Fangxun (Billy) Zhong

Assistant Professor, Roboticist

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Zhiren Building, CUHK(SZ),

2001 Longxiang Boulevard,

Shenzhen, China

I am currently an assistant professor at School of Science Engineering and the Presidential Young Fellow of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ). I am also leading the Medical Robotics & Healthcare Intelligence Lab (MR·HI). I was a postdoctoral fellow with CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute (CURI) and, before that, I obtained my Ph.D. degree from Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in 2021. My Ph.D. and postdoctoral supervisor is Prof. Yun-Hui Liu. I obtained my B.Eng. degree from Department of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, in 2014. I am currently also the (joint) research associate of CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, and a member of IEEE and IEEE RAS.

My research interest includes robot autonomy in surgical applications, medical and healthcare robotics system, robot planning and control in complex environment, learning-driven 3D perception, etc.

I am looking for prospective MPhil and PhD students. If you are self-motivated to conduct research in medical robotics regarding motion planning and control, mechanical and mechatronics robot design, AI-enabled 3D sensing and actuation, feel free to contact me via email and drop your CV, thanks! :sparkles: :smile:

news

Feb 12, 2025 Our journal paper “Efficient Underwater Object Detection With Enhanced Feature Extraction and Fusion” has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, congratulations to my student Shaoming!
Jan 28, 2025 Our paper “6-DoF Shape Servoing of Deformable Objects in Co-Rotated Space of Modal Graph” has been accepted by IEEE ICRA 2025.
Jan 02, 2025 I am teaching CSC1006 Artificial Intelligence for Science and Engineering in AY24-25 Term 2 at CUHK(SZ). This is a newly proposed compulsory course served by School of Science Engineering for freshmen undergraduate students, with capacity of 300, building an interesting bridge for basic understanding of AI and its application in this world.
Dec 10, 2024 Two papers have been accepted by IEEE ROBIO 2024.
Sep 02, 2024 I am teaching ECE3060 Introduction to Robotics in AY24-25 Term 1 at CUHK(SZ). This is a newly proposed course in School of Science Engineering, also the first fundamental robotics course targeting undergrad students as a major elective.

selected publications

  1. T-RO
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    Robot–camera calibration in tightly constrained environment using interactive perception
    Fangxun Zhong, Bin Li, Wei Chen, and Yun-Hui Liu
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023
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    6 Google Scholar citations
  2. IJRR
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    Integrated planning and control of robotic surgical instruments for task autonomy
    Fangxun Zhong, and Yun-Hui Liu
    The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2023
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    5 Google Scholar citations
  3. RA-L
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    Hand-eye calibration of surgical instrument for robotic surgery using interactive manipulation
    Fangxun Zhong, Zerui Wang, Wei Chen, Kejing He, Yaqing Wang, and Yun-Hui Liu
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020
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    33 Google Scholar citations
  4. T-BME
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    Foot-controlled robot-enabled endoscope manipulator (freedom) for sinus surgery: Design, control, and evaluation
    Fangxun Zhong, Peng Li, Jiadong Shi, Zerui Wang, Jiahao Wu, Jason YK Chan, and 4 more authors
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2019
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    42 Google Scholar citations
  5. RA-L
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    Dual-arm robotic needle insertion with active tissue deformation for autonomous suturing
    Fangxun Zhong, Yaqing Wang, Zerui Wang, and Yun-Hui Liu
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019
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    87 Google Scholar citations