Members – Laboratory for Intelligent Decision and Autonomous Robots

Faculty

Ye Zhao

Assistant Professor in Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Director, Laboratory for Intelligent Decision and Autonomous Robots

Georgia Tech

Ph.D.: UT Austin

Postdoc: Harvard

Postdoc

Wei Zhu

Ph.D.: Tohoku University

B.S. & M.S.: Nankai University

Spring 2024 ~ present
Hobby: Basketball, snowboarding, hiking

Research Interest: Reinforcement learning and social navigation

Xuan Lin

Ph.D. & M.S.: UCLA

B.S.: Harbin Institute of Technology
Summer 2024 ~ present
Hobby: Hiking, Swimming, Video gaming

Research Interest: Humanoid locomotion and manipulation

Lab Manager

Chaitanya Mehta

M.S..: Georgia Tech

B.S.: Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Fall 2022~present
Hobbies: Trekking, DJ, EDM

Research Interest: Tactile sensing for dexterous manipulation, Bio-inspired legged robotics

Graduate Student

Ziyi Zhou

ECE Ph.D. student

M.S.: Georgia Tech
B.S.: Northeastern University

Hobby: Basketball, Football

Spring 2019~present
Research Interest: Distributed trajectory optimization for dynamic locomotion, Formal control synthesis

Zhaoyuan Gu

Robotics Ph.D. Student

M.S.: Carnegie Mellon University

B.S.: Tsinghua University

Spring 2021~present

Research Interest: Experimental locomotion, Planning for robust locomotion, Humanoid loco-manipulation

Jesse Jiang

ECE PHD Student

B.S.: Georgia Tech

Fall 2021~present

co-advised with Dr. Samuel Coogan

Hobby: Hiking, Photography
Research Interest: Abstraction-based verification and synthesis methods for legged systems, Formal control methods

Maxwell Asselmeier

Robotics Ph.D. Student

B.S.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fall 2021~present

co-advised with

Dr. Patricio Vela

Hobby: Embroidery, Basketball, Soccer, Movies

Research Interest: Perception-informed planning for quadrupedal locomotion

Feiyang Wu

ML PhD student

M.S.: Georgia Tech

B.S.: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Spring 2023~present

Research Interest: Optimization, Theoretical Reinforcement Learning and Machine Learning

Zhigen Zhao

Robotics Ph.D. Student

B.S.: Georgia Tech

Fall 2019~present

Hobby: Cooking, Race cars

Research Interest: Task and motion planning of long-horizon manipulation, Adversarial learning, Diffusion for humanoid robots

Fukang Liu

Robotics Ph.D. Student

M.S.: Tsinghua University, Carnegie Mellon University

B.S.: Tongji University
Fall 2023~present
co-advised with Drs. Yue Chen and Danfei Xu

Research Interest: Flexible and cooperative manipulation, Reinforcement learning for humanoids

Jiming Ren

Robotics PhD student

M.S.: Carnegie Mellon University

B.S.: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fall 2023~present

Research Interest: Safety-critical legged navigation, Formal control methods

Ziwon Yoon

ROBOTICS PH.D. STUDENT

B.S.: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Fall 2023~present

Research Interest: Safe locomotion navigation, Uncertainty-aware planning, Deformable terrain locomotion

Amelie-Minji Kim

Robotics PhD student

M.S.: Seoul National University

B.S.: Seoul National University
Fall 2023~present

Research Interest: Contact-rich manipulation, Risk-sensitive trajectory optimization

Jaehwi Jang

Robotics PhD student

M.S. & B.S.: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

Fall 2024~present

Research Interest: Safe reinforcement learning, Learning from demonstration.

Junnosuke Kamohara

Robotics PhD student

BS: Tohoku University

Hobby: Workout, Photography, Traveling
Fall 2024~present

co-advised with Dr. Seth A. Hutchinson
Research interest: Risk-aware navigation, Locomotion on deformable terrain, Robust reinforcement learning

Yuntian Zhao

ECE M.S./Ph.D. Student

B.S.: Southern University of Science and Technology
Fall 2023~present

Hobbies: Hiking

Research Interest: Dynamics and control of legged locomotion, Adaptive robot foot design and sensing

Haris Miller

ROBOTICS M.S./Ph.D. STUDENT

B.S.: Georgia Tech
Fall 2023~present

Hobbies: Tennis, RC Aircraft

Research Interest: Safe UAV autonomy and planning, and multi-agent systems

Nan Li

ME M.S. student

B.S.: Sichuan University
Fall 2024~present
Hobbies: Hiking, Traveling
Research Interest: Multi-Agent Systems, Task Planning, and Optimization Control Algorithms

Abirath Raju

Robotics M.S. Student

B.S.: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Fall 2023~present
Hobby: Badminton, E-sports, Formula 1
Research Interests: Social navigation, Computer vision, Robot learning

Kasidit Muenprasitivej

AE M.S. Student

B.S.: Purdue University

Fall 2023~present

Research Interest: Uncertainty-aware locomotion control, Optimization and learning methods,

Roman Mineyev

ROBOTICS M.S. STUDENT

B.S.: UIUC

Fall 2024~present

Research Interest: Trajectory Optimization for Legged Navigation, Social Navigation

Digit

Second-year Robot

Georgia Tech (joint host with Seth Hutchinson's lab)

Hobby: Unified locomotion and manipulation

Buzzy Cassie

Fourth-year Robot

Georgia Tech ME

Hobby: Dynamic walking

Gelsight

Second-YEAR ROBOT

(special credit to Edward Adelson's lab at MIT and Yu She from Purdue)

Hobby: Tactile sensing and deformable contact estimation

Kuka IIWA

Fourth-year Robot

Georgia Tech ME

Hobby: Dynamic and robust manipulation

Unitree A1

Third-year Robot

Georgia Tech ME

Hobby: Autonomous navigation and surveillance

Unitree B1 + Z1

First-year Robot

Georgia Tech ME (joint host with Fan Zhang's lab)

Hobby: Versatile locomotion and manipulation

Athena

Third-year Robot

Georgia Tech ME

Hobby: Dexterous grasping

Mini Cheetah

Second-year Robot

MIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab and Naver Labs (joint host with Sehoon Ha's lab)

Hobby: Agile Maneuvering

Kinova

Visiting Robot

GTRI

Hobby: Fruit harvesting, Mobile manipulation

Hector

First-year robot

Georgia Tech

Hobby: Dynamic locomotion in granular media

Franka

First-year robot

Georgia Tech

Hobby: Dynamic manipulation

Allegro Hand

First-year robot

Georgia Tech ME
Hobby: Dexterous grasping

Undergraduate Students

Ronit Arora (CS 2021 September – present)
Paul Kim (ME 2021 September – present)
Iain MacKeith (ME 2021 September – present)
Qize Tao (ME 2021 September – present)
Wei Pao (William) (ME 2021 September – present, PURA awardee 2022 Spring)
Achintya Mohan (CE 2021 January – present, PURA awardee 2022 Spring)
Paul Barsa (ME 2021 January – present)
Emily Marshall (ECE 2021 January – present)
Abhinav Kumar (CS 2021 January – present, PURA awardee 2021 Fall)
Vishwa Ramkumar (ME 2020 January – present, PURA awardee 2021 Fall)
Nima Jadali (CS 2021 January – present, PURA awardee 2021 Summer)
Chirayu Salgarkar (2021 June – present, SURE Robotics Program, co-advised with Dr. Samuel Coogan)
Tanner Beard (ME 2019 July – present, PURA awardee 2020 Spring)
Jerred Chen (ME 2019 Sep. – present)
James Bunting (ME 2019 Sep. – present)
Emil Muly (ME 2019 Oct. – present)
Nicholas J Cich (CS 2020 January – present)
Juo Shuen (Josh) Lee (ME 2020 January – present)
Eric Glunn (ECE 2020 January – present)
Brandon Woodward (ME 2020 August – present)
Caleb Chang (ECE 2020 August – present)
Brice Diomande (ME 2020 August – present)
Amara Jargalsaikhan (ME 2020 August – present)

High School Students

Jesse Lan (Rising Senior, South Walton High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Akash Singh (Rising Senior, Wheeler High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Vikram Yeddula (Rising Senior, Walton High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Tyler Sprague (Rising Senior, Walton High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Dylan Seyler (Rising Junior, Alpharetta High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Tristan Perkins Rising Senior, North Gwinnett high school, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Arthur Ilyasov (Rising Senior, North Gwinnett High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Sahil Shaik (Rising Senior, South Forsyth High School, 2024 May – 2024 August)
Matthew Zhu (Rising Senior, Walton High School, 2023 May – 2024 August)
Andrew Botchwey (Drew Charter School, ENGAGES project, 2021 June – 2022 May)
Noah Morales (BEST high school, ENGAGES project, 2021 June – 2022 May)
Ziyan Sultan (The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, 2021 August – 2021 December)

Alumni

Graduate Students

Abdulaziz Shamsah (Ph.D. ME 2024, Now Assistant Professor at Kuwait University)
Colin Yu (M.S., CS 2024, Now Ph.D. student at U Maryland)
Nigam Katta (M.S., ROBO ME 2024, Now TeraDar Inc)
Vaibhav Malhotra (M.S., ROBO ME 2024, Now Breaksight Inc)
William Yates (M.S., ME 2023, Now GTRI)
Jane Ivanova (M.S., ECE 2023, Now SkyMul)
Ted Tyler (M.S., ROBO ME 2023, Now Northrop Grumman)
Randall Kliman (M.S., Thesis Option, ECE 2022, Now John Deere)
Luke Drnach (Ph.D. student, ROBO ECE 2022)
Nathan Boyd (M.S., Thesis Option, ME 2022, Now Apptronik)
Jonas Warnke (M.S., Thesis Option, ME 2021, Now Factory Automation Systems)
Dong Jae (Danny) Lee (M.S., ME 2021, Now Boston Dynamics)
Yuki Yoshinaga (M.S., ME 2022)
Xiao Jing (M.S., Aero 2019, Now Ph.D. student in ASDL, Georgia Tech)
Hongchang Zhu (M.S., ME 2020, Now Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech)

Visiting Students

Xavier Nal (M.S. EPFL, 2024)
Qixian Wang (B.S. Zhejiang University, 2023, Now Ph.D. student at UIUC)
Keane Wei Yang Ong (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2022 May – August)
Jialin Li (B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2021, Now M.S. student at ETH Zürich Robotics)
Qie Sima (B.S. Tsinghua University, 2020, Now M.S. student at Tsinghua)
Xiaofeng Guo (B.S. Tsinghua University, 2019, Now Ph.D. student at CMU Robotics Institute)
Junda Huang (B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2019, Now Ph.D. student at Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Undergraduate Students

Minho Lee (ME 2024, Now Ph.D. student at Notre Dame)
James Ni (ME 2022, PURA awardee 2020 Summer and 2022 Spring)
Akash Harapanahalli (CE 2022, Now Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech)
Matthias Heyrman (ME 2022, Now M.S. student at ETH Zürich Robotics)
Ziyang (John) Zhang (ME 2022, PURA awardee 2020 Spring, Now M.S. student at CMU Robotics Institute)
Dongheon Han (ME 2022, PURA awardee 2021, Now M.S. student at U Michigan)
Austin Newland (ME 2021, Now at Hoshizaki America)
Zhengyang (Kris) Weng (ME 2021, PURA awardee 2021, Now at Neocis)
Marina Ahn (ME 2020, PURA awardee 2020 Fall)
Samuel A Scheele (CS 2020, Now Georgia Tech undergraduate)
Hogan Welch (ME 2020, Now Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech)
Timothy Brumfiel (ME 2020, Now Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech)
Landon M Ballard (ECE 2020, Now Georgia Tech undergraduate)
Tanner Liu (ME 2020, Now M.S. student at U Michigan)
William Plummer (ME 2020, Georgia Tech ME Undergraduate Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Awards, Now at Wisk Aero)
Manzano Akhtar (ME 2020, Now at Wisk Aero)
Ziwei (Rebecca) Zheng (ME 2020, PURA awardee 2020 Fall)
Ahmed Reese Abouelnasr (ME 2019, Now Ph.D. student at Tufts University)
Brittany Powell (ME 2019, Now graduate student at UC Berkeley)
Andrew S Galassi (ME 2019, The 2020 Class of Astronaut Scholars, Now Georgia Tech undergraduate)
Kevin Li (Lambert High School, Now Georgia Tech undergraduate in CS)