On Frequency Sensitivity and Mode Orthogonality of Flexible Robotic Manipulators

Fei-Yue Wang (S'87-M'89-SM'94-F'03) received his Ph.D. in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York in 1990. He joined the University of Arizona in 1990 and became a Professor and Director of the Robotics and Automation Lab (RAL) and Program in Advanced Research for Complex Systems (PARCS). In 1999, he founded the Intelligent Control and Systems Engineering Center at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, under the support of the Outstanding Oversea Chinese Talents Program from the State Planning Council and "100 Talent Program" from CAS, and in 2002, was appointed as the Director of the Key Lab of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, CAS. In 2011, he became the State Specially Appointed Expert and the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems. Dr. Wang's current research focuses on methods and applications for parallel systems, social computing, and knowledge automation. He was the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems (1995-2000), Founding EiC of IEEE ITS Magazine (2006-2007), EiC of IEEE Intelligent Systems (2009-2012), and EiC of IEEE Transactions on ITS (2009-2016). Currently he is EiC of China's Journal of Command and Control. Since 1997, he has served as General or Program Chair of more than 20 IEEE, INFORMS, ACM, ASME conferences. He was the President of IEEE ITS Society (2005-2007), Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST, USA) in 2005, the American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation (2007-2008), and the Vice President of the ACM China Council (2010-2011). Since 2008, he is the Vice President and Secretary General of Chinese Association of Automation. Dr. Wang is elected Fellow of IEEE, INCOSE, IFAC, ASME, and AAAS. In 2007, he received the 2nd Class National Prize in Natural Sciences of China and awarded the Outstanding Scientist by ACM for his work in intelligent control and social computing. He received IEEE ITS Outstanding Application and Research Awards in 2009 and 2011, and IEEE SMC Norbert Wiener Award in 2014 (e-mail: feiyue.wang@ia.ac.cn)

Yanqing Gao (M'08) received the M.S. degrees from The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, USA, and the Ph.D. degree from The University of Arizona. She has been a Visiting Assistant Professor with the Transportation Active Safety Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA, and a Researcher and an Adjunct Assistant Professor with The University of Arizona. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, USA.(e-mail: yanqing.gao@oit.edu)