During the TGIF seminar held at SINAPSE, Mr. Sun Yi, our PhD student, shared his ICRA journey in Seattle USA and some cool researches on soft robotics he noted during the journey. Besides, Dr. Song Shuang, our research fellow, also shared his interesting stories during the academic conference journey to Halifax, Canada, where he won the best paper award!
Mr. Sun Yi: My ICRA journey and Information Sharing on Soft Robotics – Seattle USA
Abstract: ICRA – International Conference on Robotics and Automation is one of the leading conferences in robotics. I was honored to present my paper, and during the conference, I spent some time looking around Seattle.
Biography: Mr. Yi Sun is currently a PHD student in NGS under the supervision of Prof Hongliang Ren. His main research interests and focus is soft material based soft pneumatic robots and actuators. Before that he was working in EPFL Switzerland as research associate also in soft robotics.
Dr. Song Shuang: An academic conference journey to Halifax, Cananda
Abstract: CCECE2015 is the 28th annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE’2015) held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Here we will show some beautiful and interesting photos and stories during the travel and conference.
Biography: Dr. Shuang SONG received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Application Technology from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2013. Now he is a research fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE), National University of Singapore. He will be a Assistant Professor in Harbin Institute of Technology from July, 2015. He mainly focuses on the area of biomedical robotics. . His research interests include Magnetic tracking and actuation method for Bioengineering Applications, such as surgical robots and micro manipulations.
