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Biography
Michael Y. Wang is the Professor and Head of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Monash University. He has numerous professional honors–National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award; Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from Society of Automotive Engineers; LaRoux K. Gillespie Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Boeing–A.D. Welliver Faculty Summer Fellow, Boeing; Chang Jiang (Cheung Kong) Scholars Award from the Ministry of Education of China and Li Ka Shing Foundation (Hong Kong); Research Excellence Award of CUHK. He was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering. His main research interests are in robotic manipulation, learning and autonomous systems, manufacturing automation, and additive manufacturing.
Before joining Monash University in 2022, he was the Founding Director of the Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute, the Director of HKUST-BRIGHT DREAM ROBOTICS Joint Research Institute, and a Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as well as Electronic and Computer Engineering of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Previously, he also served on the engineering faculty at University of Maryland, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and National University of Singapore. A recipient of ASME Design Automation Award, Professor Wang is a fellow of ASME and IEEE.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Autonomous systems, Soft robotics, Robotic manipulation, Robot learning, Smart manufacturing, Topology optimization, Additive manufacturing, Mechanical metamaterials
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
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Branch interference sensing and handling by tactile enabled robotic apple harvesting
Zhou, H., Kang, H., Wang, X., Au, W., Wang, M. & Chen, C., 9 Feb 2023, In: Agronomy. 13, 2, 16 p., 503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Development and evaluation of a robust soft robotic gripper for apple harvesting
Wang, X., Kang, H., Zhou, H., Au, W., Wang, M. Y. & Chen, C., Jan 2023, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 204, 12 p., 107552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Gait phase detection based on LSTM-CRF for stair ambulation
Wei, H., Tong, R. K. Y., Wang, M. Y. & Chen, C., Sept 2023, In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8, 9, p. 6029-6035 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Monash Apple Retrieving System: A review on system intelligence and apple harvesting performance
Au, W., Zhou, H., Liu, T., Kok, E., Wang, X., Wang, M. & Chen, C., Oct 2023, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 213, 16 p., 108164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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3D contact point cloud reconstruction from vision-based tactile flow
Du, Y., Zhang, G. & Wang, M. Y., Oct 2022, In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7, 4, p. 12177-12184 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)