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    Enhanced spatial–temporal dynamics in pose forecasting through multi-graph convolution networks

    Recently, there has been a growing interest in predicting human motion, which involves forecasting future body poses based on observed pose sequences. This task is complex due to modeling spatial and temporal ...

    Hongwei Ren, **angran Zhang, Yuhong Shi in International Journal of Machine Learning … (2024)

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    Compliant Finger Exoskeleton with Telesco** Super-elastic Transmissions

    This paper presents the concept, design, and experimental characterization of a compliant finger exoskeleton with telesco** super-elastic transmissions. Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti) rods with the super-elastic fe...

    Changsheng Li, Yusheng Yan, Hongliang Ren in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (2020)

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    Endoscope navigation with SLAM-based registration to computed tomography for transoral surgery

    Minimally invasive transoral surgery (TROS) aims to reduce the trauma and complications, where transoral examination with an endoscope is a vital step. Close to the critical head-neck-brain anatomical structur...

    Liang Qiu, Hongliang Ren in International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2020)

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    Transferring optimal contact skills to flexible manipulators by reinforcement learning

    Flexible/soft manipulators have the potential to maneuver in confined space and reach deeply-seated targets via curvy trajectories, thus enjoy increasing popularity in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) communit...

    Wenjun Xu, Anqi Pan, Hongliang Ren in International Journal of Intelligent Robot… (2019)

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    Design analysis and bending modeling of a flexible robot for endoscope steering

    Robot assisted endoscopic system with navigation functionalities is emerging as a pivotal role for improving the clinician’s performance in minimally-invasive surgeries, particularly through natural orifices o...

    Zeqi Tan, Hongliang Ren in International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2017)

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    Analysis of Different Sparsity Methods in Constrained RBM for Sparse Representation in Cognitive Robotic Perception

    Cognitive robotic systems nowadays are intensively involving learning algorithms to achieve highly adaptive and intelligent behaviors, including actuation, sensing, perception and adaptive control. Deep learni...

    Zongyong Cui, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Zongjie Cao in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (2015)

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    Drift analysis of mutation operations for biogeography-based optimization

    As an essential factor of evolutionary algorithms (EAs), mutation operator plays an important role in exploring the search space, maintaining the diversity of individuals and breaking away local optimums. In m...

    Weian Guo, Lei Wang, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Hongliang Ren, Yanfen Mao in Soft Computing (2015)

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    A Paired-Orientation Alignment Problem in a Hybrid Tracking System for Computer Assisted Surgery

    Coordinate Alignment (CA) is an important problem in hybrid tracking systems involving two or more tracking devices. CA typically associates the measurements from two or more tracking systems with respect to d...

    Hongliang Ren, Peter Kazanzides in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (2011)

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    Scheduling Value-Based Nested Transactions in Distributed Real-Time Database Systems

    Many noticeable studies have focussed on scheduling flat transactions in a distributed real-time database system (RTDBS). However, a nested transaction model has been widely adopted in many real-life applicati...

    Hong-Ren Chen, Y. H. Chin in Real-Time Systems (2004)