Wen Lik Dennis Lui
Monash University, Engineering Systems (United States), Vision Australia
Papers
9
Total Citations
156
H-Index
7
About
Wen Lik Dennis Lui is a robotics researcher whose work bridges autonomous navigation, computer vision, and assistive technology. His primary research areas include omnidirectional stereovision systems, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and bionic vision enhancement. Lui made significant contributions to mobile robot navigation by developing GPU-based variable multibaseline omnidirectional stereovision systems, enabling robust outdoor robot navigation with automatic baseline selection—work that has garnered 33 citations. He also pioneered probabilistic online map merging systems that fuse laser scan matching with omnidirectional vision, adaptable for both single and multi-robot exploration in large-scale environments (28 citations). Notably, Lui’s innovative work on “Transformative Reality” (23 citations) explored improving bionic vision by integrating robotic sensing with visual prostheses, addressing the critical challenge of low-resolution bionic vision by preserving salient features through advanced vision processing. His pure vision-based topological SLAM systems (21 and 18 citations) demonstrated feasible autonomous navigation using only visual odometry and omnidirectional stereovision, eliminating reliance on laser rangefinders. Lui also contributed to open robotics education through the eBug platform and investigated neural Q-learning controllers using Webots and Khepera II robots. His cross-disciplinary approach—combining robotics, computer vision, and biomedical engineering—has produced impactful solutions for both autonomous systems and human assistive technologies.
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- 3Transformative Reality: Improving bionic vision with robotic sensing23 citations · 2012
- 4A pure vision-based topological SLAM system21 citations · 2012
- 5A pure vision-based approach to topological SLAM18 citations · 2010
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- 7eBug - An open robotics platform for teaching and research9 citations · 2011
- 8Going beyond vision to improve bionic vision7 citations · 2013
- 9An active visual loop closure detection and validation system for topological SLAM3 citations · 2010