About Me

Roboticist, Entrepreneur, and Enthusiast

I am the Co-Founder & CTO of Cornerstone Robotics Limited. Before this, I was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering (MAE) and the CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

I earned my Ph.D. from CUHK’s MAE department with support from the prestigious Hong Kong PhD Fellowship. My advisor was Prof. Yun-hui Liu. In the final two years of my doctoral studies, I was fortunate to work as a visiting student at Johns Hopkins University in the Laboratory for Computational Sensing + Robotics. There, I collaborated with Prof. Peter Kazanzides and Prof. Russell H. Taylor. Prior to my Ph.D., I received my B.E. degree from Beihang University in China.

Education

• Ph.D. Degree, Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, Aug. 2013 ~ Jul. 2017
• Visiting Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, US, Jan. 2016 ~ Apr. 2017
• B.E. Degree, Quality and Reliability Engineering, Beihang University, China, Sep. 2009 ~ Jul. 2013

Professional Experience

Academic Service

• Associate Editor of 2019 IEEE/RSJ IROS
• Reviewer of Journals and Conferences:
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
  • Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  • Robotica
  • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2019, 2020
  • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2018, 2019, 2020

Grant

• Image-guided Automatic Robotic Surgery (Theme-based Research Scheme 2018/19, Co-Investigator, Total Research Funding: HK$47.341 millions equivalent to US$6.03 millions)

Examinership

• MPhil. Thesis Defense entitled “Development of Portable and Convenient to Use Cable Robot System” in July 2019
• MPhil. Thesis Defense entitled “Ray-based Interference Free Workspace Analysis and Path Planning for Cable-Driven Robots” in January 2019
• Ph.D. Thesis Defense entitled “Proprioception-Aided Visual State Estimation for Mobile Robots” in April 2019

Teaching

• MAEG 2020 Engineering Mechanics (Fall 2018, Enrollment: 98)

Teaching Assistance

• ENGG5402 Advanced Robotics (Spring 2015)
• ENGG1100 Introduction to Engineering Design (Fall 2014)
• MAEG1010 Introduction to Robot Design (Spring 2014)
• ENGG1100 Introduction to Engineering Design (Fall 2013)

Research Assistance

• Vision-based Calibration of Robot-Assisted MIS System (GRF-15)
• Development of a Robotic System for Nasal Surgery (ITF-14)
• Assistive Surgical Robots (CRF-13)
• A Robotic Assistant for Manipulating Uterus in Hysterectomy (ITF-12)