Yuchen LIANG
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IEEE Robosoft 2025 Art Gallery Award: The Breath of a GRACE
A big congratulations to Sweder van Dipten and Ming Chun Chan for winning the art gallery award for the second year in a row with their art installation titled “breath of a GRACE”. This project was a collaboration with artist brian LAU. With 18 three-dimensional artworks and 11 photographic artworks…
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Attend RoboSoft 2026
[Reposted from PI’s LinkedIn] Great to be back at RoboSoft! I enjoyed attending, and giving a talk at, the ‘Soft Transitions: Soft Robots for Land, Amphibious, Underwater Locomotion’ workshop organized by Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu, Poramate Manoonpong, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, and Kotaro Yasui. Congratulations to our HKUST Integrative Systems and Design…
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🌄 Tai Mo Shan Hiking Day! 🌄
We are excited to organize and facilitate a hiking outing to Tai Mo Shan for the Division of Integrative Systems and Design community. This event warmly invites all faculty members, staff, current students, and alumni of ISD to join us for a refreshing day outdoors, fostering connections and enjoying Hong…
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Prof. Rob SCHARFF honored with the AIS Teaching Excellence Award 2024/25
Prof. Scharff has made a significant impact in the classroom through his project-based learning approach. Over the past few years, he has taught multiple courses and received excellent feedback from students. His classes focus on hands-on experiences that enable students to apply their knowledge practically. Through engaging projects, students are encouraged…
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Outstanding Arts Exhibit 1st Place (RoboSoft 2025)
“Reciprocal Touch: The Art of Connection,” won at the 2025 Art Expo of the International Conference on Soft Robotics. Led by Sweder van Dipten (MPhil Year 1) and supported by Ming Chun Chan (PhD Year 1), Yuchen LIANG (PhD Year 1), and Mulan YU from Hefei University of Technology under…
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Attended IEEE RoboSoft 2025
Looking back on a wonderful 2025 IEEE RoboSoft in Lausanne, with a packed but fantastically organized program by Chairs Josie Hughes and Cosimo Della Santina! It was great to reconnect with familiar faces as well as meet many new ones.Our team contributed a paper by Yucheng LUO, an extended abstract…
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Application of biomimetic tongue substrate to investigate the role of friction and vibration in sensory texture perception
Author List: Liwen Huang, Chengjin Du, Rob BN Scharff, Lucia Beccai, Jun Wang, Dongdong Du Published in: Food Research International The suckers on the octopus arm play a pivotal role in the execution of tasks in unstructured environments by providing a means to grip objects as well as perceive the…
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Optoelectronically Innervated Suction Cup Inspired by the Octopus
Author List: Stein van Veggel, Michaël Wiertlewski, Eugeni L. Doubrovski, Adrie Kooijman, Barbara Mazzolai, and Rob B.N. Scharff Published in: Advanced Intelligent Systems The suckers on the octopus arm play a pivotal role in the execution of tasks in unstructured environments by providing a means to grip objects as well…
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Mechanochromic suction cups for local stress detection in soft robotics
Author List: Goffredo Giordano, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff, Marco Carlotti, Mariacristina Gagliardi, Carlo Filippeschi, Alessio Mondini, Antonio Papangelo, Barbara Mazzolai Published in: Advanced Intelligent Systems Advancements in smart soft materials are enhancing the capabilities of roboticmanipulators in object interactions and complex tasks. Mechanochromic materials, acting as lightweight sensors, offer easily…
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Development of a novel variable-curvature soft gripper used for orientating broccoli in the trimming line
Author List: Yongkai Ye, Chaoyue Han, Shuo Kang, Jianzhuang Zhao, Rob BN Scharff, Jun Wang, Dongdong Du Published in: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture Orientating the broccoli plays an important part in the trimming line, which helps reduce the redundant stalk length and provides accurate throughput data for sale. However,…