Hu Cheng

Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), working with Prof. Bo Yang and Prof. Ajay Kumar. Prior to this, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the InnoHK Centre for Transformative Garment Production (TransGP) and a Visiting Research Associate at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), where I worked with Prof. Kazuhiro Kosuge. I received my Ph.D. degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in July 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng.

hcheng@link.cuhk.edu.hk (852) 5165-0185 Room U401, 4/F, Core U, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Research Interests

Robot grasping, deformable object manipulation, robot vision, 6-DoF pose estimation, deep learning and pattern recognition.

Research Demos

Robot grasp

Deformable object manipulation

Education

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering

Supervisor: Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng · Hong Kong

2016.08 – 2023.07
University of California San Diego

Visiting Scholar, College of Computer Science and Engineering

Supervisor: Prof. Hao Su · San Diego, USA

2019.06 – 2020.03
Northeastern University

B.E. in Automation, College of Information Science and Engineering

GPA: 90.78/100, Rank: 4/277 in Automation · Shenyang, China

2012.09 – 2016.06

Work Experience

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Postdoctoral Fellow · Hong Kong

Supervisors: Prof. Bo Yang and Prof. Ajay Kumar

2025.05 – present
Centre for Transformative Garment Production@InnoHK

Postdoctoral Fellow · Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Kosuge

2023.09 – 2025.05
The University of Hong Kong

Visiting Research Associate · Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Kosuge

2023.09 – 2025.05

Journal Publications

* equal contribution · † corresponding author

Automated Action Generation based on Action Field for Robotic Garment Smoothing and Alignment

Hu Cheng, Fuyuki Tokuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2026 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
UPDet: Deep learning-based darting-out pedestrian detection from ultrasonic sensors

Yingying Wang, Chenyu Jin, Hu Cheng†

IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT), 2026 JCR Q1 · IF 8.9
A Learning-Based Sequence-to-Sequence WiFi Fingerprinting Framework for Accurate Pedestrian Indoor Localization Using Unconstrained RSSI

Yingying Wang, Hu Cheng†, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT), 2025 JCR Q1 · IF 8.9
Vision-based Single-Stage Grasp Pose Estimator with Rotated Anchors and Automatic Label Generation

Hu Cheng, Yingying Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

Science China Information Sciences (SCIS), 2025 JCR Q1 · IF 7.3
Anchor-Based Multi-Scale Deep Grasp Pose Detector with Encoded Angle Regression

Hu Cheng, Yingying Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2024 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
Learning to Reorient Objects with Stable Placements Afforded by Extrinsic Supports

Peng Xu, Hu Cheng, Jiankun Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2023 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
From IMU Measurement Sequence to Velocity Estimate Sequence: An Efficient Data-Driven Inertial Odometry Approach

Yingying Wang*, Hu Cheng*, Ang Zhang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 JCR Q1 · IF 4.3
A Robot Grasping System With Single-Stage Anchor-Free Deep Grasp Detector

Hu Cheng, Yingying Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2022 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
A Vision-Based Robot Grasping System

Hu Cheng, Yingying Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 JCR Q1 · IF 4.3
Inertial Odometry Using Hybrid Neural Network with Temporal Attention for Pedestrian Localization

Yingying Wang*, Hu Cheng*, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2022 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
Spatiotemporal Co-Attention Hybrid Neural Network for Pedestrian Localization Based on 6D IMU

Yingying Wang, Hu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2022 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
Pose-Invariant Inertial Odometry for Pedestrian Localization

Yingying Wang, Hu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2021 JCR Q1 · IF 5.6
A Searching Space Constrained Partial to Full Registration Approach With Applications in Airport Trolley Deployment Robot

Jin Pan, Xiaochun Mai, Chaoqun Wang, Zhe Min, Jiankun Wang, Hu Cheng, Tingguang Li, Erli Lyu, Li Liu, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 JCR Q1 · IF 4.3

Conference Publications

* equal contribution

PhysInOne: Visual Physics Learning and Reasoning in One Suite

Siyuan Zhou*, Hejun Wang*, Hu Cheng*, Jinxi Li, Dongsheng Wang, Junwei Jiang, Yixiao Jin, Jiayue Huang, Shiwei Mao, Shangjia Liu, Yafei YANG, Hongkang Song, Shenxing Wei, Zihui Zhang, DataTeam vLAR, Bing WANG, Zhihua Wang, Chuhang Zou, Bo Yang

IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026 CCF-A
A2DIO: Attention-Driven Deep Inertial Odometry for Pedestrian Localization based on 6D IMU

Yingying Wang*, Hu Cheng*, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022 CCF-B
Grasp Pose Detection from a Single RGB Image

Hu Cheng, Yingying Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021 CCF-C
High Accuracy and Efficiency Grasp Pose Detection Scheme with Dense Predictions

Hu Cheng, Danny Ho, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020 CCF-B
Real-Time Robot End-Effector Pose Estimation with Deep Network

Hu Cheng, Yingying Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020 CCF-C
Pedestrian Motion Tracking by Using Inertial Sensors on the Smartphone

Yingying Wang*, Hu Cheng*, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020 CCF-C
FDIO: Extended Kalman Filter-aided Deep Inertial Odometry

Yingying Wang, Hu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), 2023
Active Semi-supervised Grasp Pose Detection with Geometric Consistency

Fan Bai, Delong Zhu, Hu Cheng, Peng Xu, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2020
A Grasp Pose Detection Scheme with an End-to-End CNN Regression Approach

Hu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2018

★ T. J. Tarn Best Paper in Robotics Finalist
Autonomous Navigation by Mobile Robots in Human Environments: A Survey

Jiyu Cheng, Hu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng, Hong Zhang

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2018
An Accurate Localization Scheme for Mobile Robots Using Optical Flow in Dynamic Environments

Jiyu Cheng, Yuxiang Sun, Wenzheng Chi, Chaoqun Wang, Hu Cheng, Max Q.-H. Meng

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2018

Projects

Intelligent Robot System for Automated Deployment of Airport Passenger Trolleys

HK Innovation and Technology Commission, ITS/105/18FP

Funding: 6,757,000 HKD

Key Participant
Magnetically Actuated Active Capsule Robot System for Colonoscopy

National Key R&D Program of China, 2019YFB1312400

Funding: 9,100,000 RMB

Key Participant
Robotic Wireless Capsule Endoscopy for Automated GI Disease Diagnosis

HK RGC Collaborative Research Fund, C4063-18G

Funding: 7,579,135 HKD

Key Participant
Vision-Guided Autonomous Robotic Surgery

HK RGC Theme-based Research Scheme, T42-409/18-R

Funding: 40,608,000 HKD

Participant

Awards & Honors

Talent Development Scholarship

Hong Kong Government

2021
Hong Kong, China – APEC Scholarship

Hong Kong Education Bureau

2021
Reaching Out Award

Hong Kong Government

2020
Second Award & Golden Egg Award, JD Robot Challenge

JD Ltd, Tianjin, China

2018
Outstanding Student Award

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2017
National Encouragement Scholarship

Ministry of Education, China

2015
Outstanding Student of NEU

Northeastern University

2013, 2014
National Scholarship

Ministry of Education, China

2013, 2014
First Prize Scholarship

Northeastern University

2012, 2013, 2014

Competitions

Finalist, DJI RoboMaster Manipulation Challenge (ICRA)

Ranked top 5/93

2017
Second Award, JD Robot Challenge

Ranked top 2/300

2018

Professional Activities & Services

Journal Reviewer

Pattern Recognition (PR)

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH)

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII)

Science China Information Sciences (SCIS)

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE)

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I)

IEEE Sensors Journal

IEEE Access

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)

Conference Reviewer

ICRA2020–2024

IROS2021, 2022, 2025

CASE2022

ICARM2023

ROBIO2019

Session Chair

ICRA2021

ICAR2019

ICIA2018

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, CUHK

Tutorial on ENGG 2420A: Complex Analysis and Differential Equations for Engineers

2018 Fall
Teaching Assistant, CUHK

Tutorial on BMEG3101: Medical Instrument and Design

2016 Fall, 2017 Fall
Teaching Assistant, CUHK

Tutorial on BMEG2011: Biomedical Engineering Laboratory

2017 Spring

Professional Skills

Programming

Python · MATLAB · C · C++

Tools & Frameworks

TensorFlow · PyTorch · ROS · SolidWorks · PyBullet · Unreal Engine