My name is Jianguo Zhao. I am currently a fifth year PhD student at Michigan State University under the supervision of Prof. Ning Xi. I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, and my Master's degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology. Before I came to United States to pursue my PhD degree, I worked at Johnson Electric for about half a year.

I am doing research in robotics and control. My research interests include: bio-inspired robotics, jumping locomotion for miniature robots, muti-mode locomotion for miniature robots, visual servo control, nanoscale motion control, compressive sensing, cyber-physical systems, mechatronics. You can find more information about my research and publications. You can also find more information in my Google Scholar Profile, my Linkedin Profile, or my Curriculum Vitae.

Address: B312, Engineering Building, East Lansing, 48824, MI, USA
Tel: 517-432-7589
Email: jguozhao at gmail.com

• 02/20/2013: Our poster “A tail assisted running and jumping robot” won the second place in the 2012 Engineering Graduate Research Symposium of Michigan State University.
• 01/29/2013: Our journal paper “MSU Jumper: A Single Motor Actuated Miniature Steerable Jumping Robot” is accepted to the IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
• 08/14/2012: Our miniature jumping robot won the second place in the graduate robotics division of the 2012 ASME Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition.
• 07/02/2012: Our video submission for the jumping robot is accepted to the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
• 04/19/2012: Our miniature jumping robot is featured in MSU news: More bounce to the ounce: Mini-robot attracts attention.
• 04/16/2012: One paper with the title ”Visual Servoing Using Non-vector Space Control Theory” is accepted to the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2012) to be held on July 11-14, 2012 at Ambassador Hotel Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• 04/11/2012: Our miniature jumping robot is highlighted in the State News: Event highlights MSU innovation.