About Me
Hi there! My name is Yameng Zhang (张亚蒙). I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center (MRC), AIR@InnoHK, and a member of the Medical Intelligence and Robotic Cognition (MIRoC) Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). I received my Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2025, supervised by Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng and Prof. Hongliang Ren. From Oct. 2024 to Mar. 2025, I was a visiting Ph.D. student at the Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) Chair, Technische Universität München (TUM), advised by Prof. Nassir Navab and Prof. Zhongliang Jiang. Prior to that, I earned my M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2021 and my B.Eng. in Vehicle Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) in 2017.
My research interests lie in Medical Robotics and Imaging, with a particular focus on Intelligent Robotic Ultrasound Imaging Systems. My work spans ultrasound image analysis, multi-modal sensing and AI-assisted fusion, and 3-D reconstruction and visualization. I am also interested in Robot Learning and Control for efficient robotic perception and manipulation. In addition, I have extensive experience in Medical Robotic System Design and Control, encompassing robotic hardware and software development as well as vision- and magnetic-based control algorithms. Together, these multidisciplinary backgrounds drive my overarching research goal: to advance truly intelligent, clinically reliable, and patient-accepted medical robotic systems.
Freehand 3D Ultrasound Imaging: Sim-in-the-Loop Probe Pose Optimization via Visual Servoing
Yameng Zhang, Dianye Huang, Max Q.-H. Meng, Nassir Navab, Zhongliang Jiang
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), 2025
Model-Free Magnetic Servoing Control: Leveraging Raw Magnetic Data for Robotic Manipulation
Yameng Zhang, Yizhao Qian, Li Liu, Max Q.-H. Meng
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), 2024
Multi-Scale Visual Servoing Framework for Optical Microscopy based on SIFT Matching
Yameng Zhang, Ao Xu, Yuhan Chen, Max Q.-H. Meng, Li Liu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023 (Presented at IEEE ICRA 2024)
Design and Control of a Compact Electromagnetically Driven Laser Scanner for Robotic-Assisted Endoscopic Microsurgeries
Yameng Zhang, Max Q.-H. Meng, Li Liu
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2023
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Selected Honors and Awards
2026, Best Poster Award in IEEE ICRA 2026 RAMI Workshop
2024, CUHK Tutor Commendation Award
2024, CUHK PhD International Mobility for Partnerships and Collaborations (IMPAC) Award
2024, Best Poster Award in IEEE ICRA 2024 C4SR+ Workshop
2021, CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Ph.D. Scholarship Scheme
2019, SJTU Guang Hua Scholarship
2018, SJTU Changjiang Siyuan Scholarship
2017, Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award
2016, BIT Jiang Lu Scholarship
2015, BIT DWIN Technology Scholarship
2014, First Prize in National Undergraduate Mathematics Competition
Academic Services
Journal Reviewer:
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME), Cyborg and Bionic Systems (CBS), Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (BIROB)
Conference Reviewer:
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA), International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ICBIR).
Teaching
2024-2025 Spring, Department Administrative and Event Assistant
2023-2024 Spring, ELEG4701 Intelligent Interactive Robotics Practice
2023-2024 Fall, ELEG2310B Principles of Communication Systems
2022-2023 Spring, ENGG2740A Differential Equations for Engineers
2022-2023 Fall, ENGG2720A Complex Variables for Engineers
2021-2022 Spring, ENGG2740A Differential Equations for Engineers
2021-2022 Fall, ENGG2720A Complex Variables for Engineers,
