Teng Li received his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Alberta, Canada, in 2024, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Design and Theory from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2019, and his M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation from Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China, in 2014. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids, Toronto, Canada). His research interests include surgical robotics, robot control systems, impedance control, physical human-robot interaction (pHRI), compliant control, teleoperation, machine learning, and haptics.

Research Interests

Robot Control Systems, Surgical Robotics, Compliant Control, Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), Teleoperation, Impedance Control, Admittance Control, Machine Learning, and Haptics.

Hands-on Experience on Robots

• 7-DOF dVRK (da Vinci Research Kit)

  (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA; ROS, Ubuntu, C++)

• 7-DOF Franka Emika Panda robot

  (Franka Emika GmbH, Munich, Germany; ROS, Ubuntu, C++)

• 7-DOF Kinova Gen3 Ultra lightweight robot

  (Kinova Robotics, Canada; ROS, Ubuntu, C++)

• 6-DOF 3D Systems Touch (formerly Phantom Omni)

  (3D Systems, Inc., Cary, NC, USA; ROS, Ubuntu, C++)

• 6-DOF HD2 (High Definition Haptic Device)

  (Quanser Inc., Markham, ON, Canada; MATLAB/Simulink)

• 3-DOF PHANToM Premium 1.5A robot

  (3D Systems, Inc., Cary, NC, USA; MATLAB/Simulink)

• 2-DOF planar Rehabilitation robot 1.0/2.0

  (Quanser Inc., Markham, ON, Canada; MATLAB/Simulink)

Updated 2025-08-10, Created 2024-04-05.