Loulin Huang is a professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at Auckland University of Technology. I obtained my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China), a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technology University (Singapore), and a PhD degree from the National University of Singapore. I have about 35 years experience in research and teaching in the areas of robotics and mechatronics. I have completed more than thirty industrial or government-funded projects in a wide range of industrial applications and have authored more than 140 research publications.