About Botao

Self-introduction

I am currently a first-year EE PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

My research interest includes Mechanical Design, Surgical Robotics, Soft Robotics, Continuum Robot, Lockable Mechanism, Motion Planning.

Publication

2025 - - B. Lin, T. Zhang, S. Yuan, T. Wang, J. Wang, W. Yuan, H. Ren, “Adjusting Tissue Puncture Omnidirectionally In Situ with Pneumatic Rotatable Biopsy Mechanism and Hierarchical Airflow Management in Tortuous Luminal Pathways”. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

2025 - - B. Lin, S. Yuan, T. Zhang, T. Zhang, R. Hao, W. Yuan, C. Lim, H. Ren, “Minimally Invasive Endotracheal Inside-out Flexible Needle Driving System towards Microendoscope-guided Robotic Tracheostomy”. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

2024 - - Y. Kong, N. Zhang, B. Lin, J. Wang, S. Song, B. Li, “Concentric Wire-Driven Robots With In Situ Torsion for Transnasal Surgery”. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

2024 - - B. Lin, S. Song, J. Wang, “Variable stiffness methods of flexible robots for minimally invasive surgery: A review”. Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics

2024 - - T. Wang, C. Zhang, B. Lin, E. Lyu, S. Song, J. Wang, “Robust Control of Hand-held Concentric-tube Robot Based on Nonlinear Disturbance Observer”. Procedia Computer Science

2023 - - C. Lin, B. Lin, E. Lyu, S. Song, J. Wang, “An Electrostatic Locking Mechanism For Tendon-driven Surgical Robot”. Procedia Computer Science

2022 - - B. Lin, T. Zhang, S. Song, J. Wang, “Kinematic and Static Analyses of Tendon-driven Surgical Robots with Lockable Joints”. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)

2022 - - B. Lin, J. Wang, S. Song, B. Li and M.Q.-H. Meng, “A Modular Lockable Mechanism for Tendon-Driven Robots: Design, Modeling and Characterization”. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

2021 - - T. Zhang, Z. Zhang, B. Lin, J. Xue, J. Wang, S. Song, “Towards tracking by 2D-target registration for surgical optical tracking system”. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)

Award

2025 - - Second Prize of The 11th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

2025 - - Editors’ Choice of Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics

2024 - - 2024 Best Paper Award of Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics

2022 - - Best Student Paper Finalist of IEEE ROBIO 2022

Reviewer

2024 - - IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation 2025

Teaching Assistant

2025 - - Term 2, Introduction to Electric Power Systems (ELEG3601)

2024 - - Term 1, Fundamental of Electric Circuit (ELEG2022A).

Mentees

Cian Brady - - 2025 Summer Intern

Asier Neylan - - 2025 Summer Intern