
Vice-President, CityUHK
Member, National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (USA)
International Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
Fellow, IEEE and ASME

Chair Professor of Robotics, CityUHK
Fellow, IEEE, JSME, RSJ
Past-President, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Chair Professor, SUSTech
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
Fellow, IEEE, HKIE

Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas
Fellow, IEEE, AIMBE
Past-President, IEEE Nanotechnology Council

Chair Professor of Robotics, CityUHK
Fellow, IEEE, JSME, RSJ
Past-President, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

City University of Hong Kong

Executive President and Secretary-General, Shenzhen Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Association

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tenured Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Vice Chair of IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC)
Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Nano Energy, Environment and Safety

Dean of College of AI, Nankai University

Chiba Institute of Technology

The University of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Xiong Lei is the Founder and CEO of Ningbo Joyson Telephix Technology Co., Ltd., and a leading expert in tactile and force sensing, multimodal fusion, and intelligent control. He earned his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University and his Master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and currently also serves as a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua University. As former Senior Director of Anker Innovations’ 2023 Lab, he led the development of embodied-intelligence perception systems all the way from technical definition to product realization, building deep, hands-on experience that spans academic research through to full industrialization. His current work centers on the development of dexterous robotic hands, with a focus on translating cutting-edge research into scalable, real-world industrial applications.