May 16, 2026 --- Prof. Li Zhang, Prof. Xin Song, Prof. Kai Fung Chan and the Hong Kong RGC Research Fellow Alliance (HKRFA) Committees co-organised The inaugural Hong Kong RGC Research Fellow Alliance Symposium on AI & Digital Health.
Second Row (Left to right) Dr. Charles Wai Shing Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Yihan Chen, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Yihang Jiang, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Daxin Fu, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Research Assistant Professor of the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, CUHK; Professor Joseph Jao-yiu Sung, Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences); Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine; Distinguished University Professor, Nanyang Technological University; Professor Li Zhang, Convenor of HKRFA Symposium; Mr. Xiang Ji, PhD Student inthe Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Tianang Zhang, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Xingyu Hou, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Professor Xin Song, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong; Mr. Yike Li, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK.
First Row (Left to right) Ms. Zhuo Huang, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Ms. Junjia Guo, PhD Student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Shixiang Yang, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr. Qinglong Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr. Delin Hu, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Mg Chak Kit Cheng, PhD Student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK; Ms. Huihui Du, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Ms. Jaime Sin Ying Lam, Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Ms. Carol Po Chu Ho, Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK.
Apr. 16, 2026 --- China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
(Left to right) Professor Tsu-Jae Liu, President of the NAE; Professor Li Xiaohong, President of the CAE; and Professor Li Zhang, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK.
Mar. 26, 2026 --- Chinese Academy of Sciences Academicians Prof. Teng Gaojun visited our lab and met our team.
(Left to right) Professor Simon Chun-ho Yu, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology at CU Medicine; Professor Gaojun Teng, Academician of Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor Li Zhang, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK.
Feb. 11, 2026 --- Our recent work Micro/nano-robot for Endovascular Treatment has won the Grand Prize, FIRI Award and Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury in 16th International Invention Fair in the Middle East 2026.
First Row: (the 4th person, left to right) Dr. Charles Wai Shing Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Ms Yusong Peng, PhD Student from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr Gene Man, Head of KTEM, KTO, CUHK.
Feb. 5, 2026 --- Several of our recent works have been selected and displayed in the permanent exhibition galleries in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Jul. 22, 2025 --- Press conference of collaboration work with Faculty of Medicine at Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center.
(Left to right) Dr. Haojin Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr Bonaventure Yiu-ming Ip, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at CU Medicine; Professor Thomas Wai-hong Leung, Head of the Division of Neurology and Lee Quo Wei Professor of Neurology in CU Medicine’s Department of Medicine and Therapeutics; Professor Li Zhang, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Research Assistant Professor of the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine and Dr. Moqiu Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK.
Dec. 9, 2024 --- Visit to Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
(Left to right) Mr. Xurui Liu, PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Research Assistant Professor of the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, CUHK; Professor Li Zhang, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Bonan Sun, PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Ms. Huihui Du, PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Professor Xin Song, Research Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr. Delin Hu, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr. Bo Hao, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Mr. Yanfei Cao, PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK.
Apr. 2, 2024 --- Press conference of collaboration work with Faculty of Medicine at Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center.
(Left to right) Professor Simon Chun-ho Yu, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology at CU Medicine; Professor Li Zhang, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Dr. Bonaventure Yiu-ming Ip, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at CU Medicine; Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Research Assistant Professor of the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, CUHK; and Professor Thomas Wai-hong Leung, Head of the Division of Neurology and Lee Quo Wei Professor of Neurology in CU Medicine’s Department of Medicine and Therapeutics.
Jan. 27, 2024 --- Professor Joseph Sung, Professor Philip Chiu and Professor Li Zhang co-organised The Croucher Advanced Study Institutes 2024 (ASI) - Medical Robots with Soft/Miniature Designs: from Bench to Bedside
(Left to right) Professor Lidong Yang, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Professor Liangfang Zhang, Chair, Department of Nano and Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego
Professor Pietro Valdastri, Chair in Robotics & Autonomous Systems, University of Leeds
Professor Arianna Menciassi, Vice-Rector of the Scuola Sant’Anna, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Professor Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh, Head of School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the University of Sydney
Professor Li Zhang, Conference Chairman
Professor Joseph Jao-yiu Sung, Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences); Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine; Distinguished University Professor, Nanyang Technological University
Professor Bradley Nelson, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zürich
Professor Dong Sun, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry
Professor Yu Sun, Canada Research Chair, Micro and Nano Engineering Systems, Director, Robotics Institute, University of Toronto
Professor Wei Gao, Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering, Scholar of Ronald JoAnne Willens, Investigator of Heritage Medical Research Institute, California Institute of Technology
Professor Hongsoo Choi, Director, Center for Targeted Neural Networks Reconstruction, National Science Challenge Initiatives, Director, DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Professor Dae-Hyeong Kim, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University
Professor Yihui Zhang, Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
Professor Liu Wang, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China
Professor Qingsong Xu, Director, Smart and Micro/Nano Systems Laboratory, University of Macau
Professor Tiantian, Xu, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
Professor Jiangfan Yu, Assistant Professor & Presidential Young Fellow in School of Science and Engineering, Adjunct Assistant Professor in School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Dec. 8, 2023 --- Our recent work RefluxChip and Magnetic Slimebot hava won the Gold Award respectively in 3rd Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions Hong Kong 2023.
Second Row (the 2nd person, left to right) Professor Tony Chan Kai-fung, Research Assistant Professor of the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, CUHK; Mr. Wai Shing Liu, PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK
First Row (Left): Dr Gene Man, Head of KTEM, KTO, CUHK.
Oct. 9, 2023 --- Professor Joseph Sung, Professor Philip Chiu and Professor Li Zhang co-organised The Croucher Foundation Workshop 2023 – Medical Microrobots for Translational Biomedicine.
(Left to right) Professor Bradley Nelson, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zürich
Professor Philip Wai Yan Chiu, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, CUHK; Director of Director of Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center, InnoHK
Professor Li Zhang, Conference Chairman
Professor Samuel Kwok Wai Au, Director of Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center, InnoHK
Professor Joseph Jao-yiu Sung, Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences); Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine; Distinguished University Professor, Nanyang Technological University
Professor Hen-wei Huang, Harvard University
Sep. 14, 2023 --- Press conference of collaboration work with Faculty of Medicine at Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center.
(Left to right) Professor Zhang Li, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK; Professor Tony Chan Kai-fung, Research Assistant Professor of the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine
Jul. 5, 2023 --- Professor Joseph Sung, the Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) visited our lab and met our team.
(Left to right) Mr. Xin Wang, Mr. Zifeng Zhang, Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Professor Li Zhang, Professor Joseph Sung.
Mar. 22, 2023 --- Press conference of collaboration work with Professor Philip Chiu at Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center.
(Left to right) Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Professor Li Zhang, Professor Philip Chiu.
Mar. 14, 2023 --- Professor Samuel K. Sia from Columbia University visited our lab and met our team.
(Left to right) Mr. Haojin Yang, Professor Li Zhang, Professor Samuel K. Sia, Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Mr. Moqiu Zhang.
Oct. 27, 2022 --- Press conference of collaboration work with Professor Chang Wai-Tsz and Professor Jason Chan Ying-Kuen at Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center.
(Left to Right) Professor Wai-Tsz Chang, Professor Jason Ying-Kuen Chan, Professor Li Zhang.
Sept. 6, 2022 --- Fifth Row: Professor Tony Kai Fung Chan, Mr. Qianli Ma, Mr. Zhipeng Ning, Mr. Bonan Sun, Mr. Xin Wang, Mr. Zhaoyang Qi
Forth Row: Dr. Chengfeng Pan, Dr. Chen Xin, Mr. Zifeng Zhang, Mr. Yihang Jiang, Ms. Chi Ka Wong, Ms. Carol Po Chu Ho
Third Row: Mr. Chong Zhang, Mr. Neng Xia, Mr. Haojin Yang, Mr. Shuai Jiang, Mr. Moqiu Zhang, Ms. Sharis Wan Sin Yang, Ms. Sandy Yi Yui Shea
Second Row: Mr. Charles Wai Shing Liu, Mr. Yanfei Cao, Mr. Bo Hao, Dr. Yue Dong, Mr. Chak Kit Cheng, Mr. Jialin Jiang, Dr. Lidong Yang, Dr. Jinsheng Zhao
First Row: Ms. Junjia Guo, Ms. Lin Su, Dr. Yuqiong Wang, Ms. Lu Wang, Mr. Qinglong Wang, Mr. Shihao Yang, Dr. Mengmeng Sun, Dr. Mingxue Cai, Professor Li Zhang
(Ms. Zhengxin Yang, Ms. Winnie Wan Yee Lo were absent)
Oct. 20, 2022 --- Professor Russell Taylor from the Johns Hopkins University visited our lab and met our team.
(Left to Right) Professor Russell Taylor, Mr. Jialin Jiang, Dr. Lidong Yang, Mr. Moqiu Zhang and Professor Li Zhang.
Aug. 18, 2022 --- We are happy to have an intern from German Swiss International School join us this summer.
(Left to Right) Mr. Charles Wai Shing Liu, Professor Li Zhang and our summer intern, Alexis Lee.
Jul. 13, 2022 --- Dr. Dong Yue with Professor Li Zhang at a press conference of a Science Advances work.
Apr. 27, 2022 --- Professor Li Zhang was interviewed by CNN, BBC and other media for the Slime Robot research published in Advanced Functional Materials as the project has gone viral on the internet.
Nov. 12, 2021 --- Third Row: Dr. Dongdong Jin, Mr. Neng Xia, Mr. Zhipeng Ning, Mr. Guangda Zhu, Mr. Stefano Pane (Exchange Student), Mr. Edwin Yu, Mr. Fengtong Ji, Mr. Lidong Yang, Dr. Qianqian Wang, Mr. Chengfeng Pan, Mr. Liwei Dong, Mr. Xin Wang, Mr. Zhaoyang Qi
Second Row: Mr. Zifeng Zhang, Dong Yue, Mr. Moqiu Zhang, Yang Haojin, Zhang Chong, Jiang Jialin, Yang Zhengxin, Su Lin, Jiang Shuai, Cai Mingxue, Chan Kai Fung, Liu Wai Shing
First Row: Ms. Carol Po Chu Ho, Ms. Lu Wang, Ms. Judy Hoi Man Liu, Ms. Sharis Wan Sin Yang, Ms. Winnie Wan Yee Lo, Mr. Qinglong Wang, Mr. Bo Hao, Dr. Mengmeng Sun, Mr. Shihao Yang, Professor Li Zhang
(Dr. Veronica Iacovacci was absent)
Nov. 11, 2021 --- Professor Li Zhang with Professor Rocky Tuan (Vice Chancellor, CUHK) at RGC Award Presentation Ceremony 2021/22.
Oct. 30, 2021 --- Group Hiking activity.
Back row: Mr. Shuai Jiang, Mr. Haojin Yang, Mr. Jialin Jiang, Dr. Lidong Yang, Ms. Lin Su, Mr. Xin Wang, Mr. Neng Xia.
Front row: Mr. Bo Hao, Dr. Mengmeng Sun, Professor Li Zhang, Mr. Shihao Yang, Mr. Qinglong Wang, Mr. Moqiu Zhang
Oct. 27, 2021 --- Project exhibition in the Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair 2021.
(Left to Right) Mr. Charles Wai Shing Liu, Dr. Norman N.P. Leung (CUHK Council Chairman), Professor Martin D.F. Wong (Dean of Engineering) and Professor K.F. Wong (Associate Dean of Engineering)
Oct. 22, 2021 --- Lunch gathering with our Marie Curie Global Fellow, Dr. Veronica Iacovacci and Exchange Student Stefano Pane
Sept. 6, 2021 --- Forth Row: Dr. Tony Kai Fung Chan, Mr. Neng Xia, Mr. Guangda Zhu, Mr. Zifeng Zhang, Dr. Wang Qianqian, Mr. Xin Wang, Dr. Lidong Yang, Mr. Liwei Dong, Mr. Jialin Jiang, Dr. Dongdong Jin
Third Row: Mr. Charles Wai Shing Liu, Mr. Moqiu Zhang, Mr. Chong Zhang, Mr. Haojin Yang, Mr. Qinglong Wang, Mr. Shuai Jiang, Ms. Lin Su, Ms. Zhengxin Yang
Second Row: Ms. Judy Hoi Man Lau, Dr. Chengfeng Pan, Dr. Yue Dong, Mr. Bo Hao, Dr. Fengtong Ji, Mr. Edwin Yu
First Row: Ms. Carol Po Chu Ho, Ms. Sharis Wan Sin Yang, Ms. Winnie Wan Yee Lo, Ms. Lu Wang, Dr. Mengmeng Sun, Mr. Shihao Yang, Professor Li Zhang.
Jul. 30, 2021 --- Photo with President Shyy (HKUST) and Mr. Kevin Orr (Vice President, Winner Medical Group).
Apr. 08, 2021 --- Press conference of collabration work with Professor Joseph Sung (via Zoom) and Professor Philip Chiu at the Prince of Wales Hospital
Back Row: Mr. Haojin Yang, Professor Zhang Li, Professor Philip Chiu, Dr. Tony Kai Fung Chan
Front row: Mr. Xingzhou Du, Mr. Charles Wai Shing Liu
Dec. 24, 2019 --- Professor Zhang is invited by Dr. Lam Tat Ho, Principal of CNEC Lau Wing Sang Secondary School, to visit their campus and meet the students
Sept. 13, 2019 --- Forth Row: Dr. Tony Kai Fung Chan, Mr. Jialin Jiang, Mr. Chong Zhang, Mr. Xingzhou Du, Mr. Dongdong Jin, Dr. Jiangfan Yu, Mr. Qianqian Wang
Third row: Mr. Neng Xia, Mr. Moqiu Zhang, Mr. Shijie Wang, Mr. Ke Yuan
Second row: Dr. Yue Dong, Mr. Fengtong Ji, Mr. Edwin Yu, Mr. Lidong Yang, Mr. Shanglong Lou, Dr. Ben Wang
First row: Ms. Zoey Hiu Ying Cheung, Ms. Lu Wang, Ms. Kathrin Schweizer (ETHZ exchange student), Professor Zhang Li, Ms. Zhangxin Yang, Ms. Yuan Tian, Dr. Ye Bian, Mr. Charles Wai Shing Liu
Sept. 20, 2018 --- Second row: Dr. Yabin Zhang, Mr. Dongdong jin, Dr. Ben Wang, Mr. Qianqian Wang, Mr. Shijie Wang, Mr. Tony Kai Fung Chan, Mr. Chi-ian Vong, Mr. Xingzhou Du
First row: Mr. Lidong Yang, Mr. Ye Bian, Mr. Sven Thumann (ETHZ exchange student), Professor Li Zhang, Dr. Ji Fengtong, Mr. Jiangfan Yu, Mr. Ke Yuan, Dr. Li Mengzhi, Ms. Zhengxin Yang
(Mr. Edwin Yu was absent.)
July 26, 2018 --- Mr. Jiangfan Yu has passed his thesis defence. Congratulations!
From left to right: Professor Darwin Lau, Professor Max Meng, Mr. Jiangfan Yu, Professor Toshio Fukuda, Professor Li Zhang
Jul. 7, 2017 --- Mr. Tony Kai Fung Chan won an award at the 4th DGIST Summer School for Medical Robotics held in Korea.
Oct. 31, 2016 --- Second row: Mr. Shijie Wang, Mr. Yabin Zhang, Mr. Chi-ian Vong, Mr. Dongdong Jin, Mr. Qianqian Wang, Mr. Tony Kai Fung Chan, Mr. Tsz-wing Lau, Ms. Yue Jiang First row: Mr. Yanqiang Lei, Mr. Ye Bian, Ms. Wing-sze Wong, Mr. Jiangfan Yu, Mr. Lidong Yang, Professor Li Zhang, Ms. Rui Cong, Ms. Si Lu
(Dr. Rutao Wang, Ms. Mengzhi Li and Mr. Ben Wang were absent.)
Aug. 2016 --- Mr. Chi-ian Vong (M. Phil. Student, right 2) have participated in the 49th Joint School Science Exhibition as a representative of the Faculty of Engineering to introduce our lab.
Aug. 2016 --- Mr. Chi-ian Vong (M. Phil. Student, left 3) and Mr. Charles Wai-shing Liu (Undergraduate Student, left 2) have won the Second Class Award in the Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2016 with their project regarding magnetic actuation setup. They are also invited to join the “Challenge Cup” National Competition in Nov. 2016 which will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Jun. 06, 2016 --- Photo with the visiting professors (first row from left to right): Professor Andrew deMello from ETH Zurich and Professor Sumita Pennathur from UCSB. The others in the photo (from left to right): Tianyun Huang, Yun Ding, Li Zhang, and Wincy Wong.
Dec. 15, 2015 --- Group photo with Professor Bradley Nelson from ETH Zurich.
Jun. 2015.
Sept. 12, 2013 --- Dr. Li Zhang was interviewed by CUHK Media, TVB, ATV, and Metro Broadcast.