Zhi Zheng
Assistant Professor
Zhi Zheng
Assistant Professor
Bio
Dr. Zhi Zheng received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and her M.S. in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems from Xidian University. Then she received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Zheng's research emphasizes the integration of robotics, virtual reality, computer vision, machine learning, and psychology, with a focus on machine intelligence. The overarching goal of her research is to explore new paradigms of human-machine interaction (HMI) to help people in their daily life and design reliable assistive systems for mental health care. Her research is highly interdisciplinary and transformative, as it crosses the boundaries between engineering, psychology, and cognitive science.
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October 8, 2022
Robot Teaches Tai Chi
IoT World Today reports on a team of engineers from RIT that created a robotic system that can teach Tai Chi.
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September 28, 2022
Faculty researchers develop humanoid robotic system to teach Tai Chi
Zhi Zheng’s robot is skilled at Tai Chi, and her research team hopes it will soon lead a class of older adults at a local community center. Zheng, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in Kate Gleason College of Engineering, developed the humanoid robot as part of her assistive technology research.