

Email
zli11@wpi.edu
Office
Unity Hall room 283
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Affiliated Department or Office
Education
BS Mechanical Engineering China Agricultural University 2006
MS Mechanical Engineering University of Victoria (BC, Canada) 2009
PhD Computer Engineering University of California at Santa Cruz 2014
Postdoc Electrical & Computer Engineering Duke University 2016
My research bridges the gap between human-robot interaction and human movement science. I am particularly interested in the design of human-robot interfaces and assistive robot autonomy, based on the understanding of the perception-action coupling of humans and cyber-human systems. At WPI, I primarily work on tele-nursing robots and assisted teleoperation interfaces. I also have extensive experience in exoskeletons for rehabilitation and tele-surgical robots.
Research Interests
Human-robot Interaction
Tele-Nursing Robots
Perception-action Coupling
Exoskeleton for stroke rehabilitation
Scholarly Work
Zhi Li, Peter Moran, Qingyuan Dong, Ryan Shaw, Kris Hauser, “Development of a Tele-Nursing Mobile Manipulator for Remote Care-giving in Quarantine Areas”, In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 3581-3586. 2017. 2017