Professor Liu, Yun-hui

Biography

Professor Yunhui Liu is Choh-Ming Li Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering. He received the Bachelor of Engineering degree at Beijing Institute of Technology in 1985, the Master of Engineering from Osaka University in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in Mathematical Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1992. After working at the Electrotechnical Laboratory of Japan as a Research Scientist, he joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995 and was promoted to a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering in 2002. He is currently the Director of the CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute.  Professor Liu is a globally renowned scholar in robotics and automation. His research interests include vision-based robotics, medical robotics, and machine intelligence. He has published over 250 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and was listed in the Highly Cited Authors (Engineering) by Thomson Reuters in 2013. Professor Liu has received numerous research awards from international journals and conferences and government agencies. His research is widely fund by Hong Kong RGC, ITF, the national strategic development grant, etc. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Robotics and Biomimetics, an IEEE Fellow, and a HKIE Fellow.  

Research Interest

Medical robotics, biomedical sensors and systems, vision-based control of robotic systems, aerial robots, mobile robotics, mutli-fingered grasping. Research Grants: Yunhui Liu (PI), et al., "A robotic assistant for manipulating uterus in hysterectomy," HK$4,999,720, Innovation and Technology Fund, 2012-2014. Yunhui Liu (PI), et al., "Development of a robotic system for nasal surgery", HK$998,023, Innovation and Technology Fund, 2010-2012. Yunhui Liu (PI), "Passivity-based Force Control of Medical Robots Interacting with Soft Tissues", HK$681,195, RGC GRF, 2012-2014. Yunhui Liu (PI), "Adaptive visual servoing of unmanned water surface robots", HK$1,224,000, RGC GRF, 2011-2013. Yunhui Liu (PI), "Fast Localization of Robots Using a Vision-Based Adaptive Estimator", HK$905,425, RGC, GRF, 2012-2015. Yunhui Liu (PI) grant, "Vision-based flying control of small autonomous helicopters", HK$1,086,040, RGC GRF, 2008-2011. Yunhui Liu (PI), et al., "Internet Robotics Innovation Park", HK$2,999,996, Innovation and Technology Fund, 2007-2009. Yunhui Liu (PI), et al., "Hand-in-Hand: Feel your touch over the Internet", HK$1,100,000, Innovation and Technology Fund, 2009-2011. Yunhui Liu (PI), et al., "Internet-based education for design and innovation", HK$1,750,000, Quality Education Fund, 2008-2010. Yunhui Liu (PI) et al., "Innovation technology education via internet-based robotics competitions", HK$2,000,000, Quality Education Fund, 2007-2009.