About the lab: The Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) (自主系統實驗室) is directed by Prof. Yuxiang Sun (Chinese: 孫宇翔). Our lab studies AI-powered robotics and autonomous systems, with a focus on autonomous driving and mobile robots. Our mission is to create reliable perception and control systems that navigate autonomous robots in real complex environments at a large scale. Our lab has been sponsored by various funding bodies, including the University Grants Committee (大學教育資助委員會), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (香港研究資助局), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (香港創新科技署), National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会), Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (广东省科学技术厅), and world-leading AI companies, such as Huawei (華為) and Baidu (百度), etc. The lab was also funded with two PhD quotas by the highly-competitive Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS).

Our keywords: Robotics and AI, Autonomous Driving, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Autonomous Systems, Mobile Robotics, Quadruped Robotics, Autonomous Navigation, Construction Robotics, Robotic Perception and Control, Localization and Mapping, Indoor Positioning and Navigation, etc.

Short biography of PI: Yuxiang Sun is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (CityU). He was selected as the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, by Stanford University, from 2022 to 2024. He was also selected as the Global Top Chinese Young Scholars in AI (Top 50 in AI+X), AI华人青年学者榜, by Baidu in 2022. Prof. Sun serves as an Associate Editor of the prestigious journals and conferences: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (T-IV), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), and IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

09/2024: Yuxiang Sun was selected as the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, by Stanford University in 2024.

12/2023: Congratulations to Zhen Feng for successfully defending his PhD thesis!

10/2023: Yuxiang Sun was selected as the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, by Stanford University in 2023.

10/2023: Yuxiang Sun was appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (T-IV).

10/2022: Yuxiang Sun was selected as the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, by Stanford University in 2022.

04/2022: Yuxiang Sun was selected as the Global Top Chinese Young Scholars in AI (Top 50 in AI+X), AI华人青年学者榜, by Baidu, which was reported by the univeristy.

04/2022: Our lab was successfully funded by the highly-competitive Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) in the 2022/2023 admission.

01/2022: Yuxiang Sun was appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

09/2021: Yuxiang Sun was appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

07/2021: Yuxiang Sun was appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).

04/2021: Our lab was successfully funded by the highly-competitive Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) in the 2021/2022 admission.