Geng is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland. At the same university he completed his BE (Hons) in Mechatronics Engineering. His research focuses on analysis, modelling, and development of adaptive robot hands, and he is interested in robotics and rapid prototyping / manufacturing.

Awards

[November 2019] The New Dexterity \ AI Data Innovations team (Gal Gorjup, Geng Gao, Anany Dwivedi, Ben Chang, Ruobing Yu, and Minas Liarokapis) got the 1st place of the Manufacturing track of the Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition of IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IROS) 2019 (Macau, China).

Publications

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Geng Gao, Gal Gorjup, Ruobing Yu, Patrick Jarvis, and Minas Liarokapis, "Modular, Accessible, Sensorized Objects for Evaluating the Grasping and Manipulation Capabilities of Grippers and Hands," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020.

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Lucas Gerez, Geng Gao, Minas Liarokapis, "Laminar Jamming Flexure Joints for the Development of Variable Stiffness Robot Grippers and Hands," IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020.

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Gal Gorjup, Geng Gao, Anany Dwivedi, and Minas Liarokapis, "Combining Compliance Control, CAD Based Localization, and a Multi-Modal Gripper for Rapid and Robust Programming of Assembly Tasks," IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020.

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Andrew John McLaren, Zak Fitzgerald, Geng Gao, and Minas Liarokapis, "A Passive Closing, Tendon Driven, Adaptive Robot Hand for Ultra-Fast, Aerial Grasping and Perching," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, 2019.

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Lucas Gerez, Geng Gao, and Minas Liarokapis, "Employing Magnets to Improve the Force Exertion Capabilities of Adaptive Robot Hands in Precision Grasps," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, 2019.

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G. Gao, L. Gerez, and M. Liarokapis, "Adaptive, Tendon-Driven, Affordable Prostheses for Partial Hand Amputations: On Body-powered and Motor Driven Implementations," 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 2019.

[#1 | C #1 | PDF] Geng Gao, Anany Dwivedi, Nathan Elangovan, Yige Cao, Lucy Young, and Minas Liarokapis, "The New Dexterity Adaptive, Humanlike Robot Hand," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019.