Publications

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Peer-reviewed 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-reviewed 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