical design and hardware experimentation, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1186 - 1193, June 2019 doi

Ning Sun , Tong Yang , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Yuzhe Qian , Adaptive anti - swing and positioning control for 4 - DOF rotary cranes subject to uncertain/unknown parameters with hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1309 - 1321, July 2019 doi

Ning Sun , Tong Yang , Yongchun Fang , Yiming Wu , He Chen , Transportation control of double - pendulum cranes with a nonlinear quasi - PID scheme: Design and experiments, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1408 - 1418, July 2019 doi

Ning Sun , Tong Yang , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Dynamic feedback antiswing control of shipboard cranes without velocity measurement: Theory and hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 2879 - 2891, May 2019 doi

Ning Sun , Yiming Wu , He Chen , Yongchun Fang , Antiswing cargo transportation of underactuated tower crane systems by a nonlinear controller embedded with an integral term, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1387 - 1398, July 2019 doi

Ning Sun , Yiming Wu , Xiao Liang , Yongchun Fang , Nonlinear stable transportation control for double - pendulum shipboard cranes with ship - motion - induced disturbances, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 9467 - 9479, Dec. 2019 doi

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Yiming Fu , Biao Lu , Nonlinear stabilizing control for ship - mounted cranes with ship roll and heave movements: Design, analysis, and experiments, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics：Systems , vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 1781 - 1793, Oct. 2018 doi

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Yiming Wu , Biao Lu , Nonlinear antiswing control of offshore cranes with unknown parameters and persistent ship - induced perturbations: Theoretical design and hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 2629 - 2641, Mar. 2018 doi

Ning Sun , Tong Yang , Yongchun Fang , Biao Lu , Yuzhe Qian , Nonlinear motion control of underactuated three - dimensional boom cranes with hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics , vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 887 - 897, Mar. 2018 doi

Ning Sun , Yiming Wu , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Nonlinear antiswing control for crane systems with double - pendulum swing effects and uncertain parameters: Design and experiments, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1413 - 1422, July 2018 doi

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Biao Lu , Amplitude - saturated nonlinear output feedback antiswing control for underactuated cranes with double - pendulum cargo dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 2135 - 2146, Mar. 2017 doi

Ning Sun , Yiming Wu , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Nonlinear stabilization control of multiple - RTAC systems subject to amplitude - restricted actuating torques using only angular position feedback, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 3084 - 3094, Apr. 2017 doi

Ning Sun , Yiming Wu , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Biao Lu , Nonlinear continuous global stabilization control for underactuated RTAC systems: Design, analysis, and experimentation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 1104 - 1115, Apr. 2017 doi

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Biao Lu , Amplitude-saturated nonlinear output feedback antiswing control for underactuated cranes with double-pendulum cargo dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 2135-2146, Mar. 2017 doi

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Biao Lu , Yiming Fu , Slew/translation positioning and swing suppression for 4 - DOF tower cranes with parametric uncertainties: Design and hardware experimentation, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6407 - 6418, Oct. 2016 doi

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , A new antiswing control method for underactuated cranes with unmodeled uncertainties: Theoretical design and hardware experiments, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 453 - 465, Jan. 2015

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , He Chen , Bo He , Adaptive nonlinear crane control with load hoisting/lowering and unknown parameters: Design and experiments, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 2107 - 2119, Oct. 2015

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , Nonlinear tracking control of underactuated cranes with load transferring and lowering: Theory and experimentation, Automatica , vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 2350 - 2357, Sep. 2014

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , Xuebo Zhang , Energy coupling output feedback control of 4-DOF underactuated cranes with saturated inputs, Automatica , vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 1318-1325, May 2013

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , New energy analytical results for the regulation of underactuated overhead cranes: An end-effector motion-based approach, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 4723-4734, Dec. 2012.

Ning Sun , Yongchun Fang , Yudong Zhang , Bojun Ma , A novel kinematic coupling - based trajectory planning method for overhead cranes, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 166 - 173, Feb. 2012