Research visits in Macau, Beijing, and Korea
A busy couple of weeks in Macau, Beijing, and Korea, with lab visits, a seminar, and IEEE SSRR 2026!
My first stop was Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), where Prof. Hon Chitin and his group warmly welcomed me. It was a pleasure to learn about their research, exchange ideas, and discuss possibilities for collaboration.
In Beijing, I visited the PKU-DS Lab at Peking University to meet with Prof. Tong Yang and his group. We had some very interesting discussions on robotics and embodied intelligence in industrial applications, exploring common research interests and opportunities for our groups to collaborate.
On my last day in Beijing, I had the pleasure of giving the seminar “From Human Intent to Robotic Manipulation: Industrial and Assistive Applications” at Peking University, invited by Prof. Hangxin Liu. Presenting our research in a building with so much history made the visit particularly memorable. Afterward, we headed to Delta Intelligence to see their impressive work firsthand.
Then it was on to Korea for SSRR, where I presented our work on language-guided grasping for mobile manipulation. I also had the chance to meet Hyunyoung Han in person after getting to know each other through the IEEE Young Reviewer Program, where I served as a senior reviewer. It was great to take those conversations beyond the review process.
I also met with Prof. Seokhwan Jeong from Sogang University, learned more about RIM Lab’s work and had a very productive discussion about future collaborations. Our conversation was another reminder of how small the robotics community can be: there always seems to be a shared colleague or an unexpected connection that neither of us knew about.
These visits were a great opportunity to share my research and the work we do with Prof. Marcelo Becker in the Mobile Robotics Group at University of São Paulo, São Carlos.
Thank you to everyone who made time to host me, share their work, and discuss ideas. I’m looking forward to continuing these conversations and turning some of them into joint research!
