Training

I was trained on:

C++ (undergraduate course in HKU, projects in UCLA)
Python (self-trained on a variety of projects)
MATLAB (self-trained on a variety of projects)

I trained these undergraduate/high school students who interned at UCLA Bionics Lab:

Aaron Feldman (now at Caltech)
Ziran (Bruce) Gu (graduated from University of Michigan – Ann Arbor)
Jianan (Lance) Li

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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