Yebin Wang

Yebin Wang
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  • Biography

    Prior to joining MERL, Yebin worked on process control, software development and management, and nonlinear estimation theory for over ten years. At MERL, Yebin has been working on control and estimation for various automation and transportation systems. Yebin's research interests include nonlinear estimation/control theory and applications, optimal control, adaptive/learning systems, modeling and control of complex systems.

  • Recent News & Events

    •  NEWS    MERL researchers contribute six papers to IFAC World Congress 2026
      Date: August 23, 2026 - August 28, 2026
      Where: Busan, South Korea
      MERL Contacts: Stefano Di Cairano; Alexander Schperberg; Abraham P. Vinod; Yebin Wang; Avishai Weiss
      Research Areas: Control, Dynamical Systems, Optimization
      Brief
      • MERL researchers contributed six papers to the 23rd IFAC World Congress 2026, held August 23–28 in Busan, South Korea. The IFAC World Congress, held every three years, brings together the international control community to share advances in control theory and applications.

        The papers covered a range of topics in spacecraft control, autonomous robotics, and precision motion control:

        - Coordinated aerial inspection of infrastructure with heterogeneous drones, using drones with complementary sensing capabilities. MERL also released an open-source ROS 2 implementation accompanying the work.

        - Geostationary satellite control using averaged dynamics, with the goal of extending the time between east–west station-keeping maneuvers.

        - Scenario-based model predictive control for spacecraft station keeping on a near-rectilinear halo orbit.

        - Parameter estimation for induction machines, enabling torque-bound construction for trajectory planning and control in precision positioning systems.

        - Feedforward control with dual neural networks, improving motion tracking when load-side position measurements are only partially available.

        - Constrained sampling-based model predictive control for contact-rich robotics, combining sampling-based exploration with gradient-based refinement for safe and precise robot motion.

        In addition to the paper presentations, MERL researcher Abraham Vinod delivered an invited talk at the workshop “Trustworthy Data-Driven Control: From Finite Samples to Robust Guarantees.” His talk discussed data-driven environmental monitoring and decision-making under uncertainty.
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    •  NEWS    MERL researchers present 8 papers at ACC 2026
      Date: May 26, 2026 - May 29, 2026
      Where: New Orleans, USA
      MERL Contacts: Scott A. Bortoff; Vedang M. Deshpande; Stefano Di Cairano; Christopher R. Laughman; Jordan Leung; Hongtao Qiao; Zhaolin Ren; Abraham P. Vinod; Yebin Wang
      Research Areas: Control, Dynamical Systems, Optimization, Robotics
      Brief
      • MERL researchers presented 8 papers at the recently concluded American Control Conference (ACC) 2026 in New Orleans, USA. The papers covered a wide range of topics including robust controllable set computation, vapor compression cycle calibration, task-reasoning LLM agents, Minkowski-cost stable MPC, polynomial chaos approximation, invariant-set motion planning, heat-pump MPC architectures, and relaxed barrier-function MPC. Additionally, Zhaolin Ren was an invited speaker at Multi-Agent Dynamic Games workshop, and Abraham Vinod served as a panelist at the Professional Development and Career Advice for Young Professionals session.

        As a sponsor of the conference, MERL maintained a booth for open discussions with researchers and students, and hosted a special session to discuss highlights of MERL research and work philosophy.
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  • MERL Publications

    •  Patkar, A., Wang, Y., Goldsmith, A., Liu, D., Youcef-Toumi, K., "Compressed-Sensing Approach to Magnetic-Flux Map Acquisition with Experimental Validation", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-120 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Patkar2026sep,
      • author = {Patkar, Abhishek and Wang, Yebin and Goldsmith, Abraham and Liu, Dehong and Youcef-Toumi, Kamal},
      • title = {{Compressed-Sensing Approach to Magnetic-Flux Map Acquisition with Experimental Validation}},
      • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = sep,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-120}
      • }
    •  Su, H., Liu, D., Inoue, H., Wang, Y., "Interpretable Physics-Informed Multimodal Deep Learning for Eccentricity-Severity Estimation of Induction Machines", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-121 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Su2026sep,
      • author = {Su, Hanqi and Liu, Dehong and Inoue, Hiroshi and Wang, Yebin},
      • title = {{Interpretable Physics-Informed Multimodal Deep Learning for Eccentricity-Severity Estimation of Induction Machines}},
      • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = sep,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-121}
      • }
    •  Wang, C., Romeres, D., Schperberg, A., Li, N., Wang, Y., "Constrained Sampling MPC for Safe Contact-Rich Control: From Exploration to Precision via Hybrid Refinement⋆", IFAC World Congress, September 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-119 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wang2026sep,
      • author = {Wang, Chenghao and Romeres, Diego and Schperberg, Alexander and Li, Na and Wang, Yebin},
      • title = {{Constrained Sampling MPC for Safe Contact-Rich Control: From Exploration to Precision via Hybrid Refinement⋆}},
      • booktitle = {IFAC World Congress},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = sep,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-119}
      • }
    •  Zhou, T., Wang, Y., Umat, A., Tiwari, A., Di Cairano, S., "Fast Adaptive Planning for Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Systems via Iterative LQR Steering", IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering, August 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-118 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Zhou2026aug,
      • author = {Zhou, Tianyu and Wang, Yebin and Umat, Akhil and Tiwari, Astha and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
      • title = {{Fast Adaptive Planning for Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Systems via Iterative LQR Steering}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = aug,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-118}
      • }
    •  Lu, Z., Wang, Y., Sato, G., Fujita, T., "Real-Time Reference Shaping for Servo Systems", arXiv, August 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Lu2026aug,
      • author = {Lu, Zehui and Wang, Yebin and Sato, Go and Fujita, Tomoya},
      • title = {{Real-Time Reference Shaping for Servo Systems}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = aug,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30825}
      • }
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  • MERL Issued Patents

    • Title: "System and Method for Data-Driven Control of an Air-Conditioning System"
      Inventors: Qiao, Hongtao; Chakrabarty, Ankush; Laughman, Christopher; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 12,632,016
      Issue Date: May 19, 2026
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Movement of a Vehicle"
      Inventors: Quirynen, Rien; Wang, Yebin; Ahmad, Ahmad; Wang, Zejiang; Di Cairano, Stefano; Bhagat, Akshay; Zeino, Eyad
      Patent No.: 12,311,975
      Issue Date: May 27, 2025
    • Title: "Systems and Methods for Flexible Robotic Manipulation by Fast Online Load Estimation"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Duan, Xiaoming; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Orlik, Philip V.
      Patent No.: 12,290,928
      Issue Date: May 6, 2025
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Motion of Articulated Vehicles"
      Inventors: Greiff, Marcus; Quirynen, Rien; Berntorp, Karl; Di Cairano, Stefano; Wang, Yebin; Zeino, Eyad; Tiwari, Astha; Iqbal, Hassan; Ran, Shuangxuan; You, Sixiong
      Patent No.: 12,286,151
      Issue Date: Apr 29, 2025
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling a Motion of a Robot"
      Inventors: Lin, Chungwei; Wang, Yebin; Quirynen, Rien; Jha, Devesh; Wang, Bingnan; Vetterling, William; Jain, Siddarth; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 12,257,718
      Issue Date: Mar 25, 2025
    • Title: "Systems and Methods for Reactive Power Injection Based Flying Start of Synchronous Machines"
      Inventors: Varatharajan, Anantaram; Wang, Yebin; Goldsmith, Abraham M.
      Patent No.: 12,249,934
      Issue Date: Mar 11, 2025
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling an Electric Motor without a Position Sensor"
      Inventors: Varatharajan, Anantaram; Wang, Yebin .
      Patent No.: 12,249,932
      Issue Date: Mar 11, 2025
    • Title: "System and Method for Data-Driven Reference Generation"
      Inventors: Chakrabarty, Ankush; Berntorp, Karl; Di Cairano, Stefano; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 12,246,699
      Issue Date: Mar 11, 2025
    • Title: "System and Method for Parking an Autonomous Ego-Vehicle in a Dynamic Environment of a Parking Area"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin .; Leu, Jessica; Di Cairano, Stefano
      Patent No.: 12,157,502
      Issue Date: Dec 3, 2024
    • Title: "Autonomous Parking with Hybrid Exploration of Parking Space"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Dai, Siyu
      Patent No.: 11,767,035
      Issue Date: Sep 26, 2023
    • Title: "Multi-Layer Axial and Radial flux Vernier Permanent Magnet Motor"
      Inventors: Zhou, Lei; Wang, Bingnan; Lin, Chungwei; Liu, Dehong; Wang, Yebin; Teo, Koon Hoo
      Patent No.: 11,502,564
      Issue Date: Nov 15, 2022
    • Title: "System and Method for Feasibly Positioning Servomotors with Unmodeled Dynamics"
      Inventors: Chakrabarty, Ankush; Danielson, Claus; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 11,392,104
      Issue Date: Jul 19, 2022
    • Title: "Data-Driven Nonlinear Output-Feedback Control of Power Generators"
      Inventors: Gao, Weinan; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 11,392,099
      Issue Date: Jul 19, 2022
    • Title: "System and Method for Estimating Temperature and Heat Loss in Electric Motors"
      Inventors: Wang, Bingnan; Wang, Yebin; Ma, Tong; Lin, Chungwei; Komatsu, Taiga
      Patent No.: 11,293,986
      Issue Date: Apr 5, 2022
    • Title: "Network Adapted Control System"
      Inventors: Guo, Jianlin; Ma, Yehan; Wang, Yebin; Chakrabarty, Ankush; Ahn, Heejin; Orlik, Philip V.
      Patent No.: 10,969,767
      Issue Date: Apr 6, 2021
    • Title: "System and Method for Control Constrained Operation of Machine with Partially Unmodeled Dynamics Using Lipschitz Constant"
      Inventors: Chakrabarty, Ankush; Jha, Devesh; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 10,895,854
      Issue Date: Jan 19, 2021
    • Title: "Deterministic Path Planning for Controlling Vehicle Movement"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 10,809,732
      Issue Date: Oct 20, 2020
    • Title: "Network Adapted Control System"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Ma, Yehan; Orlik, Philip V.; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Guo, Jianlin
      Patent No.: 10,809,701
      Issue Date: Oct 20, 2020
    • Title: "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-DRIVEN CONTROL WITH PARTIALLY UNKNOWN FEEDBACK"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 10,768,585
      Issue Date: Sep 8, 2020
    • Title: "Vehicle Motion Control System and Method"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Dai, Jin
      Patent No.: 10,663,966
      Issue Date: May 26, 2020
    • Title: "Motion Controller for Real-Time Continuous Curvature Path Planning"
      Inventors: Bortoff, Scott A.; Wang, Yebin; Dai, Jin
      Patent No.: 10,591,915
      Issue Date: Mar 17, 2020
    • Title: "METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BATTERY STATE OF POWER PREDICTION"
      Inventors: Pajovic, Milutin; Sahinoglu, Zafer; Wang, Yebin; Orlik, Philip V.
      Patent No.: 10,564,222
      Issue Date: Feb 18, 2020
    • Title: "Interference Free Scheduling for Multi-Controller Multi-Control-Loop Control Systems over Wireless Communication Networks"
      Inventors: Guo, Jianlin; Orlik, Philip V.; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 10,531,477
      Issue Date: Jan 7, 2020
    • Title: "RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PARAMETER ESTIMATION APPARATUS ANDRECHARGEABLE BATTERY PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHOD"
      Inventors: Wada, Toshihiro; Takegami, Tomoki; Wang, Yebin .; Kim, Taesic; Sahinoglu, Zafer
      Patent No.: 10,353,007
      Issue Date: Jul 16, 2019
    • Title: "Methods and Systems for Data-Driven Battery State of Charge (SoC) Estimation"
      Inventors: Pajovic, Milutin; Ozcan, Gozde; Sahinoglu, Zafer; Wang, Yebin; Orlik, Philip V.
      Patent No.: 10,324,135
      Issue Date: Jun 18, 2019
    • Title: "System and Method for Speed Sensorless Motor Drives"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 10,218,301
      Issue Date: Feb 26, 2019
    • Title: "Method and System for Controlling Angular Speeds of Motors in Speed Sensorless Induction Motors"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 9,985,563
      Issue Date: May 29, 2018
    • Title: "Vehicle Automated Parking System and Method"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Jha, Devesh
      Patent No.: 9,969,386
      Issue Date: May 15, 2018
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Speed of Electric Motor"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Zhou, Lei
      Patent No.: 9,966,891
      Issue Date: May 8, 2018
    • Title: "Method and System for Controlling Angular Rotor Speeds of Sensorless Induction Motors"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Zhang, Jian
      Patent No.: 9,893,666
      Issue Date: Feb 13, 2018
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Elevator Door Systems"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 9,834,414
      Issue Date: Dec 5, 2017
    • Title: "Method and System for Controlling an Angular Speed of an Induction Motor"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 9,780,711
      Issue Date: Oct 3, 2017
    • Title: "Motion-Control System for Performing Different Tasks"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Jiang, Yu; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 9,529,341
      Issue Date: Dec 27, 2016
    • Title: "Optimization of System Control Based on Solving Multi-Point Boundary Value Problems"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 9,378,469
      Issue Date: Jun 28, 2016
    • Title: "Method for Estimating a State of Charge of Batteries"
      Inventors: Sahinoglu, Zafer; Fang, Huazhen; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 9,244,129
      Issue Date: Jan 26, 2016
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Semi-Active Actuators Arranged to Minimize Vibration in Elevator Systems"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 9,242,837
      Issue Date: Jan 26, 2016
    • Title: "Method for Estimating State of Charge for Lithium-Ion Batteries"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Fang, Huazhen; Sahinoglu, Zafer
      Patent No.: 9,077,182
      Issue Date: Jul 7, 2015
    • Title: "Method for Determining Trajectory of Multi-Motor Control System Avoiding Obstacle"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Yu, Han; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 9,076,337
      Issue Date: Jul 7, 2015
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Semi-Active Actuators Arranged to Minimize Vibration in Elevator Systems"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 8,849,465
      Issue Date: Sep 30, 2014
    • Title: "An Energy Efficient Motion Control System"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Koichiro, Ueda; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 8,816,627
      Issue Date: Aug 26, 2014
    • Title: "System and Method for Controlling Semi-Active Actuators"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Bortoff, Scott A.
      Patent No.: 8,768,522
      Issue Date: Jul 1, 2014
    • Title: "System and Method for Reducing Lateral Vibration in Elevator"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 8,761,947
      Issue Date: Jun 24, 2014
    • Title: "Method for Determining Trajectories Manipulators to Avoid Obstacles"
      Inventors: Zhao, Yiming; Wang, Yebin
      Patent No.: 8,700,307
      Issue Date: Apr 15, 2014
    • Title: "Method for Generating Trajectories for Motor Controlled Actuators"
      Inventors: Wang, Yebin; Bortoff, Scott A.; Zhao, Yiming
      Patent No.: 8,700,190
      Issue Date: Apr 15, 2014
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