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The 3rd C4SR+ Workshop: Continuum, Compliant, Cooperative, Cognitive Surgical Robotic Systems in the Embodied Al Era. Continue reading

🧠 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: The presentation explored the challenges and opportunities in motion generation and perception for flexible robots operating in minimally invasive surgical environments. Prof. Ren emphasized the importance of image-guided robotic […]

In this project, we tackled the unique challenges of robotic endoscopy by integrating vision, language grounding, and motion planning into one end-to-end framework. EndoVLA enables: – Precise polyp tracking through surgeon-issued prompts – Delineation and following of abnormal mucosal regions […]

We built 𝐂𝐨𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐃 to help AI better understand surgical workflows—especially the complex motions involved in 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐄𝐒𝐃). The dataset includes: 📹 35+ […]

In this work, we tackled the challenge of training models that can keep learning new surgical instruments over time, without forgetting the old ones. Data imbalance made this especially tricky, so we proposed a plug-and-play framework that balances the data using inpainting and blending techniques, […]

Join us in the breathtaking landscapes of 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐞, China for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 […]

The paper is accepted for presentation at IPCAI2025, and we’re especially humbled to receive the 𝗹𝗛𝗨 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗗𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗱𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 […]

Dr. Yuan’s research advances the field of medical robotics, paving the way for innovative healthcare solutions. A well-deserved milestone after years of dedication and research! Special thanks to his supervisor: Prof. Hongliang Ren and Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng, as well as the examining committee […]

“𝐿𝑜𝑤-𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑘-𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝐸𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 […]

We extend our sincere gratitude to Prof. Tan Lee, Prof. Qi Dou, and Prof. S. Kevin Zhou for serving as examiners during Long Bai’s defense. Special thanks to his supervisors, Prof. Hongliang Ren and Prof. Jiewen Lai, for their invaluable guidance throughout his Ph.D. journey. During his time at […]

🗞️ We propose a multimodal Graph Representation network with Adversarial feature Disentanglement (GRAD) for robust surgical workflow recognition in challenging scenarios with domain shifts or corrupted data. Specifically, we introduce a Multimodal Disentanglement Graph Network (MDGNet) that […]

The 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐈𝐨𝐖𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓) will be held at The IEEE 11th World Forum on IoT in 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐮, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 […]

🏆 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 Tinghua Zhang, Sishen YUAN et al. for “PneumaOCT: Pneumatic optical coherence tomography endoscopy for targeted distortion-free imaging in tortuous and narrow internal lumens”, a collaboration between CUHK ABI Lab […]

This conference serves as a platform for researchers and practitioners to discuss advancements, challenges, and opportunities in information, automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, image processing, computer vision, DSP, and BME. 📅 Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025 🔗 Conference […]

In this work, we tackled a long‐standing challenge in soft tactile sensing—accurately localizing a contact point on a stretchable sensor even in the presence of strain and variable contact forces. Our approach uses ultrasonic scatter signals extracted from a soft waveguide to decouple these […]

1)     Three-Dimension Tip Force Perception and Axial Contact Location Identification for Flexible Endoscopy Using Tissue-Compliant Soft Distal Attachment Cap Sensors2)     TASEC: Rescaling Acquisition Strategy with Energy Constraints under Fusion Kernel for Active Incision Recommendation […]

🔍 This paper addresses several key challenges in PDT, including cross-contamination, constrained operative space, complex anatomy, and the lack of tactile feedback during manual procedures. To overcome these barriers, we propose an “inside-out” robotic system equipped with a retractable […]

This research presents an automatic calibration and dynamic registration method specifically designed for deformable tissues, integrating Augmented Reality (AR) technology to enhance surgical precision in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD). Our approach leverages a 6D pose estimator to align […]

In this paper, we explore the role of large vision models in advancing robot-assisted surgery, analyzing key developments and discussing future directions in AI-driven surgical innovation. By examining emerging trends and challenges, we contribute to the broader conversation on how intelligent […]

At the workshop “Origami and Kirigami: How Paper Folding and Cutting Have Revolutionized Soft Robotics and What’s Beyond” (https://lnkd.in/gsYvat-X), Professor Hongliang Ren delivered a keynote speech titled “Tetherless Reconfigurations at Origami-Continuum Interfaces.” Drawing from our […]

During his visit, our team had the opportunity to showcase our latest research efforts across a wide range of topics in surgical intelligence and automation, including augmented reality-assisted surgery, motion magnification, safe dissection trajectory planning, 3D scene understanding & […]

1️⃣ #ICRA2025 – “ETSM: Automating Dissection Trajectory Suggestion and Confidence Map-Based Safety Margin Prediction for Robot-assisted Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection” This work introduces a framework for predicting optimal dissection trajectories while integrating a confidence […]

Port wine stains (PWS) are congenital vascular malformations that can lead to significant psychological and physical complications if untreated. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a common treatment but shows variable efficacy due to the heterogeneous vascular architecture of PWS lesions. Current […]

Our paper entitled “Advancing Dense Endoscopic Reconstruction with Gaussian Splatting-driven Surface Normal-aware Tracking and Mapping” has been accepted at #ICRA2025! 🎉 Multi-view inconsistencies in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have long limited precise depth and surface reconstruction in […]

This recognition highlights Prof. Ren’s contributions to intelligent medical robotics and AI. Join us in congratulating Prof. Ren on this well-deserved achievement! 🎉👏 🔗 Check the awards inauguration ceremony at https://lnkd.in/gEAcPecJ Continue reading

– Background Open tracheostomy (OT) remains the gold standard for managing airway obstruction; however, it is associated with stringent procedural requirements, scarring, and risks of infection. Percutaneous dilation tracheostomy (PDT), while more cost-effective, less invasive, and safer for […]

This work introduces a modular robotic platform designed to assist in nasotracheal intubation, a critical yet challenging procedure in clinical settings. While orotracheal intubation robots have seen significant development, nasotracheal intubation remains underdeveloped, particularly in terms of […]

In this work, we introduce the Tangent Line Decomposition (TLD) algorithm, a new approach to finding collision-free paths in 2D polygon and 3D polyhedron environments. TLD simplifies path planning by breaking it into smaller steps, focusing on one key obstacle at a time. Instead of building a […]

In this post, we are pleased to share a paper entitled “Three-dimension Tip Force Perception and Axial Contact Location Identification for Flexible Endoscopy using Tissue-compliant Soft Distal Attachment Cap Sensors”, contributed by Zhang T†, Yang Yang†, Yang Yang, Huxin Gao, Sam, Jiewen […]

🎉 Congrates to WENCHAO YUE, Yunong, and all the collaborators! Continue reading

Here are some highlights: 1. Our lab members Sishen YUAN, Tao Zhang, YIMING HUANG, and Yupeng Wang presented 6 papers covering medical robotics, augmented reality, and surgical scene rendering, among others. 2. One of our accepted papers, entitled “Multimodal Augmented Reality Assisted Incision […]

During the 2024 International Automatic Control Conference (CACS 2024, https://lnkd.in/gYVg4tx5), Prof. Hongliang Ren was invited as a keynote speaker and delivered a talk on “Compliant Robotic Motion Control and Perception Towards Intelligent Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures”. The […]

Workshop 1: Multisensory Transparency-Augmented Teleoperation in Extreme Environments (https://lnkd.in/gcgvKa_h) Talk Title: Multisensory augmentation and learning of robotic teleoperation in surgical environments Workshop 2: 2nd Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Robotics: Bridging ML Theory […]

During the 2nd Hong Kong Clinical-Driven Robotics and Embodied AI TEchnology (#CREATE) Symposium held by Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, CAS, our lab lead Prof. Hongliang Ren gave a talk entiled “Compliant Endoscopic Multisensory […]

A particular highlight was our effort towards automated and intelligent Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) surgery, empowered by our indigenous DREAMS (Dual-arm Robotic Endoscopic Assistant for Minimally Invasive Surgery, https://lnkd.in/gQ3PcMsn) platform. We demonstrated how this platform […]

On the Info Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2024, we were thrilled to see a big crowd of visitors joining the admission talk and special event “𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 […]

We are thrilled to share a new research paper that’s just been published in *Communications Engineering*, showcasing a remarkable advancement in the field of origami-inspired tiny robots. 📰✨ **🔗 [Untethered Bistable Origami Crawler for Confined Applications](https://lnkd.in/gpJHEM-q) ### […]

We’re delighted to share that 6 papers from our lab have been accepted at IEEE ROBIO 2024 (https://lnkd.in/gXQYD7By)! Our team has made significant contributions to the field of robotic surgery, with a diverse range of research topics including: – Neural Rendering – Gaussian Splatting – […]

Our paper entitled “LighTDiff: Surgical Endoscopic Image Low-Light Enhancement with T-Diffusion”, led by our former lab member Tong Chen, Qingcheng Lyu, and our PhD student Long Bai, has been awarded the 🎊MICCAI 2024 Best Paper Runner-Up!🎊 This is a collaborative work between the lab of […]

Robotic endoscopes play a crucial role in diagnosing gastrointestinal disease and performing tumor resections. While current research primarily focuses on autonomously controlling rigid robots, establishing control models for flexible robots remains challenging. To address this, model-free deep […]

We will present 4 main conference papers and 4 workshop/challenge papers in #MICCAI2024, Marrakesh, Morocco. These cover interesting topics such as #DDPM, Low-light Image Enhancement, #GaussianSplatting, Depth Reconstruction, Data Robustness, and Medical Image Segmentation. Congrates to all of our […]

This system facilitates targeted, minimally invasive neuroimaging with an axial resolution of about 2.4 μm and a transverse resolution of around 4.5 μm in the deep brain in vivo. The skullbot enables precise deployment of the neuroendoscope with a targeting accuracy of ±1.5 mm transversely and […]

We are thrilled to share that our latest research paper “Enhancing Anti-interference of Magnetic Tracking: A MagRobustNet-based Framework with Self-supervised Anomaly Detection and Measurements Recovery” has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics! Magnetic tracking […]

Flexible tactile sensors have garnered significant attention due to their flexible, lightweight, and comfortable nature, catering to the growing demands in various applications such as human-machine interfaces, healthcare, and robotics. However, it remains a challenge to achieve precise contact […]

Our team has developed a telerobotic OCT endoscope that overcomes the limitations of traditional systems. This innovative device offers high-resolution imaging, reduced thermal and electrical risks, and guidewire-independent navigation. Steerable angles up to 110° and distortion-free 3D imaging in […]

The complex anatomy of internal luminal organs, like bronchioles, poses challenges for endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT). These challenges include limited steerability for targeted imaging and nonuniform rotation distortion (NURD) with proximal scanning. Using rotary micromotors for […]

Impact: The reconfigurability of magnetic tracking systems (MTSs) allows for its application in workspaces of different sizes. For instance, with appropriate configuration adjustments, it can be utilized for tasks such as tongue tracking in the head, tracheal intubation navigation in the neck, and […]

In this work, we tackle the challenge of open-set recognition in surgical robotics. Our novel OSSAR framework improves the ability to classify known surgical activities while also detecting unknown activities that weren’t seen during training. Key contributions: • A hyperspherical reciprocal […]

Impact: Traditional magnetic tracking approaches based on mathematical models and optimization algorithms are computationally intensive, depend on initial guesses, and do not guarantee convergence to a global optimum. Here we propose an annular magnet pose estimation network (called AMagPoseNet) […]

Great collaboration between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Quanzhou Institute of Equipment Manufacturing, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 🤝 The superposition of the geomagnetic vector and the magnetic field vector generated by the permanent magnet (PM) leads to the […]

Existing wearable MTSs are fixed in size and cannot accommodate patients with diverse abdominal circumferences. Here we propose a wearable and reconfigurable MTS. First, we design a reconfigurable sensor array inspired by the structure of bamboo slips, allowing it to conform to the abdominal […]

In the study of minimally invasive surgical robots, a mini parallel continuum robot (PCR) has shown motion advantage after passing through a long and winding working channel. However, due to the interaction force between the elastic wires of the parallel robots during motion generation processes, […]

Capsule endoscopes, predominantly serving diagnostic functions, provide lucid internal imagery but are devoid of surgical or therapeutic capabilities. Consequently, despite lesion detection, physicians frequently resort to traditional endoscopic or open surgical procedures for treatment, resulting […]

Helicobacter pylori, a pervasive bacterial infection associated with gastrointestinal disorders such as gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer, impacts approximately 50% of the global population. The efficacy of standard clinical eradication therapies is diminishing due to the rise of […]

🔍 In this paper, we unveil an innovative autonomous palpation-based acquisition strategy – RASEC, designed for the tracheal region. RASEC predicts the next acquisition point interactively, maximizing expected information and minimizing palpation procedure costs. By leveraging a Gaussian […]

💡 Soft pneumatic actuators are at the heart of soft robotics, offering reliability, safety, and flexibility. However, conventional bulky air compressors and pipes have limited their integration and lightweight design. Enter the Peltier pouch motor (PPM), a cutting-edge soft thermoelectric-based […]

The paper is available at https://lnkd.in/gfS5fGSw The research is the result of a remarkable collaboration between Yang Yang from CUHK and ZJU, Sam, Jiewen Lai from CUHK, Chaochao Xu from NUS, Zhiguo He and Pengcheng Jiao from ZJU, and Hongliang Ren from CUHK and NUS. 👇 Open the below […]

Developing a multi-functional magnetic-driven soft robot to carry out various medical missions remains challenging. In this work, we design a tripedal soft magnetic robot with three radial magnetized cylindric permanent magnets embedded in three soles. The motion modalities for movement include […]

Our work proposes the Curriculum-based Augmented Fourier Domain Adaptation (Curri-AFDA) and proves to achieve superior adaptation, generalization, and robustness performance for medical image segmentation. **Motivation** Medical image segmentation is key to improving computer-assisted diagnosis and […]

This paper is an extended version of our #ICRA2023 Surgical-VQLA. Our method can serve as an effective and reliable tool to assist in surgical education and clinical decision-making by providing more insightful analyses of surgical scenes. ✨ Key Contributions in the journal version: – A dual […]

In this work, through incorporating a set of learnable parameters to prompt the learning targets, the diffusion model can effectively address the unified illumination correction challenge in capsule endoscopy. We also propose a new capsule endoscopy dataset including underexposed and overexposed […]

We’re excited to share our latest research on the Segment Anything Model (SAM) 2. This empirical evaluation uncovers SAM 2’s robustness and generalization capabilities in surgical image/video segmentation, a critical component for enhancing precision and safety in the operating room. 🔬 **Key […]

In our recent work, “Privacy-Preserving Synthetic Continual Semantic Segmentation for Robotic Surgery”, which was published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, we propose a state-of-the-art framework for continual semantic segmentation in robotic surgery. This breakthrough addresses […]

For more information, please visit the workshop homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/iros-2025-c4sr/ Continue reading

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐈𝐂𝐁𝐈𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 | 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟔–𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 | 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐞, 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐮, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 Join us in the breathtaking landscapes of […]

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Congratulations to the following members (Long, Beilei, Yiming) for the papers accepted and to be presented by MICCAI2024 (accepted 858 out of 2771 papers this year, reaching an acceptance rate of 31%): Endo-4DGS: Endoscopic Monocular Scene Reconstruction with 4D Gaussian Splatting EndoUIC: […]

Congratulations to Beilei and Mobarakl for the paper “Surgical-DINO: Adapter Learning of Foundation Models for Depth Estimation in Endoscopic Surgery, (Beilei Cui, Mobarakol Islam, Long Bai, Hongliang Ren) Shortlisted for competing for the IPCAI2024 Best Paper Award and long presentation at  […]

Dr. Ren won the Young Researcher Award 2024, CUHK, Congratulations!   The Young Researcher Award is nominated annually by each Faculty to recognize young academic staff with exemplary research achievements. The Award consists of a plaque and an amount of HK$ I 00,000 in the form of a research […]

Chi Kit received the Most Creativity Award at the CUHK Capstone Project Presentation Competition 2024 for his FYP work on enhancing autonomy in robotic surgery. Congratulations!     Continue reading

Congratulations to the following members for the papers accepted by ICRA2024 Japan and presentations at  ICRA2024: Chained Flexible Capsule Endoscope: Unraveling the Conundrum of Size Limitations and Functional Integration for Gastrointestinal Transitivity Magnetic-Guided Flexible Origami Robot […]

Congratulations to the following members for the presentations at  IJCAI2023 Macau, IJCAI2023 Symposium on Multimodal Reasoning – Techniques, Applications, and Challenges: Multimodal Reasoning and Language Prompting for Interactive Learning Assistant for Robotic Surgery. Gokul Kannan, […]

          Congratulations to the following members for the papers accepted and presented by MICCAI2023: Revisiting distillation for continual learning on visual question localized-answering in robotic surgery   L Bai, M Islam, H Ren* Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention […]

Our Team projects Skull mountable robot won awards at The 9th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, organized by Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, in Jun 2023! Third-place Award: Skull mountable robot Continue reading

Congratulations to the following members for the papers accepted by ICRA2023 and presentations at  ICRA2023: Surgical-VQLA: transformer with gated vision-language embedding for visual question localized-answering in robotic surgery L Bai, M Islam, L Seenivasan, H Ren* arXiv preprint […]

Our Team (Ruoyi, Jiewen, et al..) project Vision-guided Fiberoptic Nasotracheal Intubation Robot won Silver Medal, at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva,  in April 2023! The project was also showcased at Continue reading

Dr. Ren won the Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award (Hong Kong) 2022 with research on intragastric balloons. More information can be found at: https://healthylongevitychallenge.org/winners/swallowable-encapsuled-multi-stable-intragastric-balloons-for-obesity-treatment-semibot/ CUHK bags three wins at […]

Congratulations to the following members for the papers accepted by MICCAI2022: An et al Rethinking Surgical Instrument Segmentation: A Background Image Can Be All You Need Lalith et al Surgical-VQA: Visual Question Answering in Surgical Scenes using Transformer Mengya et al Rethinking Surgical […]

Our Team projects Modular Parallel Robot and Magnetic Capsule won awards at The 8th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, organized by Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, on May 27-28, 2022! Third-place Award: Magnetic Capsule, Presented by Sishen […]

Congratulations to the following members for the 3 papers accepted by ICRA2022 and presentations at  ICRA2022: Godwin: Chip-Less Real-Time Wireless Sensing of Endotracheal Intubation Tubes by Printing and Mounting Conformable Antenna Tag  Lalith: Global-Reasoned Multi-Task Learning Model for […]

Dr. Ren, together with Godwin, was invited to give a talk at IEEE IMBioC (International Microwave Biomedical Conference) 2022, on Kirigami Strain Sensors Using Conductive Trace and Radio Frequency Estimation for Robotics. Related webpages: http://www.nusri.cn/IMBioC2022/    Continue reading

Our Team projects Skull-bot and Magnetic Capsule won awards at EMedic Global 2021! Silver Award: Skull-bot Best Presentation Award: Skull-bot https://youtu.be/xrwjYkMsktA Technical Challenge Award: Magnetic Capsule  https://youtu.be/XxlTGHfyLeY Continue reading

Dr. Ren was invited to give 2 talks at 2021 ISMR (International Symposium on Medical Robotics) workshops Talk 1: “Flexible Endoluminal Robotics with Minimal Invasiveness and Exposure” for workshop on “Model-based Design, Sensing, and Control of Continuum Manipulators and Robotic Flexible […]

Dr. Ren was invited to give a keynote speech at the 2021 ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) RoPat workshop on ‘Robot-Assisted Systems for Medical Training’ Related webpage: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/morph-lab/events/ropat21-icra-workshop/ Surgical motion generation and […]

Dr. Ren was invited to talk at 2021 ICEE workshop on Safeguarding Public Health During Infectious Disease Pandemics Using Medical Robotics, Wearable Technology, and AI.  Related webpages: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/2021-icee-workshop Pilot Study of Trans-oral Robotics to Meet the Minimal […]

Congratulations to the following members for the papers accepted by ICRA2021 and presentations at pre-ICRA2021: Menya Learning Domain Adaptation with Model Calibration for Surgical Report Generation in Robotic Surgery https://youtu.be/Eu-ryJ9OyTM Godwin Chip-Less Wireless Sensing of Origami […]

Congratulations to the following members for the papers accepted by ICRA2021 including 2 concurrently by RA-L: Xiao et al Magnetically-Connected Modular Reconfigurable Mini-Robotic System with Bilateral Isokinematic Mapping and Fast On-Site Assembly towards Minimally Invasive […]

Congratulations to Kirthika, 2nd place winner, of the 2020 EMB Singapore Symposium student abstract competition! Related webpages: https://www.ieeesingapore.org/event/embs-symposium2020/ https://pacificyeah.wixsite.com/embcsg2020 Continue reading

Dr. Ren was invited to talk at IEEE EMB Singapore Symposium 2020 on Transluminal Robotics and Perception with Images.  Related webpages: https://www.ieeesingapore.org/event/embs-symposium2020/ https://pacificyeah.wixsite.com/embcsg2020 Continue reading

ICBME 2019 Special Symposium on Surgical Robotics Organizing Chair: Hongliang Ren    Themes Computer-Assisted Surgery Flexible Robotics and navigation in Surgery Artificial Intelligence in Robotic Surgery Date: Dec 11, 2019, EA Speakers and Topics 1600 – 1615 Robotic Intervention Utilizing […]

A seminar on ‘Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors for Personalized Healthcare’ was given by Prof. Wei Gao of Caltech. Abstract: The rising research interest in personalized medicine promises to revolutionize traditional medical practices. This presents a tremendous opportunity for developing […]

Our team’s Skullbot and ACTORS robots were showcased for NUS Engineering Industry Day 2019 in conjunction with ICBME 2019.           Continue reading

Our Team projects RNOTES and Deep Needle were shortlisted for EMedic Global 2019 Continue reading

Our Team projects Skullbot won the best structure award for 2019 Global Innovation Design Competition of Medical Robotics together with 50000RMB project fund. Continue reading

Our paper entitled “Biomimetic Stretchable Sensor Resembling Shar-Pei Crumples with 2D Materials towards Collaborative Robotic Minimally Invasive Procedures” (by Parita Sanghani, Catherine Jiayi Cai, Ting-Hsiang Chang, Benjamin Delecourt, Chwee Ming Lim, Po-Yen Chen, Hongliang Ren) was awarded […]

Dr. Ren delivered a plenary talk at ROBIO’19, the 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, on the topic of “Proprioceptive Transluminal Robotics in Connection with Monkey King”. Continue reading

A seminar on Medical Robot Systems for Laparoscopic, Endoscopic, Microscopic Surgeries was given by Prof. Dong-Soo Kwon from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).   Continue reading

Dr. Ren delivered a plenary talk at BDML’19, the 2019 International Conference on Big Data and Machine Learning, on the topic of Representation Learning in Multimodal Spatiotemporal Image-Guided Procedures, at Chengdu, China.   Continue reading

Dr. Ren was invited to talk at IEEE IROS Workshop on Intelligent Robot Interaction with the Anatomy at Macau.  Continue reading

Dr. Ren delivered a keynote talk at ICSRIH’19, the 2019 International Conference on Surgical Robots and Intelligent Healthcare (ICMSR 2019), on the topic of Medical sensing and stretchable continuum, at Shanghai, China (Hosted by Shanghai Institute of Healthcare and Medical Science). Continue […]