Tiantian Xu is a Researcher (Professor) at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the National Excellent Young Scientists Fund. She has presided over multiple key projects, including the NSFC Joint Key Project, the National Key R\&D Program for Young Scientists, Guangdong Provincial Key Project, Shenzhen Outstanding Young Scientists Project, and Shenzhen Key Project.

She has conducted long-term, systematic research on magnetic-driven microrobots for targeted therapy, established autonomous path planning and collaborative motion control methods for microrobots, developed system platforms, and carried out applied biomedical research. As the first/corresponding author, she has published over 30 high-level IEEE transactions in the field of robotics (including four in the top robotics journal, IEEE T-RO). As the corresponding author, she has also published in Nature (2 papers) and Nature Biomedical Engineering.

She was awarded the Best Application Paper Award at IROS 2019 (1/2494). Her other accolades include the Second Prize of the Natural Science Award from the Chinese Institute of Electronics (ranked 1st), the Second Prize of the Wu Wenjun AI Natural Science Award from the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (ranked 1st), the First Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the Young Scientist Award from the Chinese Association of Automation, the Xiong Youlun Zhihu Outstanding Young Scholar Award, the Shenzhen Youth Science and Technology Award, and the Shenzhen May Fourth Youth Medal. She also serves as an Editorial Board Member for several international robotics journals, including IEEE T-RO, IEEE T-MECH, IEEE T-ASE, and IEEE RA-L.

Design and fabrication of novel magnetically controlled micro-robots: Covering magnetorheological fluids, micro-robot swarms, soft-film and bio-inspired robots, and soft-tissue surgical robots;

Multimodal motion and collaborative control: Investigating multimodal drive mechanisms and multi-agent collaborative control strategies for micro-robots in complex environments;

Frontier application scenarios: Dedicated to the practical implementation of micro-robots in clinical targeted therapy and other specialized confined spaces;

Admission of Doctoral and Master’s Students in Mechanical Automation, Computer Science, Pattern Recognition, and Related Fields

081104—Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems; 081101—Control Theory and Control Engineering

Microbots, Soft Robotics, Surgical Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Control

2021/01-present Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor

2016/03-2020/12 Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate Professor

04/2014-03/2016 CUHK - the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China Postdoctoral fellowship

2010-2014 UPMC - University pierre and marie curie,Paris, France (Ph.D Degree : Robotic)

Lab : ISIR - Institut des systèmes intelligents et de robotique

2009-2010 Ecole Centrale Paris, Paris, France (Master Degree : Industry Engineering)

2007-2010 Supmeca /Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris, France (Master Degree: Mechanics)

2005-2007 MPSI/MP* LYCEE FAIDHERBE, Lille, France

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Science Fund Project (Category B) [formerly Excellent Youth Science Fund Project], 62022087, Magnetically Driven Micro-Robots, January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2023, 1.2 million yuan, Completed, Principal Investigator
2. National Key Research and Development Program, Young Scientists Project, 2023YFB4705300, A New Concept of Multi-functional Parent-Child Catheter Medical Robot for Extreme Narrow Cavities, December 2023 to November 2026, 2 million yuan, In Progress, Principal Investigator
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Joint Fund Project, U22A2064, Efficient Propulsion and Cooperative Control of Magnetically Driven Bionic Thin-Film Micro-Robots for Targeted Drug Delivery, January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2026, 2.55 million yuan, In Progress, Principal Investigator
4. Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, Outstanding Young Scientist Project, RCJC20231211085926038, Cross-Scale Parent-Child Magnetic-Driven Micro-Robots, June 2024 to June 2029, 4 million yuan, In progress, Principal Investigator
5. Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, Key Project, JCYJ20220818101611025, Research on Cluster Control Theory and Methods for Vascular Embolization Therapy Robots, January 2023 to January 2025, 2 million yuan, Completed, Principal Investigator
6. Guangdong Provincial Foundation for Basic and Applied Basic Research, Key Project, 2022B1515120010, Research on Key Technologies for Magnetically Manipulated Robots for Vascular Interventional Procedures, January 2023 to January 2025, 1 million yuan, Completed, Principal Investigator

1. Shu Wang; Wenhao Ju; Donglin Zhuang; Zhecheng Chen; Dongliang Zhao; Shunyuan Huang; Tiankuo Wang; Mingxue Cai; Siyu Liu; Shixiong Fu; Zhiguo Cheng; Wenchang Tan; Xiangbin Pan; Xinyu Wu; Shouzheng Wang; Tiantian Xu*; Long-term thrombus-free left atrial appendage occlusion via magnetofluids, Nature, 2026, 651: 91–99. (JCR Q1, IF=48.5)
2. Xie, Ruijie; Han, Fei; Yu, Qianhengyuan; Li, Dong; Han, Xu; Xu, Xiaolong; Yu, Huan; Huang, Jianping; Zhou, Xiaomeng; Zhao, Hang; Deng, Xinping; Tian, Qiong; Li, Qingsong; Li, Hanfei; Zhao, Yang; Ma, Guoyao; Li, Guanglin; Zheng, Hairong; Zhu, Meifang; Yan, Wei; Xu Tiantian*; Liu, Zhiyuan; A movable long-term implantable soft microfibre for dynamic bioelectronics, Nature, 2025, 645(8081): 648-655. (JCR Q1, IF=48.5)
3. Wang, Ben; Shen, Jie; Huang, Chenyang; Ye, Zhicheng; He, Jiajun; Wu, Xinyu; Guo, Zhiguang; Zhang, Li; Xu Tiantian*; Magnetically driven biohybrid blood hydrogel fibres for personalized intracranial tumour therapy under fluoroscopic tracking, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2025, 9(9): 1471-1485. (JCR Q1, IF=26.7)
4. Pingyu Xiang; Danying Sun; Guoyao Ma; Hongye Zhang; Rong Xiong; Yue Wang; Haojian Lu; Tiantian Xu*; A portable and flexible intermediary patch for in vivo magnetic localization, Nature Sensors, 2026, 1(2): 181-193. (New journal)
5. Tiantian Xu*; Chenyang Huang; Zhengyu Lai; Xinyu Wu; Independent Control Strategy of Multiple Magnetic Flexible Millirobots for Position Control and Path Following, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022, 38(5): 2875. (JCR Q1, IF=10.5)
6. Jia liu; Guoyao Ma; Shixiong Fu; Chenyang Huang; Xinyu Wu; Tiantian Xu*; Ultrasound Image- based Average Q-learning Control of Magnetic Microrobots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025, 41: 1728-1741. (JCR Q1, IF=10.5)
7. Mingxue Cai; Zhaoyang Qi; Yanfei Cao; Xurui Liu; Xinyu Wu; Tiantian Xu*; Li Zhang; Performance-Guided Rotating Magnetic Field Control in Large Workspaces With Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Actuation System, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024, 40: 4117-4131. (JCR Q1, IF=10.5)
8. Sheng Xu; Jia Liu; Chenguang Yang; Xinyu Wu; Tiantian Xu*; A Learning-Based Stable Servo Control Strategy Using Broad Learning System Applied for Microrobotic Control, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2022, 52(12): 13727. (JCR Q1, IF=10.5)
9. Chenyang Huang; Tiantian Xu*; Dong Li; Xinyu Wu; Cooperative Control Strategy of Multiple Magnetic Millirobots for Automatic Assembly, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024, 30(5): 3572-3583. (JCR Q1, IF=7.3)
10. Shu Wang; Ming Qiu; Jiancheng Liu; Ting Yin; Chong Wu; Chenyang Huang; Jianguo Han; Si Cheng; Qianbi Peng; Ye Li; Changjun Tie; Xinyu Wu; Shiwei Du; Tiantian Xu*; Preshaped 4D Photocurable Ultratough Organogel Microcoils for Personalized Endovascular Embolization, Advanced Materials, 2023, 35(52): 2308130. (JCR Q1, IF=26.8)

1. Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics, a top-tier journal in the field of robotics (JCR Q1);

2. Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, a high-impact journal in the field of automation (JCR Q1);

3. Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, a journal in the field of robotics (JCR Q2);

4. Served as General Chair of the 2023 IEEE RCAR International Conference on Robotics;

5. Served as Program Chair of the 2021 IEEE RCAR International Conference on Robotics;

6. Served as Gender Equity Chair for the 2020 IEEE ICRA, a top-tier international robotics conference held in Paris, supporting the career development of female researchers;

7. Served as Program Co-Chair for the 2020 IEEE RCAR International Conference on Robotics and Automation;

8. Served as Program Co-Chair for the 2019 IEEE Robio International Conference on Robotics;

9. Served on the Publicity Committee for the 2018 IEEE ICIA International Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation;

10. Session Chair for the Micro-Robotics Session at the 2018 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICARCV);

11. Member of the Guangdong Association of Young Scientists;

12. Deputy Secretary-General/Council Member of the Micro-Nano Robotics Branch, Chinese Society of Micro/Nano Technology;

13. Deputy Secretary-General of the Guangzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Innovation Promotion Association;

14. Member of the Robotics and Intelligence Technical Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation;

15. Has served as a reviewer for top-tier journals in the fields of robotics and automation (IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), IEEE Transactions on Mechanical Engineering (TMECH), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE)) and top-tier academic conferences (ICRA, IROS) on multiple occasions.

Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

The Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

South China Hospital Affiliated to Shenzhen University

Graduates

Yanming Guan Master's Student 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Chenyang Huang Master's Student 085210-Control Engineering

Meng Su Master's Student 085211-Computer Technology

Yuanzhong Yan Master's Student 085208-Electronics and Communications Engineering

Zhiming Hao Master's Student 085210-Control Engineering

Yinglei Xu Master's Student 085210-Control Engineering

Yahui Zhang Master's Student 085210-Control Engineering

Zhengyu Lai Master's Student 085211-Computer Technology

Jiangpeng Ni Master's Student 085211-Computer Technology

Chaoran Tian Master's Student 085210-Control Engineering

Yanhua Xu Master's Student 085404-Computer Technology

Shanxiu Zhang Master's Student 085211-Computer Technology

Shixiong Fu Doctoral Student 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Binghan Chen Master's Student 085404-Computer Technology

Qianzhuo Zhang Master's Student 085404-Computer Technology

Qianbi Peng Doctoral Student 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Siyu Liu Master's Student 085406-Control Engineering

Zhiqiang Chen Master's Student 085404-Computer Technology

Chenyang Huang Ph.D. Candidate 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Current Students

Guoyao Ma Ph.D. Candidate 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Mingguo Jiang Master's Candidate 085404-Computer Technology

Dong Li Ph.D. Candidate 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Kexin Cao Master's Student 085404-Computer Technology

Yang Yang Master's Student 085404-Computer Technology

Huibin Liu Ph.D. Student 081104-Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Can Yang Master's Student 085406-Control Engineering