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Career

· Postdoctoral Researcher in Surgical Automation, UC Berkeley, AUTOLAB2021–
· Postdoctoral Researcher in Surgical Robotics and Automation, University of California, Berkeley2019–
· Postdoctoral Researcher in TCL, KAIST2018–

Publications (50)

Recovery RL: Safe Reinforcement Learning With Learned Recovery Zones
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2020
272
cited
Deep Imitation Learning of Sequential Fabric Smoothing From an Algorithmic Supervisor
IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems · 2019
134
cited
K‐FLEX: A flexible robotic platform for scar‐free endoscopic surgery
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2020
102
cited
Learning Dense Visual Correspondences in Simulation to Smooth and Fold Real Fabrics
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2020
83
cited
Strong Continuum Manipulator for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery
IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics · 2017
63
cited
Untangling Dense Knots by Learning Task-Relevant Keypoints
Conference on Robot Learning · 2020
58
cited
Efficiently Calibrating Cable-Driven Surgical Robots With RGBD Fiducial Sensing and Recurrent Neural Networks
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2020
53
cited
Learning to Localize, Grasp, and Hand Over Unmodified Surgical Needles
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2021
37
cited
Intermittent Visual Servoing: Efficiently Learning Policies Robust to Instrument Changes for High-precision Surgical Manipulation
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2020
36
cited
Path Planning for Automation of Surgery Robot based on Probabilistic Roadmap and Reinforcement Learning
2018 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR) · 2018
36
cited
Applying Depth-Sensing to Automated Surgical Manipulation with a da Vinci Robot
International Symposium on Medical Robotics · 2020
34
cited
Automating Surgical Peg Transfer: Calibration With Deep Learning Can Exceed Speed, Accuracy, and Consistency of Humans
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering · 2020
31
cited
Untangling Dense Non-Planar Knots by Learning Manipulation Features and Recovery Policies
Robotics: Science and Systems · 2021
31
cited
Deep Imitation Learning of Sequential Fabric Smoothing Policies
arXiv.org · 2019
30
cited
Learning to Smooth and Fold Real Fabric Using Dense Object Descriptors Trained on Synthetic Color Images
arXiv.org · 2020
30
cited
Evaluation of a robotic arm-assisted endoscope to facilitate endoscopic submucosal dissection (with video).
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2019
26
cited
A master manipulator with a remote‐center‐of‐motion kinematic structure for a minimally invasive robotic surgical system
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2018
24
cited
Three-Degrees-of-Freedom Passive Gravity Compensation Mechanism Applicable to Robotic Arm With Remote Center of Motion for Minimally Invasive Surgery
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2019
23
cited
A single port surgical robot system with novel elbow joint mechanism for high force transmission
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2017
22
cited
Sigmoidal Auxiliary Tendon-Driven Mechanism Reinforcing Structural Stiffness of Hyper-Redundant Manipulator for Endoscopic Surgery
Soft Robotics · 2022
19
cited
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