Ngoc Bao Dinh

Past Member

Ngoc Bao Dinh

Junior Undergraduate Researcher III

ngocbao@usf.edu

1/21/2025→12/14/2025


It has been an honor to work at the RARE Lab under Dr. Han’s guidance. I’ve participated in 3 research projects where I’ve become proficient at ROS and Ubuntu. I also learned how to conduct research and contribute to academic writing. I’ve met many talented people who have given their all to produce impactful findings. Most important of all, I’ve learned that I want to dedicate myself to research to develop intelligent systems that benefit the community. I’m grateful for Dr. Han’s mentorship over the past 2 semesters. I wish the best of success to the lab’s research endeavors.

— 1/12/2026

Greetings! My name is Ngoc Bao Dinh, and I am majoring in Computer Engineering at the University of South Florida. As an engineer, I want to use my field of study to create positive changes. I believe robotics can transform people’s lives, and I am working hard every day to explore this field. I am proficient in control algorithms and mechatronics with experience in competitions like the World Robot Olympiad. I have worked on projects using microprocessors like Arduino and ESP32, and I intend to explore Raspberry Pi next. Most importantly, I am always searching for YouTube videos or books to learn more every day.

I believe I can contribute to the research at the RARE Lab with my relevant skills and my curiosity. I am excited to learn among great minds and share my insights with my peers. I am confident that my experience here will serve as a foundation for my career in robotics.

— 1/21/2025


  • Undergraduate Researcher (1/21/2025-4/30/2025)
  • Undergraduate Researcher (8/26/2025-12/14/2025)

Publications

Hong Wang, Ngoc Bao Dinh, Zhao Han

Evaluating Dynamic Surface Compensation for Robots with Projected AR

2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Late-Breaking Report (LBR)

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2026

News

HRI 2026 LBR and Interactivity Acceptance

One LBR and one Interactivity paper were accepted to HRI 2026!

Congrats Hong & Bao on “Evaluating Dynamic Surface Compensation for Robots with Projected AR” accepted (LBR) & Bloom team (Thuc Anh, Div, Sebastian, Hong et al.) on “Bloom Preview: A Low-Cost LLM-Powered Social Robot” (interactivity)!

2025 Fall Lab Lunch

The end of ¼ century marks the start of Spring, which we gather and celebrate at another lab lunch!

FOX 13 NEWS Coverage

Aired on TV (FOX13 Tampa Bay), we are glad to engage the public with our in-part NSF-funded research!

Watch it or read the short news article.

Spring 2025 Lab Lunch

Spring concludes with a good lab gathering. Italy style! (Sorry that not all could come!)

UR2PhD Spring 2025

Congrats to 12 RARE Lab undergraduate students accepted to the CRA Undergraduate Research to PhD (“UR2PhD”) program: Tammy, Jonathan, Chi, Vlad, Maria, Tony, Khoa, Suyog, Bao, Minh Ha, Thom, and Khang!

Also congrats to two graduate students Hong and Ridhima accepted to Graduate Student Mentorship Training.

B.S. honors thesis student Minh Ha Pham (1/16), undergraduate students Tan Hoang Khoa Nguyen (1/6), Suyog Bam (1/14), Mariah Barreto (1/15), Ngoc Bao Dinh (1/21) and Abrar Zahin (1/31) have joined RARE Lab. Khoa will work on the fog screen robot system. Suyog will work on LLM-enabled storytelling. Mariah will work on protectives to mitigate robot abuse. Bao will work on robot hardware. Abrar will work on the Moxie robot. Welcome!