CV
Education
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2021-2025
- Neurorehabilitation & Neural Engineering Laboratory
- Advisor: Prof. Xiaoling Hu
- M.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2018-2020
- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System
- Top 8% in Rehabilitation Robotics area
- B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2014-2018
- Intelligent robotics area
Research Interests
Wearable robotics, neural engineering, and biosignal processing to address neural disorders and diseases for smart ageing and healthy life.
Research Experience
- Sep. 2021 – May 2025: Research on sensorimotor-integrated rehabilitation by electro-vibro-feedback
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Neurorehabilitation & Neural Engineering Laboratory
- Advisor: Prof. Xiaoling Hu
- Derived differences between focal vibratory and electrical sensory stimulations in immediate neuromodulatory effects on the poststroke cortex
- Designed rehabilitative robot with electro-vibro-feedback for targeted somatosensory priming
- Investigated rehabilitative and neuroplastic effects of sensorimotor-integrated wrist/hand rehabilitation
- Aug. 2018 – June 2021: Design of whole upper-limb rehabilitation exoskeleton
- Harbin Institute of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System
- Advisor: Prof. Fuhai Zhang
- Designed auto-switching control system for cable-driven hand exoskeleton
- Developed variable impedance control system for finger exoskeleton
- Engineered compliant whole upper-limb exoskeleton robot
- Jan. 2018 – June 2018: Research on sEMG-based motion control
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Advisor: Prof. Yili Fu
- Built mechatronic system for hand exoskeleton
- Designed sEMG-based sensory and control module based on FPGA
Skills
- Programming: MATLAB, C, Python
- Biosignal Analysis: EEGLAB, FieldTrip
- Hardware: STM32, FPGA, Altium Designer
- Engineering: Ansys, CAD
Awards & Honors
- 2025: Silver Award of Best Student Paper, IEEE EMBS R10 SHS 2025
- 2024: Top Prize of HKMHDIA Student Research Award 2024
- 2024: Best Oral Presentation Award, i-CREATe 2024
- 2024: 2nd Runner-up, BME Research Student Three Minute Thesis Competition
- 2019: Guorui Scholarship (0.4%)
- 2018-2019: 1st Class Scholarship (two consecutive years)
Patents
- A hand exoskeleton for rehabilitation robot, CN111888184A
- A wrist exoskeleton for rehabilitation robot, CN111888183A
- An elbow exoskeleton for rehabilitation robot, CN111803329A
- A full upper limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot, CN111803328A
Publications
Legeng Lin, Yanhuan Huang, Wanyi Qing, Man-Ting Kuet, Hengtian Zhao, Fuqiang Ye, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Xiaoling Hu. "Sensorimotor Integration by Targeted Priming in Muscles with Electromyography-Driven Electro-vibro-feedback in Robot-Assisted Wrist/Hand Rehabilitation after Stroke." Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2026.
Legeng Lin, Chingyi Nam, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Fuqiang Ye, Mankit Pang, Honwah Wai, Xiaoling Hu. "Mobile Upper Limb Robots for Self-Help Telerehabilitation." In Rehabilitation Robots for Neurological Disorders, CRC Press, 2025.
Legeng Lin, Wanyi Qing, Zijian Zheng, Waisang Poon, Song Guo, Shaomin Zhang, Xiaoling Hu. "Somatosensory integration in robot-assisted motor restoration post-stroke." Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2024.
Legeng Lin, Man-Ting Kuet, Wanyi Qing, Hengtian Zhao, Fuqiang Ye, Yanhuan Huang, Xiaoling Hu. "Effects of Sensorimotor-Integrated (SMI) Wrist/hand Rehabilitation Assisted by a Hybrid Soft Robot Poststroke." In Proceedings of i-CREATe 2024, Shanghai, China, 2024.
Wanyi Qing, Hantao Song, Legeng Lin, Fuqiang Ye, Xiaoling Hu. "Reorganization of Undirected and Directed Cortico-Muscular Connectivity After Exoneuromusculoskeleton-Assisted Telerehabilitation." In Proceedings of i-CREATe 2024, Shanghai, China, 2024.
Legeng Lin, Wanyi Qing, Yanhuan Huang, Fuqiang Ye, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Jiao Jiao, Xiaoling Hu. "Comparison of Immediate Neuromodulatory Effects between Focal Vibratory and Electrical Sensory Stimulations after Stroke." Bioengineering, 11(3), 286, 2024.
Legeng Lin, Fuhai Zhang, Lei Yang, Yili Fu. "Design and modeling of a hybrid soft-rigid hand exoskeleton for poststroke rehabilitation." International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 210, 106831, 2021.
Fuhai Zhang, Legeng Lin, Lei Yang, Yili Fu. "Variable impedance control of finger exoskeleton for hand rehabilitation following stroke." Industrial Robot, 47(5), 2020.
Fuhai Zhang, Legeng Lin, Lei Yang, Yili Fu. "Design of an Active and Passive Control System of Hand Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation." Applied Sciences, 9(11), 2291, 2019.
