Xiangyu Chu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Dr. Chu received the B.Eng. degree in automation, the M.Eng. degree in control science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2015 and 2017, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical and automation engineering from CUHK in 2021. He was a Visiting Student with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, in 2020. Besides, he was visiting the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality (CAMP) at Technical University of Munich, Germany, from July 2023 to Jan 2024. Before joining CUHK in 2024, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center, InnoHK. His current research focuses on 1) Developments of robotic surgical and medical systems and related algorithms; 2) Developments of nuanced manipulation skills on (deformable) objects and their applications in surgery and service; 3) Developments of agile locomotion systems and related algorithms / their applications in biomechanics.