Dr Guowu Wei
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Reader
Biography
Guowu Wei is currently a Reader in Robotics with the School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford. He has more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and more than 20 patents. His research was funded by EPSRC, EU-FP7, ICUK, NSFC, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is the Topic Editor and Associate Editor for several journals and confs. including Robotica, J Mech. Eng. Sci., and the Associate Editor ICRA and IROS. He is currently the Deputy Chair of IFToMM MO U.K.
His research interests include bio-robotics, assistive robotics, general robotics and mechatronics, manipulation and grasping, rehabilitation and prosthetics, and reconfigurable mechanisms and robotics. He has supervised and co-supervised 27 PhDs and 12 PDRAs and visiting scholars. He is a recipient of 17 awards from academic bodies, international conferences, and journals. He served as programme chair, session chair, scientific committee and programme committee member for over 50 international conferences.
Areas of Research
Robotics, Bio-robotics, Mechatronics, Manipulation and Grasping, Reconfigurable mechanisms and robotics, Origami-inspired mechanisms and robotics.
Undergraduate Level
Produce Design and Engineering (BEng/MEng)
Mechanical Engineering Group Design (BEng/MEng)
Engineering Dynamics and Control Engineering E2 (BEng/MEng)
Control Engineering and Engineering Dynamics E3 (BEng/MEng)
Mechanism and Machine Design (BEng/MEng)
Mechanism and Machine Theory (BEng/MEng)
Engineering Computations Using MATLAB (BEng/MEng)
PLC (BEng/MEng)
Engineering Programming Using Visual Basic (BEng)
Graduate Level
Mechanical Engineering Group Design (Meng/MSc)
Introduction to Robotics (MEng/MSc)
Mobile Robotics (MEng/MSc)
Multibody Dynamics and Control (MEng/MSc)
Engineering Computation (MEng/MSc)
PLC (MEng/MSc)
Mechatronic System Simulation (MSc)
Optimum Design (MSc)
Gear Theory and Application (MSc)
Publications
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An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part I: Design, Ligamentous Joint, and Extensor Mechanism
(2023). An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part I: Design, Ligamentous Joint, and Extensor Mechanism. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2022.3200006
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A novel soft actuator: MISA and its application on the biomimetic robotic arm
(2023). A novel soft actuator: MISA and its application on the biomimetic robotic arm. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3251191
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Fully 3D printed flexible, conformal and multi-directional tactile sensor with integrated biomimetic and auxetic structure
Wei, Y., Li, B., Domingos, M., Qian, Z., Zhu, Y., Yan, L., …Wei, G. (in press). Fully 3D printed flexible, conformal and multi-directional tactile sensor with integrated biomimetic and auxetic structure. #Journal not on list, 2(1), 80. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-023-00131-x
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X-crossing pneumatic artificial muscles
Feng, M., Yang, D., Ren, L., Wei, G., & Gu, G. (2023). X-crossing pneumatic artificial muscles. Science Advances, 9(38), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi7133
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An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part II: Flexible Tendon Sheath and Grasping Demonstration
Zhu, Y., Wei, G., Ren, L., Luo, Z., & Shang, J. (2022). An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part II: Flexible Tendon Sheath and Grasping Demonstration. IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 39(1), 505-520. https://doi.org/10.1109/tro.2022.3200143