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Readings

“Into the Wild”, by Jon Krakauer (A nonfiction about Christopher Johnson McCandless’s life)

Music

Space Circus (e.g., Funky Caravan)
PRISM (e.g., Beneath The Sea)
Yoshimi Ueno 上野好美 (e.g., 太古の海鳴り)

News

12/29/2021: “Image-Based Regulation of Mobile Robots without Pose Measurements” published on IEEE Control Systems Letters
11/12/2021: I co-organized the 2nd workshop “Safe Human-Robot Interaction: Sensing, Modeling, and Learning” under ICSR 2021
09/23/2021: “A Survey on AI-Driven Digital Twins in Industry 4.0: Smart Manufacturing and Advanced Robotics” published on Sensors
07/12/2021: I co-organized a workshop “Rehabilitation Using Robots: Past, Present, and Future” under IEEE/ASME AIM 2021
2/10/2021: “Robots under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Survey” was selected as a Featured Article of IEEE Access
2/2/2021: “Sensor Reduction, Estimation, and Control of an Upper-Limb Exoskeleton” published on IEEE RA-L
1/13/2021: a journal paper “Sensor Reduction, Estimation, and Control of an Upper-Limb Exoskeleton”
was accepted by IEEE RA-L
1/8/2021: our paper “Identification and Engagement of Passive Subjects in Multiparty Conversations by a Humanoid Robot” was accepted to ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021) Late-Breaking Reports
12/18/2020: a survey journal paper “Robots under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Survey” led by me was published
11/14-15/2020: I co-organized a workshop “Safe Human-Robot Interaction: Sensing, Modeling, and Learning” under ICSR 2020
10/15/2020: a co-authored paper was published under IEEE BioRob 2020
11/23/2019: the book Wearable Robotics: Systems and Applications was published, I contributed 3 chapters
08/15/2019: started working at UBTECH North America Research and Development Center, Los Angeles, CA
07/08/2019: I co-organized a workshop “Towards Soft Robotics for Biomimetics and Applications: Emerging Sensors, Actuators, and Methods” under the 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
06/14/2019: officially got my Ph.D. degree
06/04/2019: research covered by LA Times and UCLA MAE
06/03/2019: the abstract of my dissertation “Control and Dynamic Manipulability of a Dual-Arm/Hand Robotic Exoskeleton System (EXO-UL8) for Rehabilitation Training in Virtual Reality” available on eScholarship
05/31/2019: defended my dissertation
05/28/2019: research covered in a blog
04/01/2019: one paper accepted to ICORR 2019, Toronto, Canada (accepted as Oral Presentation, updated 05/15/2019)
03/26-28/2019: attended WearRAcon 2019 at Scottsdale, AZ (honored to be an Associate Editor for the conference)
02/05-07/2019: attended MD&M West and ATX West 2019 @ Anaheim, CA
01/09/2019: work on EXO-UL8 exoskeleton system covered in PLASMA Magazine – Biorobotics
01/2019: two book chapters submitted
11/09/2018: attended BARS 2018 @ Stanford, CA
09/25-27/2018: attended RoboBusiness @ Santa Clara, CA
06/29/2018: one paper accepted to WeRob 2018
06/18/2018: Started Robotics Software Engineering Intern @ Seismic (formerly SuperFlex @ SRI International)
06/02/2018: Hosted a lab tour by Busan Il Science High School
05/02/2018: Early Career Researcher Prize Finalist covered by Sparrho
04/29/2018: TEDxPaloAlto (video) @ Palo Alto, CA
04/26/2018: Retail Robotics & AI Conference @ San Francisco, CA
04/06/2018: one paper accepted to EMBC 2018 (PDF)
03/21-23/2018: WearRAcon @ Scottsdale, AZ
01/18/2018: VR demo for CES 2018 @ UCLA Anderson
12/02/2017: a student Aaron Feldman presented one paper at IEEE SPMB 2017
11/20/2017: gave a seminar at Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour (IPAB), the University of Edinburgh
11/20/2017: gave a talk at Dr. Xianwen Kong’s lab, Heriot-Watt University
11/15/2017: gave a talk at Exoskeleton Design Through Optimization and Adaptive Control workshop affiliated with Humanoids 2017
11/9-10/2017: attended ACM XRDS‘s editorial meeting at New York City, USA
09/18/2017: one paper accepted to Humanoids 2017, Birmingham, UK (PDF) (DOI: 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2017.8246894)
Winter 2017: assisted a course on robotic dynamics
04/23/2016: Awarded a scholarship from Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC), Los Angeles, CA
04/07/2016: Invited demo at ETH Meets California, Cybathlon: Assistive Robotic Tech to Navigate the World, San Francisco, CA
03/01/2016: Semi-Finalist, presented “Virtual Reality-Based Bilateral Movement Training in Upper Extremity Post-Stroke Rehabilitation” at 2nd UCLA Annual Grad Slam Research Presentation Competition, Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2016: MAE Open House Poster Competition Prize at MAE Dept. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
10/09/2015: Started working as a feature editor at ACM XRDS
06/23/2015: Invited to present the work on virtual reality training games at 16th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, Santa Cruz, CA
02/06/2014: Poster session at 2014 UCLA Tech Forum, Los Angeles, CA

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