Citation Status in Google Scholar, Number of Citations 1903, h-index 20.

Book Chapter

1. Z. Sun, L. Maréchal, and S. Foong, “Passive Magnetic Localization in Medical Intervention”, in Electromagnetic Actuation and Sensing in Medical Robotics, pp. 163-187, Springer. 2018.  

Journal Articles

1. X. Hu, Q. Duan, J. Tang, G. Chen, X. Qu*, Z. Zhao, Z. Sun and C. Chen, “A low-cost instrumented shoe system for gait phase detection based on foot plantar pressure data”, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 2023 (Accepted) [Q3][IF=3.4]

2. W. Lin, Z. Wang*, Y. Xu, Z. Hu, W. Zhao, Z. Zhu, Z. Sun, G. Wang, and Z. Peng*, “Self-Adaptive Perception of Object's Deformability with Multiple Deformation Attributes Utilizing Biomimetic Mechanoreceptors”, Advanced Materials, 2023 (Accepted). [Q1][IF=29.4]

3. X. Xu, L. Yang, H. Chen*, T. Liu, X. Xu, Z. Sun*, and H. Liu “Traction Network Wire Current Detection Based on Ring-Shaped TMR Array”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2023 (Accepted) [Q1][IF=7]

4. W. Zhao, Z. Lin, Z. Sun, Z. Zhu, W. Lin, Y. Xu, Z. Peng, Z. Sun*, Z. Wang*, “Road Narrow-inspired strain concentration to wide-range-tunable gauge factor of ionic hydrogel strain sensor”, Advanced Sciences, 2023. (Accepted). [Q1][IF=16.7]

5. Z. Zhu, Y. Xu, W. Lin, Z. Hu, Z. Lin, Z. Sun, Z. Peng* and Z. Wang*, “Robust and flexible sliding tactile sensor for surface pattern perception and recognition”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 (Accepted) [Q1][IF=7.298]

6. S. C. Barman, D.A. Sulaiman, X. Wang, Z. Sun, H.N. Alshareef, C.-Z. Li*, “Biomechanical and bioelectrical properties of extracellular vesicles – Outlook and electrochemical biosensing”, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, Vol 40, 2023. [Q1][IF=8.5]

7. H. Gao, X. Ai, Z. Sun, W. Chen and A. Gao*, “Progress in force-sensing techniques for surgical robots”, Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Science) , Vol 28(3), pp. 370-381, 2023. 

8. J. Li, X. Wang, M. Zhong, J. Zheng and Z. Sun*, “Real-time slice-to-volume registration-based autonomous navigation for robot-assisted thyroid biopsy”, Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. (Science), Vol 28(3), pp. 330-338, 2023.

9. G. Ji, Q. Gao, T. Zhang, L. Cao, and Z. Sun*, “A heuristically accelerated reinforcement learning based neurosurgical path planner”, Cyborg and Bionic Systems, Vol 4, 2023 (Accepted).

10. P. Zhu, X. Wang, Y. Luo, Z. Sun*, Y. Wang*, and C. Chen*, “Prompt-based Learning for Unpaired Image Captioning”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2023 (Accepted) [Q1][IF=8.182]

11. Q. Gao, G. Ji, and Z. Sun*, “Robust shape-distortion prediction for a wire-driven hyper-redundant manipulator with engaging rolling joints”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Vol 5(2), 2023. [Q2][IF=3.9]

12. Z. Hu, L. Lin, W. Lin, Y. Xu, X. Xia, Z. Peng，Z. Sun*, Z. Wang*, “Machine Learning for Tactile Perception: Advancements, Challenges, and Opportunities”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol 5(7), 2023 [Q1][IF=7.298]

13. Z. Lin, Z. Wang*, W. Zhao, Y. Xu, X. Wang, T. Zhang, Z. Sun, L. Lin, and Z. Peng*, “Recent advances in perceptive intelligence for soft robotics”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol 5(7), 2023 [Q1][IF=7.298]

14. X. Hu, J. Tang, W. Cai, Z. Sun, Z. Zhao and X. Qu*, “Characteristics of foot plantar pressure during turning in young male adults”, Gait & Posture, Vol 101, 2023 [Q2][IF=2.746]

15. W. Zhao, Z. Lin, X. Wang, Z. Wang*, and Z. Sun*, “Mechanically Interlocked Hydrogel−Elastomer Strain Sensor with Robust Interface and Enhanced Water−Retention Capacity”, Gels, Vol 8(10), 2022 [Q1][IF=4.432]

16. P. Zhu, X. Wang, Y. Luo, Z. Sun, W-S. Zheng, Y. Wang*, and C. Chen*, “Unpaired image captioning by image-level weakly-supervised visual concept recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2022 (Accepted) [Q1][IF=8.182]

17. Z. Lin, T. Zhang, Z. Sun, H. Gao, X. Ai, W. Chen, G.-Z. Yang, and A. Gao*, “Robotic telepresence based on augmented reality and human motion mapping for interventional medicine”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Vol 4(4), 2022. [Q2][IF=3.9]

18. N. Tan*, P. Yu, S. Liao and Z. Sun, “Recurrent neural networks as kinematics estimator and controller for redundant manipulators subject to physical constraints”, Neural Networks, Vol 153, pp.64-75, 2022. [Q1][IF=9.657]

19. X. Lin, H. Liu*, Q. Sun, X. Li, H. Qian, Z. Sun and T.L. Lam, “Applying project-based learning in AI and marine discipline: an evaluation study on a robotic sailboat platform”, IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, Vol 4(2), pp. 86-96, 2022.

20. S. Kim, A. Zhang, R. Liao*, W. Zheng, Z. Hu and Z. Sun, “Sampling blockchain-enabled smart city applications among South Korea, the United States and China”, Journal of Smart Cities and Society, Vol 53(70), pp. 53-70, 2022.

21. Y. Chen*, Q. Wang, C. Chi, C. Wang, Q. Gao, H. Zhang, Z. Li, Z. Mu, R. Xu, Z. Sun, and H. Qian, “A collaborative robot for COVID-19 oropharyngeal swabbing”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol 148, 2022.  [Q2][IF=3.70]

22. X. Hu, X. Zeng, Y. Xu, C. Luo, L. Jia, Z. Zhao, Z. Sun, and X. Qu*, “A soft robotic intervention for gait enhancement in older adults”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol 29, pp. 1838-1847, 2021.  [Q1][IF=4.528]

23. H. Jiang, L. Ding, Z. Sun, and R. Huang*, “Unsupervised monocular depth perception: focusing on moving objects”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol 21(24), pp. 27225-27237, 2021. [Q1][IF=4.325]

24. F. Deng#, Y. Zhou#, S. Song, Z. Jiang, L. Chen, J. Su*, Z. Sun* and J. Zhang*, “Say what you are looking at: an attention-based interactive system for autistic children”, Applied Sciences, Vol 11(16), 2021. [Q2][IF=2.679]

25. Q. Gao, Z. Sun*, “A novel design of water-activated variable stiffness endoscopic manipulator with safe thermal insulation”, Actuators, Vol 10(6), DOI: 10.3390/act10060130, 2021. [Q2][IF=2.523]

26. Q. Gao, N. Tan and Z. Sun*, “A hybrid learning-based hysteresis compensation strategy for surgical robots”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol 17(4), DOI: 10.1002/rcs.2275,2021. [Q3][IF=2.483]

27. Y. Huang, W. Xiao, C. Wang, H. Liu, R. Huang and Z. Sun*, “Towards fully autonomous ultrasound scanning robot with imitation learning based on clinical protocols”,  IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol 6(2), pp. 3671-3678, 2021. [Q2][IF=4.321]

28. Y. Hu, J. Li, Y. Chen*, Q. Wang, C. Chi, H. Zhang, Q. Gao, Y. Lan, Z. Li, Z. Mu, Z. Sun and A. Knoll, “Design and control of a novel highly redundant rigid-flexible coupling robot to assist the COVID-19 oropharyngeal-swab sampling”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol7(2), pp. 1856-1863, 2021. [Q2][IF=4.321]

29. Z. Li#, Y. Mu#, Z. Sun#, S. Song, J. Su, and J. Zhang*, “Intention understanding in human-robot interaction based on visual-NLP semantics”, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Vol. 14, DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2020.610139, 2021. [Q2][IF=3.493]

30. N. Tan*, Z. Sun*, N. Brahmananthan, R.E. Mohan, S. Venkataraman, R. Sosa and K. Wood, “A system-of-systems bio-inspired design process: conceptual design and physical prototype of a reconfigurable robot capable of multi-modal locomotion”, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Vol 13, DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00078, 2019. [Q2][IF=3.493]

31. X. Hu, J. Zhao, D. Peng, Z. Sun, X. Qu*, "Estimation of foot plantar center of pressure trajectories with low-cost instrumented insoles using an individual-specific nonlinear model", Sensors, Vol 18 (2), 2018. [Q1][IF=3.847]

32. Z. Sun, L. Maréchal, and S. Foong*, “Passive magnetic-based localization for precise untethered medical instrument tracking”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol 156, pp. 151-161, 2018. [Q1][IF=7.027]

33. S. Foong*, Z. Sun, “High accuracy passive magnetic field-based localization for feedback control using principal component analysis”, Sensors, Vol 16 (8), 2016. DOI: 10.3390/s16081280.      [Q1][IF=3.847]

34. Z. Sun, S. Foong*, L. Maréchal and A. Shabbir, “A non-invasive real-time localization system for enhanced safety in nasogastric intubation”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol 43(12), pp. 2941-2952, 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1361-0.  [Q2][IF=3.934] 

35. Z. Sun, Z. Wang and S.J. Phee*, “Modeling and motion compensation of a bidirectional actuated tendon-sheath system for endoscopic surgery”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol 119 (2), pp. 77-87, 2015. [Q1][IF=7.027]

36. F.Y. Wu, S. Foong* and Z. Sun, “A hybrid field model for enhanced magnetic localization and position control”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol 20 (3), pp. 1278-1287, 2015.   [Q1][IF=5.867] 

37. Z. Sun, Z. Wang and S.J. Phee*, “Elongation modeling and compensation for flexible tendon-sheath system”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol 19 (4), pp. 1243-1250, 2014.   [Q1][IF=5.867] 

38. Philip W.Y. Chiu*, S.J. Phee, Z. Wang, Z. Sun, C. C. Poon, T. Yamamoto, I. Penny, J.Y.Y. Wong, James Y.W. Lau, K.Y. Ho, “Feasibility of full-thickness gastric resection using master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot and closure by overstitch: a preclinical study”, Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques, Vol 28(1), pp. 319-324, 2014.    [Q2][IF=3.453] 

39. Z. Wang, Z. Sun*, and S.J. Phee, “Modeling tendon-sheath mechanism with flexible configurations for robot control”, Robotica, Vol 31(7), pp. 1131-1142, 2013. [Q4][IF=2.406]

40. Z. Wang, Z. Sun, and S.J. Phee*, “Haptic feedback and control of a flexible surgical endoscopic robot”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol 112(2), pp. 260-271, 2013.    [Q1][IF=7.027] 

41. Z. Sun, Z. Wang and S.J. Phee*, “Haptic modeling of stomach for real-time property and force estimation”, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, Vol 13(3), DOI: 10.1142/S0219519413500218, 2013.     [Q4][IF=0.883] 

42. S.J. Phee*, N. Reddy, P. Chiu, R. Pradeep, G.V. Rao, Z. Wang, Z. Sun, J.Y.Y. Wong, and K.Y. Ho, “Robot-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection is effective in treating patients with early-stage gastric neoplasia”, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol 10(10), pp. 1117-1121, 2012.    [Q1][IF=13.576] 

43. Z. Wang, S.J. Phee, D. Lomanto, R. Goel, P. Rebala, Z.L. Sun, S. Trasti, N. Reddy, J.Y. Wong and K.Y. Ho*, “Endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric lesions by using a Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER): an animal survival study”, Endoscopy, Vol 44(7), pp. 690-694, 2012.  [Q1][IF=9.776] 

44. S.J. Phee*, Z. Sun, Z. Wang, J.Y. Wong and K.Y. Ho, “The future of transluminal surgery”, Expert Review of Medical Devices, Vol 8 (6), pp. 669-671, 2011.  [Q3][IF=3.439] 

45. Z. Sun, R.Y. Ang, E.W. Lim, Z. Wang, K.Y. Ho and S.J. Phee*, “Enhancement of a master-slave robotic system for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery”, Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore, Vol 40(5), pp. 223-230, 2011.    [Q1][IF=8.713] 

46. KY. Ho*, SJ. Phee, Z. Sun, R. Goel, P. Rebala, D. Lomanto, VA. Huynh, Z. Wang, JC. Lai, EK. Ting, YYJ. Wong, DN. Reddy, SC. Chung, “Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using a Computer-Controlled Master-Slave Robot”, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Vol 73(4), AB155-AB155, 2011. [Q1][IF=10.396] 

47. S.J. Phee*, K.Y. Ho, D. Lomanto, S.C. Low, V.A. Huynh, A.P. Kencana, K. Yang, Z.L. Sun, and S.C.S. Chuang, “Natural orifice transgastric endoscopic wedge hepatic resection in an experimental model using an intuitively controlled master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot (MASTER)”, Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques, Vol 24(9), pp. 2293-2298, 2010.  [Q2][IF=4.453]

48. S.J. Phee*, A.P. Kencana, V.A. Huynh, Z.L. Sun, S.C. Low, K. Yang, D. Lomanto, and K.Y. Ho, “Design of a master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol 224(7), pp. 1495-1503, 2010.    [Q3][IF=1.758]

49. I. Iordachita, Z. Sun, M. Balicki, J.U. Kang, S.J. Phee, J. Handa, P. Gehlbach, and R. Taylor*, “A sub-millimetric, 0.25mN resolution fully integrated fiber-optic force-sensing tool for retinal microsurgery”, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol 4(4), pp. 383-390, 2009.  [Q2][IF=3.421] 

50. S.J. Phee*, S. C. Low, Z. L. Sun, K. Y. Ho, W.M. Huang and Z. M. Thant, “Robotic System for No-Scar Gastrointestinal Surgery”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol 4(1), pp. 15-22, 2008.     [Q3][IF=2.483] 

Conferences Articles

1. Y. Zhong, X. Huang, Z. Lin, J. Chen, Z. Sun, X. Ji*, “Design and implementation of a VTOL UAV and its digital twin”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2023.

2. X. Wang, X. Ji, and Z. Sun*, “An auto-tuned motion scaling method based on visual recognition”, IEEE International Conference on Realtime Computing and Robotics, 2023.

3. G. Ji, Q. Gao, M. Sun, G. Mi, X. Hu, and Z. Sun*, “Surgical continuum manipulator control using multi-agent team deep Q-learning”, IEEE International Conferences on Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2023. 

4. T. Yan, T. Xu, T. Zhang, and Z. Sun*, “HapNet: a learning-based haptic-kinematic model for surface material classification in robot perception”, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023

5. Y. Dong, X. Ji, and Z. Sun*, “Design and implementation of a robotic ping-pong server system”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2022.

6. Z. Lin, H. Wu, H. Jia, H. Liu, X. Ai, Y. Zou, Z. Sun, W. Chen, G.-Z. Yang, and  A. Gao*, “Fixed and sliding FBG sensor-based triaxial tip force sensing for cable-driven continuum robots”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 9593-9599, 2022. 

7. Z. Hu, Y. Xu, W. Lin, Z. Wang, and Z. Sun*, “Augmented pointing gesture estimation for human-robot interaction”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp.6416-6422, 2022.

8. X. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Fang, and Z. Sun*, “Towards Enhanced Social Well-being for the Disabled Using Humanoid Robot with Eye Tracker”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2021.

9. J. Fang, X. Zhang, X. Wang, X. Ji, N. Tan, and Z. Sun*, “A CNN-Based Position Control Method for Under-Actuated Cable-Driven Serpentine Manipulator”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2021. 

10. W. Zhang, X. Wang, X. Zhang and Z. Sun*, “Improved Gait Posture Prediction in Transfemoral Amputees with Reconstructed Shank EMG Signals”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2021. (Best Student Paper Award Finalist)

11. N. Tan*, R. Hu, Y. Wu, F. Ni and Z. Sun, “Synchronous Motion Generation of Multiple Continuum Robots Based on a Jacobian-Estimation Strategy”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2021.

12. R. Zhu#, B. Zhao#, J. Liu*, Z. Sun and C.W. Chen, “Improving Contrastive Learning by Visualizing Feature Transformation”, International Conference on Computer Vision 2021 (Accepted Oral, accepted rate 3%)

13. N. Tan*, P. Yu, F. Ni, and Z. Sun, “Trajectory Tracking of Soft Continuum Robots with Unknown Models Based on Varying Parameter Recurrent Neural Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2021. 

14. X. Wang, X. Huang, Y. Lin, L. Zhou, Z. Sun* and Y. Xu, “Design of a SSVEP-based BCI Stimuli System for Attention-based Robot Navigation in Robotic Telepresence”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2021. 

15. L. Zhou, J. Cen, X. Wang, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam* and Y. Xu, “BORM: Bayesian Object Relation Model for Indoor Scene Recognition”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2021. 

16. Y. Yang#, W. Chen#, L. Zhou#, B. Zheng#, W. Xiao, Y. Huang and Z. Sun*, “A Hybrid Control Framework Teaching Robot to Write Chinese Characters: from Image to Handwriting”, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering 2021. 

17. Z. Li#, Z. Sun#, J. Su, J. Zhang*, “Leaning a Skill-sequence-dependent Policy for Long-horizon Manipulation Tasks”, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering 2021. 

18. L. Zhou, C. Du, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam, Y. Xu, “Long-Range Hand Gesture Recognition via Attention-based SSD Network”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021. 

19. Q. Sun, W. Qi, H. Liu, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam, and H. Qian, “OceanVoy: A Hybrid Energy Planning System for Autonomous Sailboat”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2481-2487, 2020 (Best Application Paper Award Finalist).

20. K. Xue, C. Liu, H. Liu, R. Xu, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam, and H. Qian, “A Two-Stage Automatic Latching System for the USVs Charging in Disturbed Berth”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1748-1754, 2020.

21. H. Jiang, L. Ding, Z. Sun, R. Huang, “DiPE: Deeper into Photometric Errors for Unsupervised Learning of Depth and Ego-Motion from Monocular Videos”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 10061-10067, 2020.

22. R. Xu, H. Liu, C. Liu, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam, H. Qian, “A Novel Solar Tracker Driven by Waves: From Idea to Implementation”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 8209-8214, 2020. 

23. N. Ding, Z. Zheng, J. Song, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam, and H. Qian, “CCRobot-III: A Split-Type Wire-Driven Cable Climbing Robot for Cable-Stayed Bridge Inspection”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 9308-9314, 2020

24. Z. Hu, Z. Zhao, L. Zhang, H. Liu, N. Ding, Z. Sun. T.L. Lam, H. Qian, “Collaborative Object Transportation by Multiple Robots with On-board Object Localization Algorithm”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 2344-2350, 2019

25. J. Li, H. Liu, Z. Sun, R. Huang, “Real Time Obstacle Estimation Based on Dense Stereo Vision for Robotic Lawn Mowers”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1186-1191, 2019

26. J. Qiu, J. Hou, C. Liu, H. Liu, X. Lin, Z. Sun, N. Ding, T.L. Lam and H. Qian, “A New Turbine-Sail Coupled Propulsive System for Autonomous Sailboats”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1447-1452, 2019 

27. Z. Feng, J. Qiu, H. Liu, Q. Sun, N. Ding, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam and H. Qian, “An Adaptive Position Keeping Algorithm for Autonomous Sailboats”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 527-532, 2019 

28. Y. Dong, X. Ding, Z. Li, L. Zhang, H. Liu, N. Ding, Z. Sun, and H. Qian, “Wing Sail Land-yacht Modeling and System Verification”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1350-1355, 2019 

29. Z. Cheng, W. Qi, Q. Sun, H. Liu, N. Ding, Z. Sun, T.L. Lam and H. Qian, “Obstacle Avoidance for Autonomous Sailboats via Reinforcement Learning with Coarse-to-fine Strategy”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 59-64, 2019 (Best Student Paper Award Finalist)

30. B. Jin, C. Sun, A. Zhang, N. Ding, J. Lin, G. Deng, Z. Zhu and Z. Sun, “Joint Torque Estimation Toward Dynamic and Compliant Control for Gear-Driven Torque Sensorless Quadruped Robot”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 4630-4637, 2019 

31. R. Xu, C. Liu, H. Liu, Z. Sun, T. L. Lam, and H. Qian, “Design and Optimization of a Wave Driven Solar Tracker for Floating Photovoltaic Plants”, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp.1293-1298, 2019. 

32. W. Qi, Q. Sun, H. Liu, Z. Sun, H. Qian and T. L. Lam, “Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Sailboats Based on RRS Protocol”, IEEE International Conference on Realtime Computing and Robotics, 2019. (Best Paper Award Finalist)

33. J. Hou, Y. Dong, X. Ding, H. Liu, H. Qian and Z. Sun*, “Towards Long Duration Self-Sustainable Ocean Sampling System”, IEEE International Conference on Realtime Computing and Robotics, 2019. 

34. X. Yu, W. Qi, Q. Sun, H. Liu, Z. Sun and H. Qian, “A Low-Cost, Wide-Range and Multi-Functional Vision Backend of SailBoat Research Testbed”, IEEE International Conference on Realtime Computing and Robotics, 2019. 

35. Y. Lei, L. Zhou, T. Pan, H. Qian and Z. Sun*. “Learning and Generation of Personal Handwriting Style Chinese Font”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1909-1914, 2018.

36. S. Liu, Y. Xie, L. Zhang, X. Lei, X. Yu, Z. Sun and Huihuan Qian, "Trajectory Tracking for Leader-follower Vehicle System with Velocity Constraints", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 474-479, 2018.

37. C. Guo, Z. Sun, Y. Chen, Y. Xie, S. Li and H. Qian, “Trajectory Tracking of Unicycle-type Robots with Constraints”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1700-1705, 2018.

38. C. Yi, L. Zhou, Z. Wang, Z. Sun and C. Tan, “Long-range Hand Gesture Recognition with Joint SSD Network”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1959-1963, 2018.

39. K. Xue, H. Qian and Z. Sun, “Design of An Adaptive Mini Gripper for Climbing Robots”, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, pp. 618-623, 2018. 

40. F. Wan, Z. Wang, B. Franchuk, X. Hu, Z. Sun and C. Song, "Hybrid Actuator Design for a Gait Augmentation Wearable", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 2298-2302, 2017.

41. Z. Sun, K.C.T. Soh, S. Udomsawaengsup, A. Shabbir and S. Foong, “Modular Design of a Real-time Passive Magnetic Localization System for Enhanced Safety in Nasogastric Intubation”, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 329-334, 2016.

42. Z. Sun, S. Foong, L. Maréchal, T.H. Teo, U.-X. Tan and A. Shabbir, “Real-Time Sensor Fault Detection and Compensation in a Passive Magnetic Field-based Localization System”, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 1040-1046, 2016.

43. L. Maréchal, Z. Sun, S. Foong, “Direct Permanent Magnet Localization for Catheter Tracking in Intracranial Intervention”, The Hamlyn Symposium, 2016.

44. Z. Sun, S. Foong, L. Maréchal, T.H. Teo, U.-X. Tan and A. Shabbir, “Using Heterogeneous Sensory Measurements in a Compliant Magnetic Localization System for Medical Intervention”, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 133-138, 2015.

45. L. Maréchal, Z. Sun, S. Foong and K.L. Wood, “Design Optimization of the Sensor Spatial Arrangement in a Direct Magnetic Field-Based Localization System for Medical Applications”, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 897-900, 2015.

46. Z. Sun, S. Foong, L. Maréchal, T.H. Teo, U.-X. Tan and A. Shabbir, “Design and analysis of a compliant non-invasive real-time localization system for nasogastric intubation”, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 1091-1096, 2014.

47. Z. Sun, Z. Wang and S.J. Phee, “Force feedback without sensor: a preliminary study on haptic modeling”, IEEE International conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 1182-1187, 2012. (Best Student Paper Award Finalist)

48. Z. Sun, Z. Wang and S.J. Phee, “Towards haptics enabled surgical robotic system for NOTES”, IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, pp. 229-233, 2011.

49. K. Yang, Z.L. Sun, A.P. Kencana, V.A. Huynh, M. Rasouli, S.J. Phee, D. Lomanto and K.Y. Ho, “Enhancement of spatial orientation and haptic perception for master-slave robotic Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)”, IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, pp. 15-18, 2010.

50. S.J. Phee, S.C. Low, V.A. Huynh, A.P. Kencana, Z.L. Sun and K. Yang, “Master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot (MASTER) for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)”, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1192-1195, 2009.

51. Z. Sun, M. Balicki, J. Kang, J. Handa, R. Taylor and I. Iordachita, “Development and Preliminary Data of Novel Integrated Optical Micro-Force Sensing Tools for Retinal Microsurgery”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4149-4154, 2009.

52. A.P. Kencana, S.J. Phee, S.C. Low, Z.L. Sun, V.A. Huynh, K.Y. Ho and S.C.S. Chung, “Master and slave robotic system for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery”, IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, pp. 296-300, 2008.