Outings, visitors, conferences, and everything in between.
Song Li demoing the Hopcopter at the Toronto Robotics Conference
Toronto Robotics Conference at UTM
Yann Zhang presenting at the Toronto Robotics Conference (UTM)
Dr Ting Wang's commencement at CityUHK, with the team: Ruobing Wang, Xinyu Zhu, Jiaxuan Wang, Weilun Duan, Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas, Zhiyuan Zhang, and Jiahao Ma
Dr Ting Wang's commencement at CityUHK, in front of our Hong Kong lab
Summer 2026 undergrads outside U of T
Summer 2026 undergrads Zeng Yang (UofT), Kwan Lo (HKU), Yunpu Liu (PolyU HK), Brandon Chau (UofT), and Jaden Zhang (UofT), with Pakpong
Visit from Prof. Chung Tin (CityUHK)
Prof. Raphael Zufferey (MIT), Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), Prof. Yu Sun (UofT), and Pakpong at ICRA 2026 in Vienna
Song Li and Fangzheng Wang at their poster at ICRA 2026 in Vienna
Song Li and Prof. Eric Diller (UofT) at ICRA 2026 in Vienna
At the JST workshop hosted by Prof. Moju Zhao (UTokyo) in Vienna after ICRA 2026, with Song Li, Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), and Prof. Marco Tognon (Inria)
Prof. Dario Floreano (EPFL) visiting the HopTo booth at ICRA 2026 in Vienna, with Song Li and the HopTo team
With HopTo team at ICRA 2026 in Vienna: Song Li, Pakpong, Fangzheng Wang, and Dario Serrano (UofT)
Prof. Moju Zhao (UTokyo), Prof. Dario Floreano (EPFL), Prof. Marco Tognon (Inria), Prof. Sihao Sun (TU Delft), and Pakpong at ICRA 2026 in Vienna
HopTo highlights at ICRA 2026, Vienna
Robosoft 2026 dinner in Kanazawa with Prof. Moju Zhao (UTokyo), Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), and Prof. Shaohui Foong (SUTD)
The Hopcopter featured on CNN's Tech for Good, broadcast internationally: "This is no toy: meet the bouncing robot inspired by insects"
HopTo office in Shenzhen with Fangzheng Wang, Ruihan Jia, and Ting Wang
At our Hong Kong lab with the team: Songnan Bai, Jiahao Ma, Runze Ding, Ting Wang, Weilun Duan, Bingxuan Pu, Jiaxuan Wang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Ruihan Jia, and Xinyu Zhu
RIS Lab hits the court: pickup basketball in Hong Kong with Xinyu Zhu, Zhiyuan Zhang, Ruihan Jia, Jihao Xu, Ruobing Wang, Runze Ding, Bingxuan Pu, Jiahao Ma, and Weilun Duan
Prof. Dario Floreano (EPFL) with Ting Wang, during his second visit to our Hong Kong lab
Prof. Dario Floreano (EPFL) with Runze Ding, during his second visit to our Hong Kong lab
Prof. Dario Floreano's (EPFL) second visit to our Hong Kong lab, with Jihao Xu, Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas, Ting Wang, Ruihan Jia, Jiaxuan Wang, Runze Ding, Jiahao Ma, and Songnan Bai
With Prof. Moju Zhao at the DRAGON Lab, UTokyo
Giving a talk at the DRAGON Lab, UTokyo, hosted by Prof. Moju Zhao
Pakpong and Rachel Zoll (Harvard Microrobotics Lab) at IROS 2025, Hangzhou
Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT) with the Hopcopter at IROS 2025, Hangzhou
Runze Ding, Ruihan Jia, and Pakpong at IROS 2025, Hangzhou
HopTo office opening in Shenzhen with Fangzheng Wang, Ruihan Jia, Runze Ding, and Pakpong
HopTo at IROS 2025, Hangzhou
Visit from Prof. Van Anh Ho (JAIST) to U of T
Dr. Ting Wang's thesis defense at CityUHK
At our Hong Kong lab with Ting Wang and Kaixu Dong
Ruihan Jia's MPhil thesis defense at CityUHK, with Prof. Raymond Lam (CityUHK) and Prof. David Navarro-Alarcon (PolyUHK)
Giving a talk at SUSTech (Shenzhen)
Shenzhen, part of a SUSTech visit: Xinyu Zhu, Runze Ding, Ruihan Jia, Fangzheng Wang, Ting Wang, Prof. Hongqiang Wang (SUSTech), Pakpong, Song Li, and Zhiyuan Zhang
Filming with Kristie Lu Stout (CNN) for Tech for Good on the CityUHK campus
CityUHK Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, 2024
CityUHK Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, 2024 (full video)
Visit to Prof. Hongqiang Wang's lab (AAR Lab) at SUSTech, with Prof. Xin Ma and Prof. Huijuan Feng
HopTo at ICRA 2025, Atlanta
RIS Lab outing in Shatin, Hong Kong
Weilun Duan working with a robotic dog
Songnan Bai demoing the hopping robot during Pakpong's talk at the Conference on Robots for Science (organized by Science Robotics), CUHK
At MIT Node Hong Kong with Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), Prof. Wei Shyy (HKUST), and Prof. Lin Fu (HKUST)
Visit to HKUST with Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT) and Prof. Zhengbao Yang (HKUST)
Visit to CUHK with Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT) and Prof. Qiguang He (CUHK)
HIT Shenzhen visit with the team: Song Li, Xinyu Zhu, Fangzheng Wang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Ting Wang, Ruihan Jia, Jiahao Ma, Ruobing Wang, Weilun Duan, Yu Shi, Jiaxuan Wang, and Kaixu Dong
Giving a talk at HIT Shenzhen, hosted by Prof. Xuan Wang
Visit to DJI Headquarters (DJI Sky City)
DJI visit with the team: Zhiyuan Zhang, Kaixu Dong, Ting Wang, Song Li, Ruobing Wang, Fangzheng Wang, Jiahao Ma, Yu Shi, and Pakpong
At Tsinghua with Ruihan Jia, Jiahao Ma, and Kaixu Dong
At Tsinghua with Kaixu Dong, Ting Wang, Zhiyuan Zhang, and Jiahao Ma
At a soft robotics conference in Tsinghua University (Beijing) with Prof. Li Wen (Beihang), Ting Wang, Ruihan Jia, Fangzheng Wang, and Jiahao Ma
At a soft robotics conference in Tsinghua University (Beijing) with Prof. Shuguang Li (Tsinghua) and Prof. Hongqiang Wang (SUSTech)
Giving a talk at Tsinghua University
Sightseeing at Gulou, Beijing, during the Tsinghua trip: Zhiyuan Zhang, Ruihan Jia, Jiahao Ma, Pakpong, Ting Wang, Fangzheng Wang, and Kaixu Dong
Prof. Zhigang Wu (HUST) and his team visiting CityUHK, with Songnan Bai, Ruihan Jia, Runze Ding, Song Li, Size Yu, Bingxuan Pu, Kaixu Dong, Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas, and Xinyu Zhu
Dr Runze Ding's commencement at CityUHK
Photoshoot for CityUHK News, featuring the Hopcopter, with Runze Ding, Songnan Bai, and Pakpong
Visit from Prof. Mark Mueller and Prof. Hannah Stuart (UC Berkeley) at CityUHK, with Yu Shi, Kaixu Dong, Fangzheng Wang, Song Li, Bingxuan Pu, Pakpong, Songnan Bai, Runze Ding, Ruobing Wang, Ruihan Jia, Size Yu, and Xinyu Zhu
Visit from Prof. Mark Mueller and Prof. Hannah Stuart (UC Berkeley) at CityUHK
Visit (lecture) from Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT) at CityUHK
Visit from Prof. Metin Sitti (Koç University) to CityUHK, with Ruobing Wang, Xinyu Zhu, Kaixu Dong, Runze Ding, Pakpong, Ruihan Jia, Songnan Bai, and Song Li
Giving a seminar at SUSTech
At a soft robotics conference in Shenzhen with Prof. Shuguang Li (Tsinghua), Prof. Hongqiang Wang (SUSTech), and Prof. Huichan Zhao (Tsinghua)
At a soft robotics conference in Shenzhen with Prof. Shuguang Li (Tsinghua) and Ting Wang
At a soft robotics conference in Shenzhen with Prof. Hongqiang Wang (SUSTech), Prof. Huichan Zhao (Tsinghua), Prof. Shuguang Li (Tsinghua), Prof. Li Wen (Beihang), and Pakpong
With Prof. Hongqiang Wang (SUSTech)
Group lunch at CityU Lodge Bistro with Jihao Xu, Fangzheng Wang, Runze Ding, Songnan Bai, Ting Wang, Kaixu Dong, Song Li, Bingxuan Pu, Ruihan Jia, Size Yu, and Xinyu Zhu
At Toscanini's (Cambridge, MA) with Songnan Bai, Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), and Yi-Hsuan "Nemo" Hsiao
Xiangyu Chu (CUHK), Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), Prof. Amir Patel (University of Cape Town), Prof. Samuel Au (CUHK), Pakpong, and Prof. Ryuki Sato (University of Electro-Communications) at the Agile Movement workshop, ICRA 2023, London
Ben Shih (UC San Diego) visiting CityUHK
Songnan Bai, Runze Ding, and Kaixu Dong at SUSTech (Shenzhen)
Extended Wood Lab family at ICRA, Philadelphia: Prof. Kris Dorsey (Northeastern), Prof. Dan Aukes (ASU), Prof. Farrell Helbling (Cornell), Prof. Nick Gravish (UC San Diego), Yigit Mengüç (Oregon State), Prof. Kevin Chen (MIT), Prof. Siyi Xu (UIUC), Prof. Kaushik Jayaram (CU Boulder), Prof. Rob Wood (Harvard), and Pakpong
Group lunch with Huaiyuan Jia, Xinyu Cai, Shixin Tan, Runze Ding, Bingguo Mu, Shangkun Zhong, Songnan Bai, and Pakpong
Wood Lab alumni at RoboSoft 2019, COEX Seoul: Mike Tolley (UC San Diego), Pakpong, Onur Özcan (Bilkent University), Ardian Jusufi (Max Planck Institute), Kyu-Jin Cho (General Chair, SNU), Yong-Lae Park (SNU), Rebecca Kramer (Yale), and Je-sung Koh
