Our mission and dedication are to create intelligent systems that can autonomously operate in a complex and diverse environment, with multiple perception approaches. We are fascinated by novel robot concepts that are best adapted for acting with large-scale and dynamic environments and different terrains. We are furthermore keen to give them the intelligence to autonomously navigate in challenging environments. This includes novel methods and tools for human-robot interaction, perception, cognition, knowledge abstraction, mapping, learning, representation, planning, and execution.
Congratulation! Ming ranks 26th globally in AI 2000 Scholars in IROS, and 1st in Chinese.
Alumni Dr. Lei Tai ranks 74th globally and 4th in Chinese.
Congratulations to Muhammad Usman Maqbool, who successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award!
Ming received the Second Prize of the 2020 Guangdong Province Technology Invention Award.
Ming is awarded on works in “Research and Application of Low-cost Robot Localization and Navigation Technology”.
Official Publicity of the Awards
Ming Liu, IEEE Senior Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society is interviewed by IEEE Transmitter on why autonomous systems will be important in 2021.
Congratulations to Yuying Chen, who successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award!
Ming received the First Prize of the 2020 Shanghai Science and Technology Award.
Ming is awarded on works in “Key Technologies and Applications of Robot Multi-Dimensional Perception and Autonomous Control”.
The Shanghai Science and Technology Award for Technical Invention is granted to citizens or organizations that use scientific and technological knowledge to make major technical inventions in terms of product, process, material, system, etc.
Official Publicity of the Awards
Hong Kong’s first self-driving car with a host of innovative functions was put into use during the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering groceries to residents and frontline workers at lockdown areas on the Chinese mainland.
Original News Report from Chinadaily
Congratulations to Haoyang Ye, who successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award!
IEEE Spectrum wrote a report “Robot Vehicles Make Contactless Deliveries Amid Coronavirus Quarantine” presenting the achievement and technology power behind the autonomous logistic vehicle, Hercules, powered by Unity-Drive and RAM-LAB.
An autonomous logistic vehicle, Hercules powered by Unity-Drive, has been providing contact-less goods transportation during the COVID-19 Outbreak.
“Hercules” demonstrates its capability in the urban environment. Thanks for the effort of colleagues in Unity-Drive and RAM-LAB.
Welcome new Ph.D. students Fulong Ma, Jie Cheng, and Yilong Zhu, new MPhil students Xupeng Xie joinning on Mar, 2020.
Welcome new Ph.D. students Zhenhua Xu, Lu Gan, Yingbing Chen, and Yuxuan Liu, new MPhil students Bohuan Xue and Yutong Wang joinning on Aug, 2019.