Posts tagged with

robotics

HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 1, Onboarding

The first weekly reflection on my PhD journey at the HKUST.

August 23, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 2, OS

My successful setup of a Franka 3 robot on Ubuntu 24.04, detailing the role of a Realtime Kernel.

August 29, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 3, Different Robots

Two different kinds of manipulator robots I encountered with.

August 30, 2025
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How to create Python binding for C++ libfranka via nanobind?

Build a portable Python binding for C++ libfranka with nanobind, CMake, and auditwheel.

September 25, 2025
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The layer, image, and container in Docker

My reflection on Docker's core concepts - layers, images, and containers when I was wresting with robotics.

September 24, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 5, Experiment

Get my hands dirty. Just experiment!

September 18, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 10, Reflex

I show soft reset code vs. hauling joints free when singularity strikes...

October 27, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 11, Trajectory

Ditched KUKA one-liner luxury. Now feeding Franka 1 ms pose streams...

October 31, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 12, Teaching Assistant

First TA gig for RoboFab. Prepping demos revealed how brutal good teaching is CS103! Respect!

November 8, 2025
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HKUST PhD Chronicle, Week 21, Extrinsic Dexterity

Exploring sim2real gaps, 3D stacking, and how robots use extrinsic dexterity to reorient objects.

January 6, 2026
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