About

I am a first-year PhD student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, supervised by Prof. Lihua Xie. Before joining NTU, I earned my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Control Engineering and Automation from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.

I was previously a Project Researcher at the Motion Control & Applied Robotics Lab, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, advised by Prof. Tung Lam Nguyen and Dr. Duc Chinh Hoang, and an R&D Robotics Engineer at VinRobotics, working with Dr. Minh Nhat Vu and Manh Cuong Nguyen.

News

[Oct 07, 2026]Our paper on adaptive whole-body MPC for humanoid robots is accepted to Humanoids 2026.
[Oct 01, 2026]My work on hybrid inverse kinematics is accepted for publication in IEEE RA-L.
[Aug 10, 2026]I joined Nanyang Technological University as a PhD student.
[Apr 08, 2026]I received NTU Research Scholarship for PhD studies.
[Sep 17, 2025]My work for HUST project is accepted for publication in Ocean Engineering.
[Sep 08, 2025]Thrilled to begin a new chapter at VinRobotics!
[Jul 07, 2025]Our ship-mounted Stewart platform paper is accepted for publication in Ocean Engineering.
[May 28, 2025]My project with VinIF, related to my master's course, was completed with high appropriateness.
[May 20, 2025]An AUV-related manuscript is submitted to Ocean Engineering.
[Apr 16, 2025]A paper on ship-mounted Stewart platform is submitted to Ocean Engineering.
[Mar 27, 2025]Our paper on ballbot was accepted for publication in IEEE Access.
[Dec 30, 2024]Our paper on Stewart Platforms was accepted for publication in Results in Engineering.
[Sep 12, 2024]I am delighted to announce that I have decided to receive the VinIF scholarship for my master's course.
[Jul 01, 2024]I started my Master of Science in Automation and Control at HUST.
[May 11, 2024]I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Automation and Control from HUST.
[Mar 27, 2024]Our paper on ballbot was accepted for publication in IJRNC.

Educations

Aug 2026 – Present
Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Funded by NTU Research Scholarship
Supervisor: Prof. Lihua Xie
Jul 2024 – Jul 2026
Master of Science in Control Engineering and Automation, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Design control structures for parallel platforms in maritime applications · Funded by VinIF
Supervisor: Prof. Tung Lam Nguyen
Oct 2020 – Apr 2024
Bachelor of Science in Control Engineering and Automation, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Balancing, Motion Planning, and Tracking Control for Ballbot Systems (🥇 Best Thesis)
Supervisor: Prof. Tung Lam Nguyen

Work Experiences

Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
R&D Robotics Engineer, VinRobotics
Vingroup · Hanoi, Vietnam · Full-time
Supervisors: Dr. Minh Nhat Vu and Manh Cuong Nguyen
Oct 2021 – Jul 2026
Project Researcher, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Motion Control & Applied Robotics Lab (MoCAR) · Hanoi, Vietnam · Part-time
Supervisors: Dr. Duc Chinh Hoang and Prof. Tung Lam Nguyen

Selected Publications

* equal contribution

2026

Hybrid inverse kinematics pipeline
Real-Time Conformal-Seeded Hybrid Inverse Kinematics for Offset Redundant Manipulators
Vu, D. C., Nguyen, V. T., Nguyen, D. H., Nguyen, M. C., Tran, V. T., & Vu, M. N.
RA-LIEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026
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Humanoid robot carrying a box
Adaptive Whole-Body MPC with Optimal Posture Planning for Humanoid Robots under Unknown Payloads
Nguyen, M. C.*, Vu, D. C.*, Vu, V. A., Pham, D. T., Nguyen, T., Phung, M. H., Ngo, A. V., & Vu, M. N.
HumanoidsIEEE-RAS 25th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2026), 2026
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Ball-balancing robot
Unifying hierarchical sliding mode control and control barrier function for tilt angle constraint of a ball-balancing robot
Nguyen, T. T. H., Vu, D. C., Pham, M. D., Nguyen, T. L., & Nguyen, T. V. A.
IET CSRIET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, 2026
paper

2025

AUV trajectory tracking
Glocal trajectory generation and tracking control for AUVs with optimal coverage sensor networks
Vu, D. C.*, Tran, S.*, Nguyen, T. L., & Hoang, D. C.
OEOcean Engineering, 2025
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Ship-mounted Stewart platform
Lagrangian-based modeling and safety-critical controls for Stewart platforms under marine operations
Vu, D. C., Nguyen, D. H., Vu, M. N., & Nguyen, T. L.
OEOcean Engineering, 340, 122142, 2025
paper pdf
Ballbot obstacle avoidance
CBFs-based model predictive control for obstacle avoidance with tilt angle limitation for ball-balancing robots
Pham, M. D., Vu, D. C., Nguyen, T. T. H., Nguyen, T. V. A., Vu, M. N., & Nguyen, T. L.
AccessIEEE Access, 2025
paper pdf
Stewart platform motion tracking
A novel approach of consensus-based finite-time distributed sliding mode control for Stewart platform manipulators motion tracking
Vu, D. C., Nguyen, D. H., & Nguyen, T. L.
RINENGResults in Engineering, 2025
paper pdf

2024

Ballbot trajectory tracking
Time-optimal trajectory generation and observer-based hierarchical sliding mode control for ballbots with system constraints
Vu, D. C., Pham, M. D., Nguyen, T. T. H., Nguyen, T. V. A., & Nguyen, T. L.
IJRNCInternational Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2024
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