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Yu Sun awarded USF Excellence in Innovation Award

August 16, 2018

Yu Sun

Yu Sun, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was recently selected to receive the Excellence in Innovation Award from USF Research & Innovation. Sun accomplished five inventions granted U.S. patents in the year 2017, all as the lead inventor:

  1. Y. Sun and Y. Huang, Generating Robotic Trajectories with Motion Harmonics, #9,764,469, Issued on September 19, 2017
  2. Y. Sun, M. Coovert, and I. Shindev, Techniques to Enable Robot Intention Expression, # 9,744,672, Issued on August 29, 2017
  3. Y. Sun, Y. Lin, Systems, and Methods for Planning a Robot Grasp That Can Withstand Task Disturbances, US patent # 9,649,764, Issued on May 16, 2017
  4. Y. Sun, J.E. Sanchez, X. Qian, B. Lin, Systems and Methods for Providing Augmented Reality in Minimally Invasive Surgery, US patent # 9,646,423, Issued on May 9, 2017
  5. Y. Sun, J.E. Sanchez, X. Qian, B. Lin, Systems and Methods for Providing Augmented Reality in Minimally Invasive Surgery, US patent # 9,547,940, Issued on January 17, 2017

Sun published two peer-reviewed articles and one more paper accepted for publication in the year 2017 and edited a book accepted for publication. He received one new grant as Co-PI in 2017. Additionally, Sun filed a patent disclosure in the year 2017, in collaboration with researchers at Stanford University:

  1. Bilan Yang, Allison M. Okamura, Yu Sun, Jee-Hawn Ryu, and Elliot W. Hawkes, Sheathed Twisted-String Actuator for Contraction, Growth and Articulation, Provisional Patent