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Basics
| Name | Yuman Gao |
| ymgao@zju.edu.cn | |
| Phone | (+86) 13688187636 |
| Url | https://si-lhouette.github.io/ |
| Summary | Ph.D. student in Robotics at FASTLab, Zhejiang University \ Visiting Student Scholar at Hybrid Robotics Group, UC Berkeley |
Education
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2024.12 - 2025.12 California, U.S.
Research Student Scholar
University of California, Berkeley
Hybrid Robotics Group, Mechanical Engineering
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2021.09 - 2026.06 Zhejiang, China
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2017.09 - 2021.06 Zhejiang, China
Bachelor
Zhejiang University, China
Control Science \ ACEE (Advanced Honor Class of Engineering Education) at Chu Kochen Honors College
Work
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2022.03 - 2023.03
Awards
- 2023
Zhejiang University Outstanding Student
Zhejiang University
- 2021
- 2021
Mathematical Contest in Modeling
China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
First Prize (Notional level, China) (Top 0.7%)
Publications
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2026 USS-Nav: Unified Spatio-Semantic Scene Graph for Lightweight UAV Zero-Shot Object Navigation
arXiv
lightweight unified spatio-semantic scene graph for LLM-augmented zero-shot UAV object navigation.
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2026 Ego-Vision World Model for Humanoid Contact Planning
ICRA
egocentric-vision world model for contact-rich humanoid motion planning.
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2026 Hitter: A humanoid table tennis robot via hierarchical planning and learning
ICRA
hierarchical planning and learning framework enabling a humanoid robot to play table tennis.
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2026 Beyondmimic: From motion tracking to versatile humanoid control via guided diffusion
Science Robotics
guided diffusion framework for versatile, real-time humanoid whole-body control from motion tracking policies.
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2025 Toward Real-World Cooperative and Competitive Soccer with Quadrupedal Robot Teams
CoRL
multi-agent reinforcement learning for cooperative and competitive quadrupedal robot soccer.
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2025 Autonomous Exploration with Terrestrial-Aerial Bimodal Vehicles
RA-L
autonomous exploration framework exploiting terrestrial-aerial bimodal locomotion.
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2025 Hierarchically depicting vehicle trajectory with stability in complex environments
Science Robotics
hierarchical trajectory representation for stable ground vehicle navigation in complex terrain.
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2025 Unlocking aerobatic potential of quadcopters: Autonomous freestyle flight generation and execution
Science Robotics
autonomous generation and execution of aerobatic freestyle quadcopter flight.
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2025 LangWBC: Language-directed Humanoid Whole-Body Control via End-to-end Learning
RSS
end-to-end language-directed policy for versatile humanoid whole-body control.
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2025 Multi-Robot System for Cooperative Exploration in Unknown Environments: A Survey
arXiv
survey of multi-robot cooperative exploration systems, covering localization, planning, and communication.
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2025 Fast iterative region inflation for computing large 2-D/3-D convex regions of obstacle-free space
T-RO
fast iterative algorithm for inflating large convex free-space regions for motion planning.
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2024 Microsaccade-inspired event camera for robotics
Science Robotics
bio-inspired event camera with microsaccade-like motion for robotic perception.
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2024 Gs-planner: A gaussian-splatting-based planning framework for active high-fidelity reconstruction
IROS
gaussian-splatting-based active planning framework for high-fidelity 3D reconstruction.
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2023 Model-Based Planning and Control for Terrestrial-Aerial Bimodal Vehicles with Passive Wheels
IROS
unified dynamic model, trajectory planner, and NMPC tracking controller for bimodal terrestrial-aerial vehicles.
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2023 Unmanned aerial vehicle mediated drug delivery for first aid
Advanced Materials
UAV-mediated drug delivery system designed for rapid first-aid response.
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2023 Adaptive tracking and perching for quadrotor in dynamic scenarios
T-RO
planning algorithm to generate track and perch trajectories in dynamic scenarios.
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2022 Meeting-merging-mission: A multi-robot coordinate framework for large-scale communication-limited exploration
IROS
multi-robot coordination framework for large-scale exploration under limited communication.
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2022 Swarm of micro flying robots in the wild
Science Robotics
fully autonomous palm-sized quadrotor swarm for navigation in unknown, cluttered environments.
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2021 Learning-based 3D Occupancy Prediction for Autonomous Navigation in Occluded Environments
IROS
lightweight neural network predicting occupancy of occluded space for real-time UAV/UGV navigation.
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2021 Visibility-aware trajectory optimization with application to aerial tracking
IROS
trajectory optimization accounting for target visibility for robust aerial tracking.
Skills
| Robotics | |
| C++ | |
| Python | |
| MATLAB | |
| ROS | |
| SolidWorks |
| Design | |
| Pr | |
| Keyshot | |
| Unity |
Interests
| Robotics | |
| Motion Planning | |
| Multi-robot System |