Molong Duan

Molong Duan

Assistant Professor
Molong Duan leads the Manufacturing and Aerospace Automation Lab at HKUST. His research spans dynamic-system modeling and control, robotic and additive manufacturing, continuous-fiber composites, flexible aircraft, and VTOL control.

Sensorless contact forces estimation for robotic manipulators using dual-stage temporal-residual neural network compensation

Zhou, Y., Cheung, Y.H., Liu, S., Law, F.C., Shi, Y., Han, L., Duan, M.*, 2026, "Sensorless contact forces estimation for robotic manipulators using dual-stage temporal-residual …

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Yi Zhou

InvariantCloud: A globally invariant, uniquely indexed point cloud framework for robust 6-DoF tactile pose tracking

Ye, P., Ma, Y., Zhou, Y., Chen, W., Dong, W., Duan, M.*, 2026, "InvariantCloud: A globally invariant, uniquely indexed point cloud framework for robust 6-DoF tactile pose …

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Pengfei Ye

Design and multi-axis additive manufacturing of lightweight and skin-compatible mesh splints using continuous basalt fiber for rehabilitation

Li, F., Gao, F., Yang, Y., Zhou, Y., Duan, M.*, 2026, "Design and multi-axis additive manufacturing of lightweight and skin-compatible mesh splints using continuous basalt fiber …

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Fang Li

Computation-Efficient Path Planning Using Evolving Artificial Repulsive Force over Expanding Obstacles for Robotic Manipulator

Zhou, Y., Huang, B., Cheung, Y.H., Ye, P., Duan, M.*, 2026, "Computation-Efficient Path Planning Using Evolving Artificial Repulsive Force over Expanding Obstacles for Robotic …

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Yi Zhou

Gaussian-process-based sensor placement and uncertainty quantification for dynamic response reconstruction in flexible aeroelastic structures

Dong, B., Mei, Y., Lu, X., Zhou, Y., Zhang, S., Wang, W., Duan, M.*, 2026, "Gaussian-process-based sensor placement and uncertainty quantification for dynamic response …

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Boge Dong
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Mobile Robot Inspection of Building Plenum Spaces via Vision-Based Multi-Sensor Fault Detection

Lou, G., Liu, S., Shen, Y., Wong, W.Y., Lu, Y., Duan, M.*, 2026, "Mobile Robot Inspection of Building Plenum Spaces via Vision-Based Multi-Sensor Fult Detection," Automation in …

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Gao Lou

Property-controllable process planning for multi-axis hybrid manufacturing of complex metal parts

He, D., Hao, J., Lau, T.Y., Huang, L., Chen, Y., Hu, P., Xie, J., Duan, M., Liu, X., Tang, K.*, 2026, "Property-controllable process planning for multi-axis hybrid manufacturing of …

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Dong He

Shortened current injection for sensorless switched reluctance motor drives based on high-sensitivity-region-optimized position observer

Chen, Z., Lin, X., Luo, D., Duan, M., Cai, S., Xiao, D.*, 2026, "Shortened current injection for sensorless switched reluctance motor drives based on …

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DS-LABRNav: Land-air bimodal robot navigation with traversable obstacles based on vision-language model

Li, Y., Yu, W., Duan, M., Zhang, B., Liu, Z., Li, Q.*, 2026, "DS-LABRNav: Land-air bimodal robot navigation with traversable obstacles based on vision-language model," IEEE …

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Dynamic mode decomposition-based modeling and toolpath optimization of a robotic single point incremental forming process

Asghar, A., He, S., Hu, P., Duan, M.*, 2026, "Dynamic mode decomposition-based modeling and toolpath optimization of a robotic single point incremental forming process," Journal of …

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Arafat Asghar

An efficient cutter-facet model projection method and applications to five-axis tool path computation

Li, X., Hu, P.*, Huang, L., Chen, H., Duan, M., Zhang, X., 2026, "An efficient cutter-facet model projection method and applications to five-axis tool path computation," …

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Bead geometry prediction of directed energy deposition based on spatio-temporal neural network model

Chen, Y., Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Hu, P.*, Duan, M., Fu, Z., Deng, X., 2026, "Bead geometry prediction of directed energy deposition based on spatio-temporal neural network model," …

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