Publications
Peer-review Journals
K. Huang, Z. Cui, J. Lai, B. Lu and H. K. Chu, “Optimization of A Single-particle Micropatterning System with Robotic nDEP-Tweezers”, in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 818-832, Apr. 2022. @paper
K. Huang, I. A. Ajamieh, Z. Cui, J. Lai, J. K. Mills and H. K. Chu, “Automated Embryo Manipulation and Rotation via Robotic nDEP-tweezers”, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME), vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 2152-2163, Jul. 2021. @paper
K. Huang, B. Lu, J. Lai, and H. K. Chu, “Microchip System for Patterning Cells on Different Substrates via Negative Dielectrophoresis”, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TbioCAS), vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1063-1074, Oct. 2019. @paper
Q. Zhao, J. Lai, K. Huang, X. Hu, and H. K. Chu, “Shape estimation and control of a soft continuum robot under external payloads”, in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 2511-2522, Oct. 2022.
J. Lai, K. Huang, B. Lu, Q. Zhao, and H. K. Chu, “Verticalized-tip trajectory tracking of a 3d-printable soft continuum robot: Enabling surgical blood suction automation”, in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1545-1556, Jun. 2021.
B. Lu, H. K. Chu, K. C. Huang and J. Lai, “Surgical Suture Thread Detection and 3-D Reconstruction Using a Model-Free Approach in a Calibrated Stereo Visual System,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 792-803, Apr. 2020. @paper
B. Lu, X. Yu, J. Lai, K. C. Huang, K. C. C. Chan and H. K. Chu, “A Learning Approach for Suture Thread Detection With Feature Enhancement and Segmentation for 3-D Shape Reconstruction,” in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 858-870, Apr. 2020. @paper
B. Lu, H. K. CHU, K. C. Huang, and L. Cheng, “Vision-based Surgical Suture Looping through Trajectory Planning for Wound Suturing”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 542-556, Apr. 2019. @paper
Peer-review Conference Proceedings
K. Huang, Z. Cui, I. A. Ajamieh, J. Lai, J. K. Mills, and H. K. Chu, “Automated Single-microparticle Patterning System for Micro-analytics”, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Hong Kong, China, 2020, pp. 390-396. @paper @video
K. Huang, H. K. Chu, B. Lu, J. Lai and L. Cheng, “Automated Cell Patterning System with a Microchip using Dielectrophoresis,” 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, pp. 634-639. @paper
K. Huang, H. K. Chu, B. Lu, L. Cheng, “Characterization of a Microchip Device for Cell Patterning via Negative Dielectrophoresis”, 2018 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018, pp. 1521-1526. @paper
Z. Cui, K. Huang, B. Lu and H. K. Chu, “Automated Folding of a Deformable Thin Object through Robot Manipulators,” 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2020, pp. 4241-4248.
J. Lai, K. Huang, B. Lu and H. K. Chu, “Toward Vision-based Adaptive Configuring of A Bidirectional Two-Segment Soft Continuum Manipulator,” 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Boston, MA, USA, 2020, pp. 934-939. @paper @video
J. Lai, K. Huang and H. K. Chu, “A Learning-based Inverse Kinematics Solver for a Multi-Segment Continuum Robot in Robot-Independent Mapping,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Dali, China, 2019, pp. 576-582. (Best Paper Finalist Award.) @paper
Z. Cui, K. Huang, B. Lu, and H. K. Chu, “Three-Dimensional Localization of Needle Tip Immersed in Medium”, 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Hong Kong, China, 2019, pp. 507-512. @paper