Research Projects

A Bellows-based Needle Insertion Robot with 2-DoF RCM Constraint

Lumbar injection is a minimally invasive spine procedure to relieve pain in patients with chronic low back pain. It requires accurate needle targeting...

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A Retrieval-Augmented Framework Enabling Spatial-Awareness in VLM for Object-Centric Robot Manipulation

Connecting the semantic reasoning of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to the precise geometric demands of robotic manipulation remains a fundamental chal...

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A Semi-autonomous Stereotactic Brain Biopsy Robotic System with Enhanced Safety

Brain biopsy is the gold standard to determine the type and grade of brain tumours. In current clinical practice, the cannula insertion and applicatio...

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Embodied Healthcare Service Robotics for Hospital and Patient Assistance

Healthcare environments are facing increasing pressure from aging populations, growing service demands, and shortages of healthcare workers and caregi...

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Embodied Intelligence Platform for Surgical Robot Automation

Surgical robot automation has the potential to improve efficiency, consistency, and human productivity in minimally invasive surgery. However, existin...

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Hopebotics Limited Wearable Exoskeletons for Stroke Rehabilitation

Hopebotics is a young start-up company focusing on stroke rehabilitation using soft wearable robotics. We are founded by Prof. Raymond Tong, Dr. Xiang...

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Image-guided Automatic Robotic Surgery

Autonomy is the next-level technology to be explored in the field of surgical robotics. We have developed automated intra-operative surgical procedure...

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Intelligent Surgical Robotic Assistant with Multimodal-Al Perception and Interaction

The project integrates advanced robotic hardware, real-time control algorithms, multimodal perception, and AI-driven human–robot interaction. Two repr...

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MRI Compatible Neurosurgical Robot Driven by SMA for Tumour Ablation

Laser-induced thermal therapy of tumour under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance has become the preferred alternative to surgical retraction du...

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Magnetic Anchored and Guided Endoscope (MAGS) for Single Incision Surgery

Conventional laparoscopes are poorly designed for single port surgery, plagued by the following problems: 1. The long rigid body limits camera motion...

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OPA-Pack Object-Property-Aware Robotic Bin Packing

Robotic bin packing aids in a wide range of real-world scenarios, such as e-commerce and warehouses. Yet, existing works focus mainly on considering o...

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Rethinking Intermediate Representation for VLM-based Robot Manipulation

Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have become an essential component to enable robust robot manipulation. However, using them to translate human instructi...

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UAS and AI Technologies for Autonomous Built Asset Inspection and Management

We developed a fully autonomous built asset inspection and information management system with advanced drone and AI technologies. Our system is compos...

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Ultra-Low Heavy-Duty Autonomous Mobile Robot

Material transportation on construction sites, particularly for the assembly of slide‑in Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) units, is a critical ye...

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