Aaron, Kun ZHANG

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Email: kun.zhang [at] connect[dot]ust [dot] hk

Research Interests:

Robotics Perception, Manipulation, & Mechatronic System Design

“利而不害，为而不争”

Currently, I am a PhD candidate from the Robotics Institute of HKUST. And working on the deformable object manipulation problem, especially textile and garment.

Update:

[06-June-2024] I passed my Ph.D. dissertation oral defense;
[29-May-2024] One paper was accepted by TRO;
[22-Sep-2023] One paper was accepted by RAL with ICRA2024;
[22-June-2023] One paper was accepted by IROS2023;
[25-May-2023] One paper was accepted by CASE2023;
[17-Jan-2023] One paper was accepted by ICRA2023;
[30-Oct-2020] I passed the PQE exam;
[18-Aug-2019] I started my Ph.D. journey at HKUST;

Experience:

[2021.05-2021.08] Tencent Robotics-X Lab Control Center Intern;
[2019.08-2019.12] Shenzhen Dorabot Company Robotics Software Intern;

Projects:

Mobile: Dynamic Objects Removal
[2023.01-2023.05]

-IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL),2023 [paper]

Design and Test of A Novel Modular Dexterous Gripper
[2022.10-2023.03]

-IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering(CASE),2023 [Paper] [Patent]

Peg-in-hole Manipulation
[2021.10-2022.09]

-IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA),2023 [paper]
-IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems(IROS),2023 [paper]

Joggling manipulation: Tossing
[2021.05 - 2021.08]

Prior work for : Tencent Robotics-X Bartending Demo: Tossing Part

Design and Test of A Novel Mobile Manipulator
[2021.01 - 2021.05]

Nonprehensile Manipulation: Ball Balancing
[2020.07-2020.10]

Design and Test of A Novel Modular Force Control Manipulator
[2020.02 - 2020.07]

Machine Tools Recognition System
[2016.10 - 2018.10]
-International Conference on Extreme Learning Machine(ELM),2018 [paper]
-Cognitive Computation,2018 [paper]
-IEEE Access,2020 [paper]

Intelligent Energy-saving Automatic Closing Device for Refrigerators
[2014.10 - 2015.05]
National innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students
[Patent] [Paper]