New Dexterity Team

Assoc. Prof. Minas Liarokapis
Assoc. Prof. Minas LiarokapisDirector of the New Dexterity Research Group
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, The University of Auckland
Ricardo de Godoy
Ricardo de GodoyPhD Student
Muscle Machine Interfaces
Shaoqian Lin
Shaoqian LinPhD Student
Aerial Robotic Manipulation
Corey Duguid
Corey DuguidPhD Student
Aerial Robotic Manipulation
Chen Lyu
Chen LyuPhD Student
DL Based Inspection
Felipe Padula Sanches
Felipe Padula SanchesPhD Student
Robot Learning
Shifei Duan
Shifei DuanPhD Student
Robotic Manipulation
Angus Lynch
Angus LynchPhD Student
Aerial Robotic Manipulation
Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro KobayashiPhD Student
Prosthetic / Bionic Devices Muscle Machine Interfaces
Bonnie Guan
Bonnie GuanPhD Student
Muscle Machine Interfaces
Haodan Jiang
Haodan JiangPhD Student
Robotic Grasping
Bryan Busby
Bryan BusbyPhD Student
Soft Robotics
Cheng-Yueh Liu
Cheng-Yueh LiuPhD Student
Legged Robots

PhD Students – Co-Supervised
Salik Khan (main supervisor: Dr. Yang Zou)
Regina Lee (main supervisor: Dr. Yuqian Lu)
Emily Steiner (main supervisor: Dr. Henry Williams)
Changheng Lu (main supervisor: Dr. Yang Zou)

Total Number of Group Members: 48
1 Research Scientist
1 Research Associate
12 PhD Students
4 PhD Students (Co-Supervised)
5 ME Students (Research Theses)
8 ME Robotics Student (Research Project)
14 Undergraduate Students (Part 4 Projects)

ME Students – Research Theses
Botao Dong
Reuben O’Brien
Minsu Kim

ME Robotics Students – Research Projects

Zak Quor
Prajith Uthayaraja
Yunhan Wang

Undergraduate Students – Part 4 Projects
Sophia Schulz & Rahul Bhati
Vladislav Colpman & Andrew Koh
Isara Nua & Otto Walker
Megan Leung & Dylan Sebastian
Trevor Heinemann & Raymond Wallace
Adam Lee & Halle Townsend*
*(co-supervised with Olaf Diegel)
Eric Shen & Anya Pearce**
**(co-supervised with Poul Nielsen)