People

Faculty

Boyu Zhou 周博宇
Boyu Zhou is an Assistant Professor (Associate Researcher) and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), where he serves as the Director of the Smart Autonomous Robotics (STAR) group. He also works as an external supervisor for the HKUST-GZ Red Bird MPhil Program. Boyu obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Aerial Robotics Group, Robotics Institute, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2022, where he was awarded the HKUST Academic Excellence Award. He received his B.Eng. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2018, graduating as an Outstanding Graduate in Shanghai. From 2022 to 2024, he was an Assistant Professor at Sun Yat-sen University.

His research interests encompass aerial and mobile robots, motion planning, autonomous exploration, 3D reconstruction, multi-robot systems, mobile manipulation, and vision-language navigation. Boyu has published papers in prestigious robotics journals and conferences, including TRO, RAL, ICRA, IROS. His team’s work has been recognized with the 2023 IEEE Transactions on Robotics Best Paper Award, the 2023 IEEE RAL Best Papar Award, and was a finalist for the 2024 IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. His publications have been listed as popular papers in TRO and RAL, with the highest ranking of No. 1. The research results have been reported by well-known technology media, such as IEEE Spectrum. His open source projects about aerial robot motion planning and autonomous exploration have received more than 5000 stars.


Graduate Students

Shuang Geng 耿爽

Ph.D. student, The University of Hong Kong (co-supervised)
M.Eng, Zhejiang University
B.Eng, Hangzhou Dianzi University
Research: Motion Planning, Autonomous Exploration
Contact: gengshuang@zju.edu.cn


Yiming Luo 罗一鸣
Ph.D. student, The University of Hong Kong (co-supervised)
B.Eng, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Research: Task and Motion Planning
Contact: yyluouomm@connect.hku.hk


Chengkai Wu 吴程锴
Ph.D. student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (co-supervised)
M.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
B.Eng, Xidian University
Research: Motion Planning, Mobile Manipulator
Personal website: https://chengkaiwu.me/
Contact: cwu820@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn


Shengyi Liang 梁升一
Ph.D. student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (co-supervised)
M.Eng, Southeast University
B.Eng, Anhui University
Research: UAV Exploration, Motion Planning
Personal website: https://github.com/Henry-lsy
Contact: henrylsy2333@gmail.com


Pengcheng Zhu 朱鹏程
Ph.D. student, Southern University of Science and Technology
M.Eng, Northeastern University
B.Eng, Henan Polytechnic University
Research: SLAM, Mapping, NeRF/3DGS
Personal website: https://z-pengcheng.github.io/
Contact: pengchengz2000@163.com


Xupeng Xie 谢旭鹏
Ph.D. student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (co-supervised)
M.Phil., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng., Xiamen University
Research: Mobile Manipulator, State Estimation, LiDAR SLAM
Contact: xxieak@connect.ust.hk

Ruilin Wang 王睿林
Master, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Zhejiang University
Research focus: Mobile Manipulator, Path Planning
Contact: Ruilinin@outlook.com

Zhiwen Zhu 朱智文
Master, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Hefei University of Technology
Research: Autonomous Exploration
Contact: zhuzhw23@mail2.sysu.edu.cn

Guiyong Zheng 郑桂勇

Master, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Xidian University
Research: Autonomous Reconstruction, 3D Scene Understanding
Personal website: https://gy920.github.io
Contact: shverses@gmail.com

Zelin Ning 宁泽琳

Master, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Dalian University of Technology
Research focus: UAV Swarm, Autonomous Exploration
Contact: ning-zelin@outlook.com

Mingjie Zhang 张明杰
Mphil, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou) (co-supervised)
B.Eng, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Research focus: Autonomous Exploration and Reconstruction, Vision-Language Navigation
Contact: zagerzhang@gmail.com


Chenxin Yu 余晨昕
M.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (co-supervised)
G.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Research: Motion Planning, Active Perception
Github: https://github.com/STUDYXIN
Contact: studyxinchen@gmail.com


Yixin Zeng 曾沂鑫
M.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
Research: Perception
Personal website: https://exinwww.github.io/Yixin_Zeng/
Contact: zengyx53@mail2.sysu.edu.cn


Tingbang Liang 梁庭邦
M.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Research: RGB-D Perception, Robot Manipulation
Contact: tingbangliang@gmail.com


Xulin Xiao 肖旭林
Mphil, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou) (co-supervised)
B.Eng, South China Agricultural University
Research: Autonomous Exploration
Contact: xulin.xiao0909@gmail.com


Yuhao Fang 方钰昊
M.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (co-supervised)
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Research: Autonomous Exploration
Contact: 24S153043@stu.hit.edu.cn


Zihong Lu 陆子鸿
M.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (co-supervised)
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Research: Motion Planning, Autonomous Exploration
Contact: luzong2001@gmail.com


Tengkai Zhuang 庄腾楷
Mphil, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou) (co-supervised)
B.Eng, Northeastern University
Research: Reconstruction
Contact: TengkaiZ@outlook.com


Visiting Students

Yichen Zhang 張亦宸
Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng & B.B.A, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research: UAV Exploration, Active SLAM, UAV Swarm
Personal website: https://yzhangec.github.io/
Contact: yzhangec@connect.ust.hk

Xinyi Chen 陈芯仪
Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Sc, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research: Motion Planning
Contact: xchencq@connect.ust.hk

Chen Feng 冯宸
Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Research:  Aerial Inspection/Reconstruction/Exploration/Coverage, 3D Scene Understanding
Personal website: http://chen-albert-feng.github.io/AlbertFeng.github.io
Contact: cfengag@connect.ust.hk


Haojia Li 李昊佳
Ph.D. student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng, Northeastern University
Research: Aerial Robotics. Mobile Robot Navigation.
Contact: hlied@connect.ust.hk


Chenxing Jiang 蒋辰星
Ph.D. student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng,Zhejiang University
Research: Implicit Mapping
Contact: cjiangan@connect.ust.hk

Fanze Kong 孔繁澤
Ph.D. candidate, The University of Hong Kong
B.Eng. Harbin Institute of Technology
Research: Motion Planning, Autonomous Navigation
Contact: kongfz@connect.hku.hk


Jiayan Chen 陈嘉焰
Master, Beijing Institute of Technology
B.Eng, Beijing Normal University
Research focus: Deep Learning, 3D Reconstruction
Personal website: https://ryan-utopia.github.io
Contact: ryan-utopia@outlook.com


Aoyu Niu 牛傲宇
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Research: VLN
Contact: suyuhangro@gmail.com


Hao Hu 胡昊
Master, Beijing Institute of Technology
B.Eng, Beijing Institute of Technology
Research: Optimization
Contact: 3220241279@bit.edu.cn


Former Students

Hanwen Zhang 张瀚文
M.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Northeast Agricultural University
Research: 3D reconstruction, SLAM, Autonomous robot navigation
Contact: zhanghw66@mail2.sysu.edu.cn

Zixuan Zhuang 庄梓轩
Mphil Student, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Northeastern University
Research: Autonomous Exploration, Motion Planning
Contact: sysuzxzhuang@gmail.com



Zehui Zhao 赵则辉
Undergraduate Nanjing University
Contact 201180154@smail.nju.edu.cn


Jinqi Jiang 姜金圻
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Contact: Jinqi_J@163.com

Siyuan Wu 吴思源
MSc Robotics, Delft University of Technology
B.Eng, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Research: Motion Planning, Trajectory Optimization
Contact: siyuanwu99@gmail.com

Mianzhi Song 宋勉之
M.Eng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Research: Mobile Manipulation, Path Planning
Contact: hustsmz@163.com

Tao Jiang 蒋滔
Ph.D. student, Sun Yat-sen University
M.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Wuhan University
Reasearch: 3D Reconstruction
Contact: jiangt58@mail2.sysu.edu.cn