Yuman Gao

Ph.D. from FASTLab Zhejiang University / Hybrid Robotics Group UC Berkeley

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ymgao@zju.edu.cn

ymgao@berkeley.edu

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. student in Robotics at FASTLab, Zhejiang University, advised by Prof. Fei Gao and Prof. Chao Xu. I am also a visiting student scholar at Hybrid Robotics Group and Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (BAIR), UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Koushil Sreenath.

I received my Bachelor’s degree in 2021 from the College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, and was concurrently a member of the ACEE (Advanced Honor Class of Engineering Education) at Chu Kochen Honors College.

My primary research interests lie in Motion Planning, Multi-agent System, Reinforcement Learning.

Further information is available on my Google Scholar page.

selected publications

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    Toward Real-World Cooperative and Competitive Soccer with Quadrupedal Robot Teams
    Zhi Su, Yuman Gao* (Corresponding), Emily Lukas, Yunfei Li, Jiaze Cai, Faris Tulbah, Fei Gao, Chao Yu, Zhongyu Li, Yi Wu, and 1 more author
    Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2025
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    Adaptive tracking and perching for quadrotor in dynamic scenarios
    Yuman Gao, Jialin Ji, Qianhao Wang, Rui Jin, Yi Lin, Zhimeng Shang, Yanjun Cao, Shaojie Shen, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2023
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    Autonomous Exploration with Terrestrial-Aerial Bimodal Vehicles
    Yuman Gao, Ruibin Zhang, Tiancheng Lai, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2025
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    Meeting-merging-mission: A multi-robot coordinate framework for large-scale communication-limited exploration
    Yuman Gao, Yingjian Wang, Xingguang Zhong, Tiankai Yang, Mingyang Wang, Zhixiong Xu, Yongchao Wang, Yi Lin, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022
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    Beyondmimic: From motion tracking to versatile humanoid control via guided diffusion
    Qiayuan Liao, Takara E Truong, Xiaoyu Huang, Yuman Gao, Guy Tevet, Koushil Sreenath, and C Karen Liu
    Science Robotics, 2026
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    Ego-Vision World Model for Humanoid Contact Planning
    Hang Liu, Yuman Gao, Sangli Teng, Yufeng Chi, Yakun Sophia Shao, Zhongyu Li, Maani Ghaffari, and Koushil Sreenath
    In 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026
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    Hitter: A humanoid table tennis robot via hierarchical planning and learning
    Zhi Su, Bike Zhang, Nima Rahmanian, Yuman Gao, Qiayuan Liao, Caitlin Regan, Koushil Sreenath, and S Shankar Sastry
    In 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026
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    Swarm of micro flying robots in the wild
    Xin Zhou, Xiangyong Wen, Zhepei Wang, Yuman Gao, Haojia Li, Qianhao Wang, Tiankai Yang, Haojian Lu, Yanjun Cao, Chao Xu, and 1 more author
    Science Robotics, 2022
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    Gs-planner: A gaussian-splatting-based planning framework for active high-fidelity reconstruction
    Rui Jin*Yuman Gao*, Yingjian Wang, Yuze Wu, Haojian Lu, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    In 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024
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    Visibility-aware trajectory optimization with application to aerial tracking
    Qianhao Wang, Yuman Gao, Jialin Ji, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    In 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021
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    Unlocking aerobatic potential of quadcopters: Autonomous freestyle flight generation and execution
    Mingyang Wang, Qianhao Wang, Ze Wang, Yuman Gao, Jingping Wang, Can Cui, Yuan Li, Ziming Ding, Kaiwei Wang, Chao Xu, and 1 more author
    Science Robotics, 2025
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    Hierarchically depicting vehicle trajectory with stability in complex environments
    Zhichao Han, Mengze Tian, Zaitian Gongye, Donglai Xue, Jiaxi Xing, Qianhao Wang, Yuman Gao, Jingping Wang, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    Science Robotics, 2025
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    Microsaccade-inspired event camera for robotics
    Botao He, Ze Wang, Yuan Zhou, Jingxi Chen, Chahat Deep Singh, Haojia Li, Yuman Gao, Shaojie Shen, Kaiwei Wang, Yanjun Cao, and 1 more author
    Science Robotics, 2024
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    Fast iterative region inflation for computing large 2-d/3-d convex regions of obstacle-free space
    Qianhao Wang, Zhepei Wang, Mingyang Wang, Jialin Ji, Zhichao Han, Tianyue Wu, Rui Jin, Yuman Gao, Chao Xu, and Fei Gao
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2025
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    Unmanned aerial vehicle mediated drug delivery for first aid
    Tao Sheng, Rui Jin, Changwei Yang, Ke Qiu, Mingyang Wang, Jiaqi Shi, Jingyu Zhang, Yuman Gao, Qing Wu, Xin Zhou, and 1 more author
    Advanced Materials, 2023