1. Hao Wang and Zhen Kan, "Safe policy optimization for Reinforcement Learning in Robotics", Encyclopedia of Systems and Control Engineering,  2024.
  2. Zhen Kan, John M. Shea, and Warren E. Dixon, "Navigation Function Based Decentralized Control of A Multi-agent System with Network Connectivity Constraints", in Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure Networks, Edited by S. Butenko, E. L. Pasiliao, V. Shylo, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - D:Information and Communication Security, Vol 35, pp. 104-119, 2014.
  3. A. Dani,  Z. Kan,  N. Fischer, and W. E. Dixon, "Real-time Structure and Motion Estimation in Dynamic Scenes using a Single Camera," in Robotic Vision: Technologies for Machine Learning and Vision Applications,Edited by Jose Garcia and Miguel Cazorla, IGI Global Publication, pp. 173-191, July 12, 2012.
  1. L. Li, Z. Chen, H. Wang, and Z. Kan*, "Task Allocation of Heterogeneous Robots under Temporal Logic Specifications with Inter-Task Constraints and Variable Capabilities,T" IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 22, pp. 14030-14047 (2025)  
  2. J. Yu, G. Xie, Q. Liu, Z. Kan, L. Wang, T. Liu, Q. Ling, W. Xu, F. Gao, "Contrastive Learning with Multiple Prototypes for Unsupervised Domain Adaptive Semantic Segmentation," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, to appear  
  3. M. Cai, Z. Zhou, L. Li, S. Xiao, and Z. Kan*, "Reinforcement Learning with Soft Temporal Logic Constraints Using Limit-Deterministic Generalized Buchi Automaton," Journal of Automation and Intelligence, Vol. 4, pp. 39-51 (2025)  
  4. Z. Chen and Z. Kan*, "Real-Time Reactive Task Allocation and Planning of Large Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems with Temporal Logic Specifications," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol 44, No. 4, pp. 640-664 (2025)  
  5. Z. Chen, M. Cai, Z. Zhou, L. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Fast Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments with Extended Predicate-based Temporal Logic," IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 22, pp. 5293-5307 (2025)  
  6. H. Wang, J. Qin, and Z. Kan*, "Shielded Planning Guided Data-Efficient and Safe Reinforcement Learning," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Vol. 36. No.2, pp. 3808-3819 (2025)  
  7. C. Zhang, S. Lin, H. Wang, Z. Chen, S. Wang, and Z. Kan*, "Data-Driven Safe Policy Optimization for Black-Box Dynamical Systems with Temporal Logic Specifications," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Vol. 36. No.2, pp. 3870-3877 (2025)  
  8. Z. Zhou, S. Wang, Z. Chen, M. Cai, H. Wang, Z. Li, and Z. Kan*, ""Local Observation Based Reactive Temporal Logic Planning of Human-Robot Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 22, pp. 643-655 (2025)
  9. Z. Zhou, S. Wang, Z. Chen, M. Cai, and Z. Kan*, "A Novel Framework for Improved Grasping of Thin and Stacked Objects," IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 3134-3145 (2024)  
  10. H. Wang, H. Zhang, L. Li, Z. Kan*, and Y. Song, "Task-Driven Reinforcement Learning with Action Primitives for Long-Horizon Manipulation Skills," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics,  Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 4513-4526 (2024)
  11. M. Pi, Z. Li, Q. Li, Y. Kang, Z. Kan, and R. Song, "Human-in-the-loop Control of Robotic Leg Prostheses with Sensory Feedback," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 1844-1855 (2024)  
  12. Z. Chen, L. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Distributed Task Allocation and Planning under Temporal Logic and Communication Constraints," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 6536-6543 (2024)  
  13. Z. Chen, Z. Zhou, S. Wang, J. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Fast Temporal Logic Mission Planning of Multiple Robots: A Planning Decision Tree Approach," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 6146-6153 (2024)  
  14. P. Huang, Z. Li, M. Zhou, and Z. Kan, "Divergent Component of Motion Planning and Adaptive Repetitive Control for Wearable Walking Exoskeletons," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 2244-2256 (2024)
  15. Z. Zhou, Z. Chen, M. Cai, Z. Li, Z. Kan*, and C. Su, "Vision-Based Reactive Temporal Logic Motion Planning for Quadruped Robots in Unstructured Dynamic Environments," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 5983-5992 (2024)
  16. S. Wang, Z. Zhou, B. Li, Z. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Multi-modal Interaction with Transformers: Bridging Robots and Human with Natural Language," Robotica, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 415-434 (2024)
  17. H. Zhang, H. Wang, and Z. Kan*, "Exploiting Transformer in Sparse Reward Reinforcement Learning for Interpretable Temporal Logic Motion Planning," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 4831-4838 (2023)
  18. L. Li, Z. Chen, H. Wang, and Z. Kan*, "Fast Task Allocation of Heterogeneous Robots with Temporal Logic and Inter-Task Constraints," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 4991-4998 (2023)
  19. 李保罗，蔡明钰，阚震*, "线性时序逻辑引导的安全强化学习," 《控制与决策》， Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 1835-1844 (2023)
  20. S. Wang, R. Yang, B. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Structural Parameter Space Exploration for Reinforcement Learning via a Matrix Variate Distribution," IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 1025-1035 (2023)
  21. C. Zhong, S. Zhao, Y. Liu, Z. Li, Z. Kan, and Y. Feng "A flexible wearable e-skin sensing system for robotic teleoperation," Robotica, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 1025-1038 (2023)
  22. G. Li, J. Xu, Z. Li, C. Chen, and Z. Kan, "Sensing and Navigation of Wearable Assistance Cognitive Systems for the Visually Impaired," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 122-133(2023)
  23. M. Cai, S. Xiao, J. Li, and Z. Kan, "Safe Reinforcement Learning under Temporal Logic with Reward Design and Quantum Action Selection," Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1925 (2023)
  24. M. Cai, S. Xiao, Z. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Optimal Probabilistic Motion Planning with Potential Infeasible LTL Constraints," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 301-316 (2023) [Full Paper]
  25. Z. Li, G. Li, X. Wu, Z. Kan, H. Su, and Y. Liu, "Asymmetric Cooperation Control of Dual-Arm Exoskeletons Using Human Collaborative Manipulation Models," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 12126-12139 (2022)
  26. Z. Li, X. Li, Q. Li, H. Su, Z. Kan, and W. He, "Human-In-the-Loop Control of Soft Exosuits Using Impedance Learning on Different Terrains," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 2979-2993 (2022)
  27. H. Zhang and Z. Kan*, "Temporal Logic Guided Meta Q-Learning of Multiple Tasks," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters,  Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 8194-8201 (2022) - Oral Presentation at IROS 2022
  28. S. Wang, Z. Zhou, and Z. Kan*, "When Transformer Meets Robotic Grasping: Exploits Context for Efficient Grasp Detection," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters,  Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 8170-8177 (2022) - Oral Presentation at IROS 2022
  29. H. Gao, Z. Kan, and K. Li, "Robust Lateral Trajectory Following Control of Unmanned Vehicle Based on Model Predictive Control," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 1278-1287 (2022)
  30. H. Gao, F. Chen, Z. Hao, X. He, H. Su, K. Li, and Z. Kan, "Adaptive Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control of Autonomous Vehicles That Experience Disturbances and Actuator Saturation," IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 80-91 (2022)
  31. H. Gao, J. Zhu, T. Zhang, G. Xie, Z. Kan, Z. Hao, and K. Liu, "Situational Assessment for Intelligent Vehicles based on Stochastic Model and Gaussian Distributions in Typical Traffic Scenarios," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 1426-1436 (2022)
  32. G. Li, Z. Li, and Z. Kan, "Assimilation Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Physical Human-Robot Interaction," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 2977-2984 (2022)
  33. Z. Li, M. Cai, S. Xiao, and Z. Kan, "Online Motion Planning with Soft Metric Interval Temporal Logic in Unknown Dynamic Environment," IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 2293-2298 (2022)
  34. H. Gao, F. Guo, J. Zhu, Z. Kan, and X. Zhang, "Human Motion Segmentation Based on Structure Constraint Matrix Factorization," Science China Information Sciences, Vol. 65, pp. 119103:1–119103:2 (2022)
  35. S. Meng and Z. Kan*, "Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Effective Coverage Control with Connectivity Constraints," IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 283-288 (2022)
  36. S. Xiao, B. She, S. Mehta, and Z. Kan, "Design of Controllable Leader-Follower Networks via Memetic Algorithms," Advances in Complex Systems, pp. 2150004 (2021)
  37. M. Cai, M. Hasanbeig, S. Xiao, A. Abate, and Z. Kan*, "Modular Deep Reinforcement Learning for Continuous Motion Planning with Temporal Logic," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 7973-7980 (2021)
  38. H. Gao, W. Bi, X. Wu, Z. Li, Z. Kan, and Y. Kang, "Adaptive Fuzzy Region-based Control of Euler-Lagrange Systems with Kinematically Singular Configurations," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 2169-2179 (2021)
  39. B. She, S. S. Mehta, C. Ton, and Z. Kan*, "Energy-Related Controllability of Signed Complex Networks with Laplacian Dynamics," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 66, No. 7, pp. 3325-3330 (2021)
  40. B. She, S. S. Mehta, E. Doucette, C. Ton, and Z. Kan*, "Characterizing Energy-Related Controllability of Composite Complex Networks Via Graph Product," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, , Vol. 66, No. 7, pp. 3205-3212 (2021)
  41. H. Gao, H. Su, Y. Cai, R. Wu, Z. Hao, Y. Xu, W. Wu, J. Wang, Z. Li, and Z. Kan, " Trajectory Prediction of Cyclist Based on Dynamic Bayesian Network and Long Short-Term Memory Model at Unsignalized Intersections," Science China Information Sciences,  Vol. 64, pp. 172207:1–172207:13 (2021)
  42. M. Cai, H. Peng, Z. Li, and Z. Kan*, "Learning-Based Probabilistic LTL Motion Planning with Environment and Motion Uncertainties," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 2386-2392 (2021)
  43. S. Gao and Z. Kan*, "Effective Dynamic Coverage Control for Heterogeneous Driftless Control Affine Systems ," IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 2018-2023 (2021).
  44. M. Cai, H. Peng, Z. Li, H. Gao, and Z. Kan*, "Receding Horizon Control Based Motion Planning with Partially Infeasible LTL Constrains," IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 1279-1284 (2021).
  45. M. Pi, Z. Li, Q. Li, Z. Kan, C. Xu, Y. Kang, C. Su, and C. Yang, "Biologically Inspired Deadbeat Control of Robotic Leg Prostheses," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 2733-2742 (2020) 
  46. Z. Li, Y. Liu, H. Liu, and Z. Kan, “Skill Transfer Learning for Autonomous Robots and Human-Robot Cooperation: A Survey,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 128, 103515 (2020)
  47. Y. Liu, Z. Li, H. Liu, Z. Kan, and B. Xu, “Bio-inspired Embodiment for Intelligent Sensing and Dexterity in Fine Manipulation: A Survey,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 4308-4321 (2020)
  48. B. She and Z. Kan*, “Characterizing Controllable Subspace and Herdability of Signed Weighted Networks via Graph Partition,” Automatica, Vo1 115, 108900 (2020)
  49. B. She, S. S. Mehta, C. Ton, and Z. Kan*, "Controllability Ensured Leader Group Selection on Signed Multi-Agent Networks," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 222-232 (2020)
  50. X. Wu, Z. Li, Z. Kan and H. Gao, "Reference Trajectory Reshaping Optimization and Control of Robotic Exoskeletons for Human-Robot Co-Manipulation," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 3740-3751 (2020)
  51. B. She and Z. Kan*, "Algebraic Topological Characterizations of Structural Balance in Signed Graphs," Automatica, Vol 107, pp. 61-67 (2019)
  52. S. S. Mehta, C. Ton, M. Rysz, Z. Kan, E. A. Doucette, and J. W. Curtis, "New Approach to Visual Servo Control Using Terminal Constraints," Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 356, No. 10, pp. 5001-5026 (2019)
  53. T. Yucelen, Z. Kan, and E. Pasiliao, "Finite-Time Cooperative Engagement," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 64, No. 8, pp. 3521-3526 (2019)
  54. Z. Kan*, E. A. Doucette, and W. E. Dixon, "Distributed Connectivity Preserving Target Tracking with Random Sensing," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 2166-2173 (2019)
  55. Z. Kan*, S. S. Mehta, J. M. Shea, J. W. Curtis, and W. E. Dixon, "Balanced Containment Control and Cooperative Timing of A Multi-Agent System Over Random Communication Graphs," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 28, No. 11, pp. 3574-3588 (2018).
  56. C. Ton, Z. Kan, and S. S. Mehta, "Obstacle Avoidance Control of a Human-in-the-loop Mobile Robot System using Harmonic Potential Fields," Robotica, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 463-483 (2018).
  57. J. Klotz, S. Obuz, Z. Kan, and W. E. Dixon, "Synchronization of Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems with Uncertain Time-varying Communication Delays,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 807-817 (2018)
  58. T. Cheng,  Z. Kan,  J. Klotz, J. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Event-Triggered Control of Multi-Agent Systems for Fixed and Time-Varying Network Topologies," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 62, No. 10, pp. 5365-5371 (2017)
  59. C. Ton, S. S. Mehta, and Z. Kan, "Super-Twisting Control of Double Integrator Systems with Unknown Constant Control Direction," IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 370-375 (2017).
  60. Z. Kan*, T. Yucelen, E. Doucette, and E. Pasiliao, "A Finite-Time Consensus Framework over Time-Varying Topologies with Temporal Constraints," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 139, No. 7, 071012-071012-6(2017).
  61. Z. Kan*, J. Klotz, J. M. Shea, E. A. Doucette, and W. E. Dixon, "Decentralized Rendezvous of Nonholonomic Robots with Sensing and Connectivity Constraints,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 139, No. 2, pp. 024501-024501-7 (2017).
  62. Z. Kan*, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, "Leader-Follower Containment Control Over Directed Random Graphs," Automatica, Vol. 66, pp. 56-62 (2016).
  63. S. S. Mehta, C. Ton,  Z. Kan, and J. W. Curtis, "Vision-based Navigation and Guidance of a Sensorless Missile," Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 352, No. 12, pp. 5569-5598 (2015). 
  64. Z. Kan*, J. Klotz, E. L. Pasiliao, and W. E. Dixon, "Containment Control for a Social Network with State-Dependent Connectivity,” Automatica, Vol. 56, pp. 86-92 (2015).
  65. Z. Kan*, L. Navaravong, J. M. Shea, E. L. Pasiliao, and W. E. Dixon, "Graph Matching Based Formation Reconfiguration of Networked Agents with Connectivity Maintenance," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1., pp. 24-35 (2015). 
  66. J. Klotz, Z. Kan, J. M. Shea, E. L. Pasiliao, and W. E. Dixon, "Asymptotic Synchronization of Leader-Follower Networks of Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2., pp. 174-182 (2015).
  67. N. Fischer, Z. Kan, R. Kamalapurkar, and W. E. Dixon, “Saturated RISE Feedback Control for a Class of Second-Order Nonlinear Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 59, No. 4., pp. 1094-1099 (2014).
  68. Z. Kan, A. Dani, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Network Connectivity Preserving Formation Stabilization and Obstacle Avoidance via A Decentralized Controller,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol 57, No. 7, pp. 1827-1832 (2012).
  69. L. Navaravong, Z. Kan, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Formation Reconfiguration for Mobile Robots with Network Connectivity Constraints,” IEEE Network, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 18-24 (2012). 
  70. A. P. Dani, N. R. Fischer, Z. Kan, and W. E. Dixon “Globally Exponentially stable observer for Vision-based Range Estimation,” Mechatronics, Special Issue on Visual Servoing, Vol 22, No. 4, pp. 381-389 (2012). 
  1. Y. Kang, Z. Chen, Y. Xia, Z. Kan, "Inference Based Multi-Object Reactive Search in a Partially Known Environment with Temporal Logic Specifications," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025, Atlanta, USA, to appear.
  2. C. Chen, Y. Cong, and Z. Kan, "Worldafford:Affordance Grounding based on Natural Language Instructions," IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI)), 2024, Herndon, VA, USA, to appear.
  3. T. Qian, H. Zhang, Z. Zhou, H. Wang, M. Cai, and Z. Kan, "LEEPS: Learning End-to-End Legged Perceptive Parkour Skills on Challenging Terrains," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE, to pp. 12904-12909
  4. H. Zhang, H. Wang, X. Huang, W. Chen, and Z. Kan, "Exploiting Hybrid Policy in Reinforcement Learning for Interpretable Temporal Logic Manipulation," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 13795-13800
  5. Z. Chen, Z. Zhou, L. Li, and Z. Kan, "Soft Task Planning with Hierarchical Temporal Logic Specifications," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 2299-2304.
  6. Y. Hao, S. Wang, and Z. Kan, "2D Hand Pose Estimation from A Single RGB Image through Flow Model," IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2024, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 675-680.
  7. X. Han, S. Wang, X. Huang, and Z. Kan, "PoseFusion: Multi-Scale Keypoint Correspondence for Monocular Camera-to-Robot Pose Estimation in Robotic Manipulation," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 795-801.
  8. S. Lin, H. Wang, Z. Chen, and Z. Kan, "Projection-Based Fast and Safe Policy Optimization for Reinforcement Learning," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 7426-7432.
  9. Z. Chen, Z. Zhou, L. Li, and Z. Kan, "Active Inference for Reactive Temporal Logic Motion Planning," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 2520-2526.
  10. H. Zhang, H. Wang, T. Qian, and Z. Kan, "Temporal Logic Guided Affordance Learning for Generalizable Dexterous Manipulation," Joint International Conference on Automation-Intelligence-Safety & International Symposium on Autonomous Systems, 2024, Chongqing, China.
  11. S. Wang, Z. Zhou, W. Zhang, J. Cao, Z. Chen, K. Chen, and Z. Kan, "What You See is What You Grasp: User-Friendly Grasping Guided by Near-eye-tracking," IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, 2023, Macau, China, pp. 194-199.
  12. J. Li, S. Wang, Z. Chen, Z. Kan, and J. Yu, "Lightweight Neural Path Planning," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023, Detroit, USA, pp. 6713-6718.
  13. T. Qian, Z. Zhou, S. Wang, Z. Li, C. Su, and Z. Kan, "Vision-Based Reactive Planning and Control of Quadruped Robots in Unstructured Dynamic Environments," IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2023, Sanya, China, pp. 745-750.
  14. Y. Xia, S. Wang, and Z. Kan "A Nested U-Structure for Instrument Segmentation in Robotic Surgery," IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2023, Sanya, China, pp. 994-999.
  15. Z. Chen, Z. Zhou, S. Wang, and Z. Kan, "A Hierarchical Decoupling Approach for Fast Temporal Logic Motion Planning," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023, London, UK, pp. 1579-1585.
  16. K. Chen, S. Wang, B. Xia, D. Li, Z. Kan, B. Li, "TODE-Trans: Transparent Object Depth Estimation with Transformer," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023, London, UK, pp. 4880-4886.
  17. C. Zhang, S. Wang, S. Meng, and Z. Kan, "Safe Exploration of Reinforcement Learning with Data-Driven Control Barrier Function," China Automation Congress, 2022, pp. 1008-1013.
  18. S. Wang, Z. Zhou, H. Wang, Z. Li, and Z. Kan, "Unsupervised Representation Learning for Visual Robotics Grasping," IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2022, Guilin, China, pp. 57-62.
  19. H. Wang, H. He, W. Shang, and Z. Kan, "Temporal Logic Guided Motion Primitives for Complex Manipulation Tasks with User Preferences," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022, Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 4305-4311.
  20. M. Cai, S. Xiao, B. Li, Z. Li, and Z. Kan, "Reinforcement Learning Based Temporal Logic Control with Maximum Probabilistic Satisfaction," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China, 2021, pp. 806-812.
  21. S. Meng, B. She, H. Gao, and Z. Kan, "Leader Group Selection for Herdability of Structurally Balanced Signed Networks," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2020, pp. 5567-5572.
  22. B. She, S. Meng, Z. Li, and Z. Kan, "Characterizing Energy-Related Controllability of Complex Networks Via Cartesian Product," IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 2020, pp. 476-481.
  23. S. S. Mehta, C. Ton, M. Rysz, P. Ganesh, Z. Kan, and T. Burks, "On Achieving Bounded Harvest Times in Robotic Fruit Harvesting: A Finite-Time Visual Servo Control Approch," IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture, Sydney, Australia, 2019, pp. 114-119
  24. B. She, M. Cai, and Z. Kan, "Characterizing Herdability of Signed Networks via Graph Walks," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019, pp. 5456-5461.
  25. B. She, S. S. Mehta, E. A. Doucette, J. W. Curtis, and Z. Kan, "Leader Group Selection for Energy-Related Controllability of Signed Acyclic Graphs," American Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2019, pp. 133-138.
  26. C. Ton, S. S. Mehta, and Z. Kan, "Robust Continuous Finite Time Control of Double-Integrator Systems with Unknown Control Direction," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, 2018, pp. 6748-6753.
  27. B. She, S. S. Mehta, C. Ton, and Z. Kan, "Topological Characterizations of Leader-Follower Controllability on Signed Path and Cycle Networks," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, 2018, pp. 6157-6162.
  28. W. Yu, and Z. Kan, "Rendezvous of Wheeled Mobile Robots with Sensing and Power Constraints," American Control Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 2018, pp. 1957-1962.
  29. C. Ton, S. S. Mehta, and Z. Kan, "Adaptive Sliding Mode Control with Unknown Control Direction," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 6658-6663.
  30. C. Ton, S. S. Mehta, and Z. Kan, "Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control with Unknown Control Direction," American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2017, pp. 3730-3734.
  31. B. Cannataro, Z. Kan, W. E. Dixon, "Followers Distribution Algorithms for Leader-Follower Networks" IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016, pp. 648-653.
  32. Z. Kan, J. M. Shea, E. A. Doucette, J. W. Curtis, and W. E. Dixon, "Coverage Control Based Effective Jamming Strategy for Wireless Networks" American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2016, pp. 4655-4660. (invited paper) 
  33. C. Ton, Z. Kan, E. A. Doucette, J. W. Curtis, and S. S. Mehta, "Leader-Follower Consensus with Unknown Control Direction" American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2016, pp. 2820-2825. (invited paper) 
  34. Z. Kan, C. Ton, M. J. McCourt, J. W. Curtis, E. A. Doucette, and S. S. Mehta, "Mutual Information based Risk-aware Active Sensing in An Urban Environment," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hong Kong, 2015, pp. 1178-1183.
  35. S. S. Mehta, C. Ton, M. McCourt, Z. Kan, E. A. Doucette, and J. W. Curtis, "Human-assisted RRT for Path Planning in Urban Environments," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hong Kong, 2015, 941-946.
  36. S. S. Mehta, W. Madkunis, Z. Kan, M. McCourt,  and J. W. Curtis, "Context-aware Communication to Stabilize Bandwidth-limited Nonlinear Networked Control Systems," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hong Kong, 2015, 44-49.
  37. M. McCourt, S. S. Mehta, Z. Kan, and J. W. Curtis, "Multiple CLFs for Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems with Input Constraints," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hong Kong, 2015, 38-43.
  38. T. Cheng,  Z. Kan, J. Klotz, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Decentralized Event-triggered Control of Networked Systems Part 1: Leader-follower Consensus under Swtiching Topologies," American Control Conference,Chicago, Il, 2015, pp. 5438 - 5443.
  39. T. Cheng,  Z. Kan, J. Klotz, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Decentralized Event-triggered Control of Networked Systems Part 2: Containment Control," American Control Conference, Chicago, Il, 2015, pp. 5444 - 5448.
  40. J. Klotz, S. Obuz, Z. Kan, and W. E. Dixon, "Synchronization of Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems with Unknown Time-varying Communication Delays," American Control Conference, Chicago, Il, 2015, pp. 683 - 688.
  41. T. Cheng,  Z. Kan, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Decentralized Event-triggered Control for Leader-follower Consensus," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, 2014, pp.1244-1249.
  42. Z. Kan, S. S. Mehta, E. L. Pasiliao, J. W. Curtis, and W. E. Dixon, “Balanced Containment Control and Cooperative Timing of a Multi-Agent System," American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2014, pp. 281-286.
  43. Teng-Hu Cheng,  Z. Kan, Joel Rosenfeld, and W. E. Dixon, “Decentralized Formation Control with Connectivity Maintenance and Collision Avoidance under Limited and Intermittent Sensing," American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2014, pp. 3201-3206. 
  44. J. Klotz, Z. Kan, E. L. Pasiliao, and W. E. Dixon, "Asymptotic Synchronization of Leader-Follower Networks of Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Firenze, Italy, 2013, 6536--6541.
  45. Z. Kan, J. Klotz, E. L. Pasiliao, and W. E. Dixon, “Containment Control for a Directed Social Network with State-Dependent Connectivity,” American Control Conference, Washington, DC, 2013, pp. 1953-1958. (invited paper) 
  46. Z. Kan, Eduardo L. Pasiliao Jr, J. W. Curtis, and W. E. Dixon, “Particle Filter Based Average Consensus Target Tracking with Preservation of Network Connectivity,” Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Orlando, FL, 2012, pp. 760-765. 
  47. Z. Kan, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Influencing Emotional Behavior in a Social Network,” American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2012, pp. 4072-4077. (invited paper)
  48. Z. Kan, Justin Klotz, Teng-Hu Cheng, and W. E. Dixon, “Ensuring Network Connectivity for Nonholonomic Robots During Decentralized Rendezvous,” American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2012, pp. 3718-3723.
  49. N. Fischer, Z. Kan, and W. E. Dixon, “Saturated RISE Feedback Control for Euler-Lagrange Systems,” American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2012, pp. 244-249. 
  50. He Hao, Huibing Yin, and Z. Kan, “On the Robustness of Large 1-D Network of Double Integrator Agents,” American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2012, pp. 6059-6064.
  51. Z. Kan, A. Dani, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Ensuring Network Connectivity for Nonholonomic robots During Rendezvous,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 2369-2374. 
  52. Z. Kan, A. Dani, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Information Flow Based Connectivity Maintenance of A Multi-agent System During Formation Control,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, 2011,  pp. 2375-2380. 
  53. A. Dani, Z. Kan, N. Fischer, and W. E. Dixon, “Structure Estimation of a Moving Object Using a Moving Camera: An Unknown Input Observer Approach,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, 2011,  pp. 5005-5010. (invited paper) 
  54. Z. Kan, A. Dani, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Ensuring Network Connectivity During Formation Control Using A Decentralized Navigation Function,” Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), San Jose, CA, 2010, pp. 954-959. 
  55. Z. Kan, S. Subramanian, J. M. Shea, and W. E. Dixon, “Vision Based Connectivity Maintenance of a Network with Switching Topology,” IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control part of the Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Yokohama, Japan, September 2010, pp.1493-1498.
  56. A. P. Dani, Z. Kan, N. R. Fischer and W. E. Dixon, “Structure and Motion Estimation of a Moving Object Using a Moving Camera,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010, pp. 6962-6967. 
  57. A. P. Dani, N. R. Fischer, Z. Kan, and W. E. Dixon, “Nonlinear Observer for Structure Estimation using a Paracatadioptric Camera,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010, pp. 3487-3492.
  58. S. Bhasin, P. Patre, Z. Kan, and W. E. Dixon, “Control of a Robot Interacting with an Uncertain Viscoelastic Environment with Adjustable Force Bounds,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2010, pp. 5242-5247