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The Multi-Scale Embodied Intelligence (MSEI) Lab pioneers trustworthy embodied AI that operates reliably across physical scales. We create intelligent robotic systems spanning micro-scale biomedical manipulation and macro-scale dexterous interaction, enabling machines to perceive, learn, and act with high precision in real-world, safety-critical settings. Our aim is to advance technologies for scientific research, personalised homecare and healthcare, from lab automation to medical robotics.

Latest News

  • [05/2026] [Recruitment] I am delighted to host an AI for Science Research Fellow and MSCA Research Fellow in my group. Please contact me if you are interested in working with me.

  • [05/2026] [Recruitment] I plan to recruit a Research Assistant, co-supervised with Prof. Mengxing Tang, to work on 3D ultrasound and deep learning.

  • [05/2026] [Recruitment] Two fully funded PhD positions are available. Interested applicants are encouraged to get in touch.

  • [05/2026]  [Event] I am delighted to know that our workshop proposal entitled 'Safe World Models for Trustworthy Embodied AI' has been accepted by 2026 IROS. Many thanks to my co-organisers!

  • [05/2026]  [Talk]  Dandan is delighted to be an invited speaker at a RSS workshop entitled 'Bridging AI and Robotics for Safer & Smarter Healthcare', which will take place in Sydney, Australia. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ai-and-healthcare-robotics/

  • [05/2026]  [Talk]  I am delighted to be invited to give a keynote talk at the upcoming BMVA Symposium on Human Behaviour Understanding: From Models to Real-World Deployment.

  • [05/2026]  [Event] 2026 ECCV Workshop website is now available: https://trustworthy-world-models.github.io/ECCV2026/

  • [05/2026]   [Paper] Congrats, Zongcai, Lan! Accepted paper has been nominated by the best conference paper at 2026 MARSS!

  • [05/2026]    [Paper] 1 paper accepted by ICML. Thanks my collaborators!

  • [04/2026]    [Paper] 1 paper accepted by RSS. Thanks my collaborators!

  • [04/2026]    [Event] Dandan is delighted to attend Imperial Media as One programme.

  • [04/2026]    [Paper] Congrats, Yongchen, Kangyi, Lan! Paper accepted by 2026 MARSS!

  • [04/2026]    [Grant] Dandan is delighted to receive the AI in Science / Lab Automation Event Fund towards CLAW (Collaborative Lab Automation Workshop) organisation. 

  • [04/2026]    [Event] Dandan is delighted to announce that our ECCV workshop proposal has been accepted. Many thanks to all the co-organizers for their joint efforts, and we look forward to the invited talks by all the speakers.

  • [04/2026]    [Award] Congrats, Zongcai for winning Imperial Travel Grant for 2026 ICRA!

  • [04/2026]    [Paper] Congrats, Zongcai, Lan! Paper was accepted by 2026 MARSS!

  • [04/2026]    [Visit] It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr Antoine Barbot and his PhD student, Valentin, from Femto-ST, CNRS, to visit our lab and attend CNRS-Imperial joint activities.

  • [04/2026]    [Talk] Dandan is delighted to give a talk on multimodal perception for robotic manipulation at the Tuojing Community World Model Forum.

  • [04/2026]    [Grant] Dandan is proud to join Wellcome Trust Bioimaging Technology Development Award Project Led by Prof Mengxing Tang! Thanks to the joint efforts from the whole team!

  • [04/2026]    [Paper] Congrats, Wen! Paper was accepted by Advanced Intelligent Systems.

  • [04/2026]    [Award] Congrats, Lan for winning the IX-WAI award!

  • [04/2026]    [Award] Congrats, Lan and Zongcai on being shortlisted for the Amazon Robotics Award!

  • [04/2026]    [Interview] Dandan was featured in Imperial Magazine, where she participated in an interview on AGI.

  • [03/2026]    [Member] Welcome Dr. Qiming Liu join our group as a visiting researcher.

  • [03/2026]    [Talk] Dandan delivered an Invited Talk at the “Curie Forum” x “Jincheng Forum” Spring Special organised by the Marie Curie Chinese Scholars Association at the University of Oxford.

  • [02/2026]    [Paper] Congrats, Zongcai, Kangyi, Lan! Paper was accepted by Cyborg and Bionic Systems.

  • [01/2026]    [Event] Dandan served as a panel member for a roundtable discussion at the World Model Forum

  • [01/2026]    [Talk] Dandan gave an invited talk at the 7th UK Manipulation workshop in Edinburgh

  • [01/2026]    [Event] Thank you, @Lan, for helping me design a new website for dissemination of our microrobotics research.
                       
    https://zhangrobotics.com/msei_website/

  • [01/2026]    [Paper] Congrats, 6 papers accepted by 2026 ICRA!

  • [01/2026]    [Talk] Dandan was invited to give a talk and join a panel discussion at the RoboSoft 2026 workshop in Kanazawa, Japan

  • [10/2025]    [Member] Welcome Mr. Piotr Blaszyk from AI for Healthcare CDT join our group as a PhD student.

  • [12/2025]    [Paper] Congrats, 1 paper accepted by Advanced Intelligent System! Thanks to the whole team!

  • [12/2025]    [Paper] Congrats, 1 paper accepted by IEEE TASE! Well done, Wen!

  • [11/2025]    [Paper] Congrats, Lan Wei won the best student paper award finalist at IEEE CBS 2025.

  • [10/2025]    [Member] Welcome Ms. Kangyi Lu join our group as a PhD student.

  • [10/2025]    [Member] Welcome Mr. Zongcai Tan join our group as a PhD student.

  • [08/2025]    [Award] Congrats, Dr. Zhang and Lan Wei won the IROS 2025 IES SYPA Travel Fund.

  • [08/2025]    [Paper] 1 paper accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (CBS 2025)

  • [07/2025]    [Paper] Congrats, Lan Wei won the best student paper with the highest score at MARSS 2025.

  • [07/2025]    [Event] We will organise the 1st Trustworthy Embodied Intelligence in Healthcare International Symposium at Imperial College, sponsored by Imperial-X

  • [06/2025]    [Paper] 1 paper on patch clamp multi-pipette localisation accepted at IROS’2025.

  • [04/2025]    [Paper] 2 papers on microrobots were accepted at MARSS’2025.

  • [10/2024]    [Grant] I submitted the ResearchFish at the end of the project funded by UKRI MRC.

  • [03/2025]    [Event] Wen Fan was featured in the Imperial-X PhD Research Spotlight interview series.

  • [02/2025]    [Event] We co-organised the 2nd MEIS Workshop at CVPR2025.

  • [02/2025]    [Paper] 2 papers accepted at ICRA’2025.

  • [01/2025]    [Talk] Dandan gave an invited talk at the 6th UK Manipulation workshop.

  • [01/2025]    [Paper] 1 paper accepted by the Cyborg and Bionic Systems.

  • [01/2025]    [Award] Dandan was shortlisted for AI Visionaries 2025.

  • [12/2024]    [Award] Congrats, Wen Fan won the Robotics Forum-Amazon PhD Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Robotics!

  • [10/2024]    [Grant] I am delighted to receive the Imperial-CNRS joint project funding to support PhD students for joint research activities.

  • [10/2024]    [Member] Welcome Ms. Lan Wei join our group as a PhD student.

Research Vision

 

We explore human-centred embodied intelligence, focusing on how robots achieve autonomy and adaptivity through the integration of perception, action, and physical interaction. While advances in artificial intelligence enable powerful general-purpose reasoning, real-world environments remain uncertain, dynamic, and often safety-critical. Our vision is to design robots that can sense precisely, act robustly, and learn through direct interaction with their surroundings, while remaining transparent, intuitive, and responsive to human needs.

If you are interested in our Microrobotics Work, please check:  https://zhangrobotics.com/msei_website/

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