{"id":3419,"date":"2026-02-12T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:41:35","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%80-we-had-a-fantastic-time-at-%f0%9d%97%96%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%97%a5%f0%9d%97%9f-%f0%9d%9f%ae%f0%9d%9f%ac%f0%9d%9f%ae%f0%9d%9f%b1-seoul-presenting-our-paper-%f0%9d%97%98%f0%9d%97%bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%80-we-had-a-fantastic-time-at-%f0%9d%97%96%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%97%a5%f0%9d%97%9f-%f0%9d%9f%ae%f0%9d%9f%ac%f0%9d%9f%ae%f0%9d%9f%b1-seoul-presenting-our-paper-%f0%9d%97%98%f0%9d%97%bb\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude80 We had a fantastic time at \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\udde5\ud835\udddf \ud835\udfee\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff1 (Seoul)\u2014presenting our paper \ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddfc\ud835\udde9\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd4: 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RFT) to turn language prompts into robust tracking and motor commands for a continuum endoscope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A highlight was a meeting with Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Ken Goldberg<\/a>\u2014especially meaningful since Prof. Ren previously served as a postdoc at UC Berkeley, keeping our CUHK\u2194\ufe0eUCB connection strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d Huge thanks to collaborators and everyone who stopped by the poster!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Chi Kit Ng<\/a>*, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Long Bai<\/a>*, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Guankun Wang<\/a>*, Yupeng Wang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Huxin Gao<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Kun Yuan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Chenhan Jin<\/a>, Tieyong Zeng, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Hongliang Ren<\/a>\u2028Affiliations: CUHK, TUM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D5622AQFimFNxk1dbXw\/feedshare-shrink_800\/B56ZmjLDoUG4Ag-\/0\/1759379209805?e=1772668800&amp;v=beta&amp;t=VSqVYd69B2yiGcRsbmqZM1gMxVzBzQ3SzHDJNcLjYxU\" alt=\"No alternative text description for this image\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D5622AQHzOjhbNS2A4g\/feedshare-shrink_800\/B56ZmjLDn8JkAk-\/0\/1759379209337?e=1772668800&amp;v=beta&amp;t=hpjEM4mr535SXwDhYdtXvihGnckbcNaGCJU8QfXIV4o\" alt=\"No alternative text 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