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HKUST Robotics Institute

www.hkust.edu.hk

HKUST Robotics Institute at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology conducts research in legged locomotion, humanoid robotics, and micro-robotics.

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Hong Kong, China
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Overview

HKUST Robotics Institute at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology conducts research in legged locomotion, humanoid robotics, and micro-robotics. The institute has produced multiple robotics startups in the Greater Bay Area.

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Key facts

Grace healthcare research

HKUST's Robotics Institute says its team is investigating the humanoid robot Grace with Haven of Hope Hospital for tasks including patient interviews and ward patrols (Humanoid Robot).

Perceptive humanoid locomotion

An HKUST repository record describes a full-size humanoid locomotion framework that combines terrain sensing, gait regulation, and whole-body control, with experiments on a 31-degree-of-freedom, 1.65-meter robot (Gait-adaptive perceptive humanoid locomotion).

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Recent coverage

HKUST Robotics Institute in third-party press

DAIMON Robotics Wants to Give Robot Hands a Sense of Touch - IEEE Spectrum

May 4, 2026

A tactile sensing foot to increase the stability of legged robots - Tech Xplore

Apr 29, 2021

Can Hong Kong keep up with the rise of the robots? - South China Morning Post

Jan 25, 2017