{"id":3584,"date":"2026-06-02T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2026-06-15T03:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:38:50","slug":"ren-lab-showcases-robotics-research-at-icra-2026-in-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/news\/ren-lab-showcases-robotics-research-at-icra-2026-in-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"REN Lab Showcases Robotics Research at ICRA 2026 in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

REN Lab<\/strong> is excited to join #ICRA2026<\/strong> in Vienna! \ud83e\udd16\u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, our team will present a range of recent work across medical robotics<\/strong>, embodied intelligence<\/strong>, bioinspired design<\/strong>, and robot-assisted surgery<\/strong>. We look forward to sharing our research progress, exchanging ideas with the international robotics community, and connecting with colleagues and collaborators throughout the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Hongliang Ren\u2019s talk:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORKSHOP#1 \u2013 Medical Robot Workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 (https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/icra26-workshop-medical-robot<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 5 June, Friday, 9:20\u20139:50, Hall C<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk: Endoluminal Robotics & Embodied AI in vivo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WROKSHOP#2 \u2013 Origami Robot Workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/origamirob<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 5 June, Friday, 10:10-10:30, Hall C<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk: Origami and Kirigami Mechanisms in Medical Robotics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NeuroVLA: Surgical Scenario-Aware Learning of Debulking Skills in Endoscopic Robotic Neurosurgery Via Vision-Language-Action Model<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Zhiwei Fang, Chi Kit Ng, Huxin Gao, Tao Zhang, Zhiqing Tang, Tat-Ming Chan, Hongbin Liu, Renzhi Wang, Hongliang Ren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 2 June, Tuesday, 15:00\u201316:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Thl2l.287)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeoLanG: Geometry-Aware Language-Guided Grasping with Unified RGB-D Multimodal Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Rui Tang, Guankun Wang, Long Bai, Huxin Gao, Jiewen Lai, Chi Kit Ng, Jiazheng Wang, Fan Zhang, Hongliang Ren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 3 June, Wednesday, 9:00\u201310:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Wel1l.271)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Paper: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2602.04231<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/Tomry1114\/GeoLanG\/tree\/main<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TMR-VLA: Vision-Language-Action Model for Magnetic Motion Control of Tri-Leg Silicone-Based Soft Robot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Ruijie Tang, Chi Kit Ng, Kaixuan Wu, Long Bai, Guankun Wang, Yiming Huang, Yupeng Wang, Hongliang Ren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 3 June, Wednesday, 9:00\u201310:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Wel1l.311)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Paper: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/html\/2603.00420v1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SurgVidLM: Towards Multi-Grained Video Understanding with Large Language Model in Robot-Assisted Surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Guankun Wang, Junyi Wang, Wenjin Mo, Long Bai, Kun Yuan, Ming Hu, Jinlin Wu, Junjun He, Yiming Huang, Nicolas Padoy, Zhen Lei, Hongbin Liu, Nassir Navab, Hongliang Ren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 3 June, Wednesday, 15:00\u201316:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Wel12l.138)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Paper: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2506.17873<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/gkw0010\/SurgVidLM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine: Transendoscopic Telerobotic System: Heterogeneous Flexible Manipulators for Bimanual Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Huxin Gao, Xiaoxiao Yang, Tao Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Changsheng Li, Max Q.-H. Meng, Xiuli Zuo, Yanqing Li, Hongliang Ren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 3 June, Wednesday, 15:00\u201316:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Wel12l.332)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Paper: https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/11304144\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EndoDDC: Learning Sparse to Dense Reconstruction for Endoscopic Robotic Navigation Via Diffusion Depth Completion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Yinheng Lin, Yiming Huang, Beilei Cui, Long Bai, Huxin Gao, Hongliang Ren, Jiewen Lai<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 4 June, Thursday, 9:00\u201310:30 & 5 June Full day workshop @Embracing Intelligent Robotic Assistants for Robot-assisted Surgery in the Era of Embodied Intelligence: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Thl1l.111)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Paper: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2602.21893<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfa5 Code: https:\/\/github.com\/Yinheng-Lin\/EndoDDC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Paper Presentation 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bioinspired Kirigami Capsule Robot for Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Biopsy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors: Ruizhou Zhao, Yichen Chu, Shuwei Zhao, Wenchao Yue, Hongliang Ren, Raymond Shing-Yan Tang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddd3 4 June, Thursday, 9:00\u201310:30 & 5 June Full day workshop @Embracing Intelligent Robotic Assistants for Robot-assisted Surgery in the Era of Embodied Intelligence: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd Hall C, Interactive Session (Thl1l.204)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Paper: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2602.06207<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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