Yecheng (Geoffrey) WANG
BEng Mechanical Engineering @ University of Leeds
BEng Mechanical Engineering @ Southwest Jiaotong University
Expected Graduation: Jun 2027
The convergence of Embodied AI and Surgical Robotics is rewriting what machines can do in an operating room — pushing the field from rigid, operator-bound tools toward systems that learn, adapt, and act with genuine surgical intent. I want to engineer that shift: designing soft, multi-DoF platforms and training them through imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and world models to perform with expert precision wherever that care is needed most.
Making the most advanced technology affordable and accessible.
Honors & Awards
National Scholarship
SWJTU | Ministry of Education, China
National Scholarship
SWJTU | Ministry of Education, China
Publications
MBO-YOLO: An Enhanced YOLOv8n-Based Algorithm for Detecting Marine Benthic Organisms
Oct 2024 - Apr 2025Chengdu, CHINA | SWJTU-Leeds Joint School
Independently developed an enhanced YOLOv8n algorithm integrating a P2 detection layer, Non-Local Block attention, and BiFPN for complex underwater environments to improve marine benthic organism detection for superior feature extraction and robustness, outperforming baselines with minimal complexity.
Internships
Mechtronics Intern Engineer
Jul 2025 - Aug 2025Hangzhou, CHINA | KNEWBOTS
Conducted production-level calibration and large-scale regression case testing (600+ metrics) of multi-sensor SLAM systems on Autonomous Mobile Robots. Diagnosed hardware perception failures and addressed deployment-stage edge cases in multi-sensor fusion and loop closure.
News
- [Apr 2026] Accepted into CUHK SURP 2026 — joining Prof. Shing-Shin Cheng's lab this summer to work on imitation learning for flexible surgical robots.
Selected Experience & Projects
Magnetic Capsule Robotic Arm Navigation System
Feb 2026 - May 2026Leeds, UK | MECH2636 Assignment 3 | Developer & Modeler
Developed a MATLAB Inverse Kinematics solver and coordinate transformation framework for a 2-DOF robotic arm in a colonoscopy simulator. Engineered a full-stack simulation to validate reachability and automate data pipelines for C++ embedded integration.
Autonomous Buggy Control System Design
Leeds, UK | MECH2636 Assignment 2 | Control Systems Developer & Embodied Systems Engineer
Engineered a C++ embedded control architecture featuring a Finite State Machine and PI velocity controller for an autonomous delivery buggy. Validated on ReLOAD platform, optimizing PID gains and sensor placement to mitigate wheel slip and diverage and ensure precise payload delivery. Our team ranked 1st out of all competing teams in the final competition.
Helicopter Altitude PID Control System Development
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025Chengdu, China | MECH1010 Coursework | Control Hardware & Software Developer
Developed an autonomous UAV altitude control system using Arduino and C++, achieving stable hovering within ±0.02m via optimized PID parameters, integrating full-stack hardware and telemetry log analysis.
Bridge Load Analysis, Simulation and Manufacture
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025Chengdu, China | MECH1206 | MATLAB Modeler & Analyst
Developed a 2D truss bridge mathematical model using engineering statics and solved a 24-Equation Matrix via MATLAB for load simulation. Created a MATLAB GUI to visualize empirical correlation, successfully predicting vulnerable components and maximum load capacity.
YOLO-Based Intelligent Automatic Checkout Cart
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025Chengdu, China | Student Research Training Program | Designer & Hardware & Embodied Developer
Developed a Raspberry-Pi driven smart cart integrating vision and weight sensors, using an MSDA-enhanced YOLOv8n backbone to achieve 92.4% mAP. Designed a 2-DOF pan-tilt laser pointer feedback mechanism to physically indicate non-recognized items.
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