Tiancheng Li

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

Robot Perception
Robot Control
Medical Robotics

About Me

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, collaborating closely with Prof. Shoudong Huang and A/Prof. Liang Zhao. My research interests include robot perception, control, and medical robotics. My work focuses on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), surgical navigation, and the development of robotic systems for computer-assisted interventions.

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Recent News

Jul 2026 Our project, “AI Validation and Benchmarking Framework for Dental Implant Planning,” has secured industry funding from K & C Cheung Pty Ltd. I serve as one of the project’s Principal Investigators.
Jun 2026 Our paper “MR-MPCC: Model Predictive Contouring Control for Robotic Manipulator Tracking under Moving Reference Frames” was accepted by IROS 2026 (IEEE RAS Travel Award).
May 2026 I will give an Early Career Talk at the 2026 RSS workshop "Bridging AI and Robotics: Towards Safer and Smarter Surgery".
Apr 2026 Our workshop "From Perception to Action: Representation-Centric Robot Autonomy" has been accepted by Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2026.
Jul 2025 Our navigation system for robotic-assisted orthopaedic surgery has successfully secured funding through UTS Robotics Institute Strategic Funding Initiative.
Jun 2025 Our paper “Physical Human-Robot Collaboration-Assisted Acetabular Preparation for Total Hip Replacement Surgery” was accepted by IROS 2025.
May 2025 I submitted my Ph.D. thesis at UTS.
Apr 2025 I joined the Robotics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney as a postdoctoral research fellow.
Jan 2025 Our paper “Partial-to-Full Registration based on Gradient-SDF for Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery” was accepted by ICRA 2025.
Oct 2024 Our robotic system for total hip replacement surgery has been officially awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant.

Earlier updates

May 2023 Our paper “A closed-form solution to electromagnetic sensor based intraoperative limb length measurement in total hip arthroplasty” was accepted by MICCAI 2023.
Jul 2021 I contributed to the origination of the international winter school "IEEE RAS Winter School on SLAM in Deformable Environments". I served as the tutor, developer, and ZOOM host.
Feb 2021 Our paper “2D laser SLAM with closed shape features: Fourier series parameterization and submap joining” was accepted by RA-L.

Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Apr 2025 – Present
Robotics Institute
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Casual Academic Feb 2022 – Mar 2025
School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Teaching: Sensor and Control for Mechatronic Systems (41014); Robotics Studio 1 (42043).
Research Assistant Dec 2020 – Sep 2021
School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)