刘宏斌，中国科学院自动化研究所研究员、博导，中科院香港创新院人工智能与机器人创新中心执行主任，多模态人工智能系统全国重点实验室智能微创医疗技术团队负责人。2020年入选中科院高层次人才计划，2021年入选国家高层次人才长期计划，同年获得某部委重点人才基金。
    刘宏斌研究员归国前任英国伦敦国王学院医疗机器人学教授,触觉医疗机器人实验室主任。2020年全职加入中国科学院自动化所。为解决触感能力缺失这一当前制约微创手术效率及安全性的关键性难题，以实现手术微创化，数字化，智能化，标准化为目标，长期致力于研发经狭窄腔道的柔性微创机器人技术。所带领的实验室是国际上率先开展具有触觉感知的柔性手术机器人研发的团队之一。
    刘宏斌研究员在微创柔性机器人技术，精准触觉传感技术，多模态信息融合与控制相关的理论研究等方面取得了业内公认的开创性成果。2022年，其团队研发的微创柔性神经外科手术机器人MicroNeuro，荣获首届“中银香港科技创新奖”，是人工智能与机器人领域的唯一获奖者。这一成果被评委会评价为“使香港成为机器人神经外科研究领域的国际领导者，并彰显了香港在世界医疗机器人研究和神经外科临床研究领域的重要角色”。其团队研发的微创手术器械复杂微曲面分布式触觉感知ESSENCE技术、在理论与技术实践上处于世界领先地位。共发表国际机器人顶尖期刊与会议超过130余篇，H影响因子39。发明专利申请、授权40余项。主持各类科研项目经费累计过亿元。

1.微创器械触觉感知系统研发（精密触觉传感器微型化，柔性分布式触觉点阵皮肤技术）
2.柔性微创器械驱动系统创新研究 (新型软体功能材料，流体驱动技术)
3.微创手术机器人辅助技术（机器人自身传感驱动，结合医学影像与人工智能，实现机器人执行辅助操作与医生协同手术）

1. 国家引才计划长期项目，国家自然科学基金委员会，2022-2025，300万，主持
2. 具有触觉反馈的远程超声引导微创介入止血机器人，高层次人才基金，2022-2025，1000万元，主持
3. 具有触觉功能的柔性手术器械感知机理与设计方法研究, 国家自然科学基金委员会，重点国际合作项目，2016至 2020, 291万元, 参与（代表King’s College London）
4. LoCoMoTE: Low Cost Morphable Teleoperated Endoscope for Gastric Intestinal Tract Screening, EPSRC （英国工程与自然科学研究委员会）120万（英镑）, 2018 -2021，主持
5. ESSENCE: Embedding Softness into Structure Enabling Distributed Tactile Sensing of High-order Curved Surfaces, EPSRC（英国工程与自然科学研究委员会）12万英镑,  2016–2017，主持
6. FourByThree: Highly customizable robotic solutions for effective and safe human robot collaboration in manufacturing applications. European Commission（欧盟委员会）, 23万英镑，2014 -2017，主持
7. STIFF-FLOP–STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able manipulator for surgical Operations, European Commission (欧盟委员会）110万英镑, 2012-2015, 参与

1.Yuanrui Huang; Runyu Ma; Hongbin Liu*, A hybrid force-magnetic control scheme for flexible medical device steering, Mechatronics, Vol95. 103072, 2023.
2.Wu, Zhiying; Lau, Chun Yin; Zhou, Qianang; Wu, Jinlin; Wang, Yuxi; Liu, Qifeng; Lei, Zhen; Liu, Hongbin*: Surgivisor: Transformer-based semi-supervised instrument segmentation for endoscopic surgery, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control,Vol95. 10534, 2024.
3.Guanglin Cao; Mingcong Chen; Jian Hu; Hongbin Liu*, An Ultra-Fast Intrinsic Contact Sensing Method for Medical Instruments With Arbitrary Shape, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(11), 6955-6962, 2023.
4.Yu, Chen; Chen, Mingcong; Reyzabal, Mikel De Iturrate; Back, Junghwan; Cao, Danqian; Liu, Hongbin*: OMsense: An Omni Tactile Sensing Principle Inspired by Compound Eyes, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023
5.Lukas Lindenroth, Danail Stoyanov, Kawal Rhode , Hongbin Liu*，Toward Intrinsic Force Sensing and Control in Parallel Soft Robots，IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023, 28(1):80-911. D Cao; J Hu; Y Li; S Wang; H Liu* ; Polymer-based Optical Waveguide Triaxial Tactile Sensing for 3-dimensional Curved Shell, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 20 22, 7(2): 3443-3450
6.J Hu., J Back, P Dasgupta, H Liu*, Embedding Soft Material Channels for Tactile Sensing of Complex Surfaces - Mathematical Modeling, IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(3), pp. 3172–3183, 9209052, 2021
7.L Lindenroth, R Housden, S Wang, J Back, K Rhode, H Liu*, Design and integration of a parallel, soft robotic end-effector for extracorporeal ultrasound, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 67(8), pp. 2215–2229, 2020
8.T Sun, H Liu*, Adaptive force and velocity control based on intrinsic contact sensing during surface exploration of dynamic objects, Autonomous Robots, 44(5), pp. 773–790, 2020
9.F De Chiara, S Wang, H Liu*, Creating a Soft Tactile Skin employing Fluorescence based Optical Sensing, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), pp. 3375–3381, 2020
10.C Yu, L Lindenroth, J Hu, J Back, G Abrahams, H Liu*, A vision-based soft somatosensory system for distributed pressure and temperature sensing, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), pp 3323 – 3329, 2020
11.Z. Zhang*, J. Dequidt, J. Back, H. Liu and C. Duriez, "Motion Control of Cable-Driven Continuum Catheter Robot Through Contacts, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 2, pp.
12.J Back, L Lindenroth, K Rhode, H Liu*, Three Dimensional Force Estimation for Steerable Catheters through Bi-point Tracking, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, V 279, pp 404-415, 2018
13.T Sun, J Back, H Liu*, Combining Contact Forces and Geometry to Recognize Objects During Surface Haptic Exploration, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Volume: 3, Issue: 3, July 2018. (DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2018.2814083)
14.Julius E. Bernth, Alberto Arezzo, Hongbin Liu*, A Novel Robotic Meshworm with Segment-Bending Anchoring for Colonoscopy, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol2 (3) pp1718-1724, 2017
15.T Nanayakkara, A Jiang, M Fernández, Hongbin Liu, K Althoefer, J Bimbo, Stable Grip Control on Soft Objects With Time Varying Stiffness, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 32(3), 626-637, 2016.
16.J Bimbo, S Luo, K Althoefer, Hongbin Liu*, In-hand Object Pose Estimation using Covariance-Based Tactile to Geometry Matching, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 1(1), pp 570-577, Jan 2016.
17.S Russo*, T Ranzani, Hongbin Liu, S Nefti-Meziani, K Althoefer, Arianna Menciassi, Soft and Stretchable Sensor using Biocompatible Electrodes and Liquid for Medical Applications, Soft Robotics, 2(4) pp: 146-154, 2015.
18.P Qi, C Qiu, Hongbin Liu, J S. Dai, L Seneviratne, K Althoefer*, A Novel Continuum Manipulator Design using Serially Connected Double-Layer Planar Springs, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 21(3), 1281-1292, 2016.
19.S Luo, W Mou, K Althoefer, Hongbin Liu*, Novel Tactile-SIFT Descriptor for Object Shape Recognition, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol: 15, Issue: 9, pp 5001 - 5009, 2015.
20.Hongbin Liu*, KC Nguyen, V Perdereau, J Back, J Bimbo, M Godden, LD Seneviratne, K Althoefer, “Finger Contact Sensing and the Application in Dexterous Hand Manipulation", Autonomous Robots, June 2015, Vol. 39, Issue 1, pp 25-41, 2015.
21.H Xie, Hongbin Liu*, Y Noh, J Li, S Wang, K Althoefer, “Fiber-Optics based Body Contact Sensor for a Flexible Manipulator”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.15, Issue.6 pp3543-3550, 2015.
22.X Song, Hongbin Liu*, K Althoefer, T Nanayakkara, LD Seneviratne, "Efficient Break-Away Friction Ratio and Slip Prediction Based on Haptic Surface Exploration", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol.30, issue.1, 203 – 219, 2014.
23.P Puangmali*, Hongbin Liu, LD Seneviratne, P Dasgupta, K Althoefer, “Miniature 3-axis Distal Force Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgical Palpation”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol.17 no.4, 646-656, 2012.
24.Hongbin Liu*, J Li, X Song, LD Seneviratne, K Althoefer, "Rolling Indentation Probe for Tissue Abnormality Identification during Minimally Invasive Surgery", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol.27, issue.3, 450 – 460, 2011.
25.K Sangpradit*, Hongbin Liu, P Dasgupta, K Althoefer, LD Seneviratne, “Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue Rolling Indentation”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol.58, issue.12, 3319 – 3327, 2011.
26.Hongbin Liu*, DP Noonan, B Challacombe, P Dasgupta, LD Seneviratne, K Althoefer, “Rolling Mechanical Imaging for Tissue Abnormality Localization During Minimally Invasive Surgery”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol.57, issue.2, 404 – 414, 2010.

2022年，中银香港科技创新奖

1.柔性末端可控医疗器械进给系统和进给方法[发明专利]：ZL202210786893.1，第一作者，2022
2.柔性末端可控医疗器械进给机构[实用新型]：ZL202221682520.1，第一作者，2022
3.柔性内窥镜机器人控制系统及柔性内窥镜机器人模拟方法[发明专利]：ZL202210771447.3，第一作者，2022
4.控制柔性内窥镜机器人的方法及装置[发明专利]：ZL202210773070.5，第二作者，2022
5.机器人主操作手[发明专利]：ZL202210771448.8，第一作者，2022
6.快速拆卸连接机构和柔性末端可控医疗器械进给机构[实用新型]：ZL202221684088.X，第二作者，2022
7.柔性末端可控医疗器械工具通道的导入结构[实用新型]：ZL202221682513.1，第二作者，2022
8.柔性可控器械拉线的拉力传感器[发明专利]：ZL202210771465.1，第二作者，2022
9.柔性可控器械拉线的张紧装置[发明专利]：ZL202210773097.4，第二作者，2022
10.柔性末端可控医疗器械夹持机构[实用新型]：ZL202221682666.6，第一作者，2022
11.柔性末端可控医疗器械运动控制系统及医疗设备[发明专利]：ZL202210773102.1，第一作者，2022