Dr Lin Cao

PhD

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Lecturer

Assistant Professor

Dr Lin Cao
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l.cao@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5552

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Dr Lin Cao
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
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Dr Lin Cao received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, with research on compliant robotic systems and soft robotics. He was a visiting scholar in the Interactive Mechanisms and Mechatronics lab, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 2013. In 2016, He joined the medical robotics research group at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as a Research Fellow and a team leader. In Jan. 2021, He was invited to attend the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore. In June 2021, Dr. Cao joined the University of 91Ö±²¥ as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Medical Robotics.

Dr Cao’s main research interests include flexible endoscopic surgical robots, soft robots, and compliant robotic systems. Collaborating with clinicians and industrial collaborators, he strives to develop flexible/soft robotics technologies that enable medical diagnosis and treatment with minimal invasiveness. These technologies are rigorously developed and tested, in both in-vivo animal trials and human trials, with the ultimate goal of making a real difference for the healthcare of patients.

Dr Cao is interested in both theoretical and applied research, ranging from modelling the friction in medical tools to developing robots that remove cancer tumours or repair perforations in the digestive tract. His theoretical work on the design theory of compliant robotic systems was featured by ASME Journal of Mechanical design; an applied work on the flexible endoscopic robotic suturing system was a finalist of the ‘Surgical Robot Challenge’ at Imperial College London,  and he also won the ‘Best Presentation Award’ on the Congress of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery at the Amazing Technologies session. He also holds a few intellectual properties.

Dr Cao is an Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and an Editorial Member of Drones and Autonomous Vehicles. He also edited a Special Issue for Frontiers in Robotics and AI as a Guest Editor and led a workshop at the IEEE flagship conference, International Conference in Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023).

Qualifications

Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Research Fellow in medical robotics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Research interests

Medical Robots, Soft Robots, and Compliant Robotic Systems.

Advanced Robotics for Medicine Lab (ARMed Lab): arming doctors with advanced robotic technologies to fight against diseases and to protect patients for health.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Hasanshahi B, Cao L, Song K-Y & Zhang W (2024) . Machines, 12(8). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fang Z, Wu C, Cao L, Wang T, Hong X, Moser MAJ, Zhang W & Zhang B (2024) . Physics in Medicine & Biology, 69(9), 09NT04-09NT04. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ji G, Gao Q, Zhang T, Cao L & Sun Z (2023) . Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 4. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang S, Li C, Cao L, Moser MAJ, Zhang W, Qian Z & Zhang B (2022) . Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 217, 106697-106697. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu J, Cao L & Phee SJ (2021) . Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Phan PT, Tiong AMH, Miyasaka M, Cao L, Kaan HL, Ho KY & Phee SJ (2021) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 49(5), 1391-1401. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lai W, Cao L, Liu J, Tjin SC & Phee L (2021) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 1-1. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu J, Cao L, Miyasaka M & Phee SJ (2021) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 1-12. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Huang Y, Eden J, Cao L, Burdet E & Phee SJ (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(4), 545-548. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cao L, Li X, Phan PT, Tiong AMH, Kaan HL, Liu J, Lai W, Huang Y, Le HM, Miyasaka M , Ho KY et al (2020) . IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 27(3), 45-54. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Le HM, Phan PT, Lin C, Jiajun L & Phee SJ (2020) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 48(6), 1837-1849. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Huang Y, Burdet E, Cao L, Phan PT, Tiong AMH & Phee SJ (2020) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 25(2), 951-963. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lai W, Cao L, Tan RX, Phan PT, Hao J, Tjin SC & Phee SJ (2020) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 25(1), 371-382. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lai W, Cao L, Tan RX, Tan YC, Li X, Phan PT, Tiong AMH, Tjin SC & Phee SJ (2020) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 48(1), 342-356. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Li X, Tiong AMH, Cao L, Lai W, Phan PT & Phee SJ (2019) . International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 163, 105129-105129. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Huang Y, Burdet E, Cao L, Phan PT, Tiong AMH, Zheng P & Phee SJ (2019) . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(4), 3302-3309. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hu X, Cao L, Luo Y, Chen A, Zhang E & Zhang WJ (2019) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 24(4), 1785-1797. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Li X, Cao L, Tiong AMH, Phan PT & Phee SJ (2019) . Mechanism and Machine Theory, 134, 323-337. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Le HM, Cao L, Do TN & Phee SJ (2018) . Mechatronics, 53, 109-123. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cao L, Dolovich AT, Chen A & Zhang WC (2018) . Mechanism and Machine Theory, 121, 213-227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cao L, Dolovich AT, Schwab AL, Herder JL & Zhang WC (2015) . Journal of Mechanical Design, 137(12). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cao L, Dolovich AT & Zhang WC (2015) . Journal of Mechanical Design, 137(9). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Huang Y, Lai W, Cao L, Liu J, Li X, Burdet E & Phee SJ () . Annals of Biomedical Engineering. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cao L, Dolovich A & Zhang WJ () . Mechanical Sciences, 4(2), 357-369. RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Pi X, Szczech IA & Cao L (2023) . 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1 October 2023 - 5 October 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
Grants

Current Grants

  • SmartTennis: An Intelligent Player-Centred Ball Launch System for Tennis Training, Internal, 06/2024 - 05/2025, £45,991.00, as Co-PI
  • Development of a Submillimetre Steerable Robotic Bronchoscope with Cellular-Resolution Microscopy, Royal Society, 03/2024 - 03/2026, Â£11,300, as co-PI

Past Grants

  • Robotic Exoskeletal Sleeve for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery, Royal Society, 12/2022 - 05/2024, £19,888, as PI
Teaching interests
  • ACS6121 Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Systems