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