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
| Jun 18, 2026 | Our paper TrajPred: Trajectory-Conditioned Joint Embedding Prediction for Surgical Instrument-Tissue Interaction Recognition in Vision-Language Models is accepted by IROS 2026. |
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| May 17, 2026 | Our workshop 2nd International Workshop on the Evolving Landscape of Surgical Robotics (ELSR 2026) is accepted by IROS 2026. |
| Apr 22, 2026 | I am selected for the Mayo Clinic–ASU Alliance for Health Care 2026 Faculty Summer Residency program and will spend this summer as a Research Affiliate in Urology at Mayo Clinic Arizona. |
| Mar 05, 2026 | Our paper Detection of Fragmentation While Dusting During Retrograde Intrarenal Laser Lithotripsy: A Novel Computer Vision and Perception Pipeline has been published in Lasers in Medical Science. |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Our paper TwinTrack: Bridging Vision and Contact Physics for Real-Time Tracking of Unknown Dynamic Objects is accepted by ICRA 2026. |
