Modular Control of a Rotary Inverted Pendulum System

Xiumin Diao received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing from Yantai University, China, in 2000, M.S. degree in Measurement Technology and Automatic Device from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, in 2003, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 2007. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. His research interest includes robotics (kinematics, dynamics, and control) and mechatronics (system modeling, simulation, design, analysis and control). In particular, he is interested in applying robotics technologies for rehabilitation and advanced manufacturing. Prior to joining Purdue University in 2014, Dr. Diao has been a senior electro-mechanical engineer with Xcision Medical System (Columbia, Maryland, United States) for more than five years, developing medical devices using robotics and automation technologies.