Shan Lin
I’m an Assistant Professor in ECEE at Arizona State University (ASU), and Director of the Medical Automation, Robotics & General Intelligence Lab (MARGIN Lab). Previously, I was a postdoc at the University of California San Diego with Michael Yip. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Washington, supervised by Blake Hannaford, and earned my M.S. at Vanderbilt University, advised by Robert J. Webster III.
My research interests are in AI + robotics, surgical robotics, and medical devices, with the overarching goal of intelligent healthcare and autonomous surgery. My work covers robotic perception, motion planning, control, and manipulation. Outside of research, I love outdoor sports such as climbing and hiking.
We are always looking for highly talented and motivated students! If you are interested in joining my lab, please visit our Opportunities page for more information.
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, USA, 2017-2021
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA, 2015-2017
- B.E., Xiamen University, China, 2011-2015
news
| Jul 23, 2025 | Our paper SurgXBench: Explainable Vision-Language Model Benchmark for Surgery is available online. |
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| May 28, 2025 | Our paper TwinTrack: Bridging Vision and Contact Physics for Real-Time Tracking of Unknown Dynamic Objects is available online. |
| May 19, 2025 | We organize the Workshop on the Evolving Landscape of Surgical Robotics (ELSR) at ICRA 2025, Atlanta, USA. 🎙️ I give a talk on recent research from my lab, talk title: Intelligent, Multimodal Surgical Perception. |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Our paper CtRNet-X: Camera-to-Robot Pose Estimation in Real-World Conditions Using a Single Camera is accepted by ICRA 2025. |
| Jan 01, 2025 | 📢 My lab - Medical Automation, Robotics and General Intelligence Lab (MARGIN Lab) - is established! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for future updates! |
