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Our Team

This page introduces the academic staff, collaborators, research associates (PDRAs), technicians, research assistants, PhD students, MSc students, interns, visiting scholars etc.

Academic Staff

2022-Present

Team Members

Wen Fan

Research Assistant, 2021

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Co-Supervisors:

Prof Weiru Liu

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Research Interest:

Deep learning, XAI, Robot Learning, Tactile Perception

Jialin Lin

Research Assistant, 2022

PhD student, 2023

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Co-Supervisors:

Prof Weiru Liu

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Research Interest:

Internet of Things

Surgical Training

Qingzheng Cong

MSc student

PG, BioRobotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Tactile Robotics

Robotic Hand Design

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Chenghua Lu

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Inerest:

soft robotics

Ziqi Xiong

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Deep Learning

Microrobotics

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Frederick Cammegh

MEng student

Engineering Math

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-supervisor:

Daniel Freer

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Research Interest:

Deep Learning

Robot Manipulation

Zheng Dong

Research Intern, 2023

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Large AI Models

Internet of Things

Natural Language Processing

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Xiaoqing Guo

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Co-Supervisors:

Nathan Lepora

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Research Interest:

Tactile Robotics,

Haptics,

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Yiwei Shi

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Prof. Weiru Liu

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Explainable AI

Reinforcement Learning

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Peiyang Jiang

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Extended Reality

Robot-Assisted Microsurgery

Reinforcement Learning

Muhuan Wu

MSc student

PG, Biorobotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Robot Learning

Simulation

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Jingyi Liu

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Sim2Real Transfer Learning

Tactile Perception

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MSc student

Engineering Math

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Robotics

Workspace Analysis

PhD student, 2020

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Main Supervisor:

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Dr John Llyod

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Research Interest:

Tactile Robotics,

Robot Learning 

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Ziniu Wu

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Extended Reality

Human-Robot Shared Control

Imitation Learning

 

Harry Field

PhD student

Interactive AI CDT

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Project Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Federated Learening

Imitation Learning

Lifelong Learning

Finn McFall

MEng student

Engineering Math

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research interest:

Multi-Sensor Fusion

Robot-Assisted Microsurgery

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Robin Le

Intern

UG, Mechanical Engineering (MEng)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Soft Robotics

Nitirak Rayabphand

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Sabine Hauert

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Research Interest:

Magnetic Manipulation

Microrobotics

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2021-2022

Team Members

Wen Fan

Research Assistant, 2021

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Co-Supervisors:

Prof Weiru Liu

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Research Interest:

Deep learning, XAI, Robot Learning, Tactile Perception

Shipeng Xiong

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Prof Nathan Lepora

Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Fengrui Zhang

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Pengcheng Gao

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Nathan Lepora

Xuyang Zhang

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Prof Nathan Lepora

Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Shyamli Suneesh

MSc student

PG, Biorobotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Virginia Ruiz Garate

Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Xiaoqing Guo

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Co-Supervisors:

Nathan Lepora

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Research Interest:

Tactile Robotics,

Haptics,

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Yiwei Shi

PhD student, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Prof. Weiru Liu

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Xuehuai Feng

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Jonathan Rossister

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Bharath Sajja

MSc student

PG, Biorobotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Chenguang Yang

Enyang Feng

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Prof Nathan Lepora

Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Jialin Lin

Research Intern, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Nathan Lepora

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PhD student, 2020

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Main Supervisor:

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Dr John Llyod

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Research Interest:

Tactile Robotics,

Robot Learning 

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Zhili Yuan

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Weiru Liu

Pengyuan Wei

MSc student

PG, Biorobotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Nathan Lepora

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Aaron Asamoah

MSc student

PG, Robotics (MSc)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

Co-Supervisors:

Dr Virginia Ruiz Garate

Alexandros Floros

Intern

UG, Electrical and Electronic Engineering (MEng)

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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Nitirak Rayabphand

PhD, 2022

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Main Supervisor:

Dr Sabine Hauert

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Co-Supervisors:

Dr Dandan Zhang

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2018-2021

MRes Students

Baoru Huang

Intern, MRes Student

Imperial College London

Ruoxi Wang

MRes student

Imperial College London

Junhong Chen

MRes Student

Imperial College London

Ruiqi Zhu

MRes student

Imperial College London

Zicong Wu

Intern, MRes Student

Imperial College London

Peizhuo Yu

MRes student

Imperial College London

Key Collaborators

Group Leaders

Prof Nathan Lepora

Professor in Robotics & AI

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University of Bristol

Dr. Sabine Hauert

Associate Professor in Swarm Robotics

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University of Bristol

Prof Weiru Liu

Professor in AI

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University of Bristol

Dr Lei Wei

Associate Professor

in Haptics

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Deakin University

Prof Chenguang Yang

Professor in Robotics

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University of West of England

Dr Benny Lo

Senior Lecturer in Intelligent Sensing

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Imperial College London

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