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
Hobby: Basketball, snowboarding, hiking
Research Interest: Reinforcement learning and social navigation
Xuan Lin
Ph.D. & M.S.: UCLA
B.S.: Harbin Institute of Technology
Spring 2024 ~ present
Hobby: Hiking, Swimming, Video gaming
Spring 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
Fall 2022~present
Hobbies: Trekking, DJ, EDM
Research Interest: Tactile sensing for dexterous manipulation, Bio-inspired legged robotics
Graduate Student
Abdulaziz Shamsah
ME Ph.D. Student
M.S.: University of Pennsylvania
B.S.: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Summer 2020~present
Research Interest: Safety-assured bipedal locomotion, Social navigation
Ziyi Zhou
ECE Ph.D. student
M.S.: Georgia Tech
B.S.: Northeastern University
B.S.: Northeastern University
Hobby: Basketball, Football
Spring 2019~present
Research Interest: Distributed trajectory optimization for dynamic locomotion, Formal control synthesis
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
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, Reinforcement learning for legged locomotion, and Theoretical 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
Ziwon Yoon
ROBOTICS PH.D. STUDENT
B.S.: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Fall 2023~present
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
Fall 2023~present
Research Interest: Contact-rich manipulation, Risk-sensitive trajectory optimization
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
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
Fall 2023~present
Research Interest: Safety-critical legged navigation, Formal control methods
Jaehwi Jang
Incoming Robotics PhD student
M.S. & B.S.: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
Expected starting date: August 2024
Research Interest: Safe reinforcement learning, Learning from demonstration.
Junnosuke Kamohara
Incoming Robotics PhD student
BS: Tohoku University
Hobby: Workout, Photography, Traveling
Expected starting date: August 2024
Research interest: Risk-aware navigation, Locomotion on deformable terrain, Robust reinforcement learning
Expected starting date: August 2024
Research interest: Risk-aware navigation, Locomotion on deformable terrain, Robust reinforcement learning
Paul Blum
Robotics PhD Student
M.S.: University of Connecticut
B.S.: University of Connecticut
Fall 2023~present
Fall 2023~present
co-advised with Dr. Stephen Balakirsky
Yuntian Zhao
ECE M.S./Ph.D. Student
B.S.: Southern University of Science and Technology
Fall 2023~present
Fall 2023~present
Hobbies: Hiking
Research Interest: Dynamics and control of legged locomotion, Adaptive robot foot design and sensing
Kasidit Muenprasitivej
AE M.S. Student
B.S.: Purdue University
Fall 2023~present
Research Interest: Uncertainty-aware locomotion control, Optimization and learning methods,
Haris Miller
ROBOTICS M.S. STUDENT
B.S.: Georgia Tech
Fall 2023~present
Fall 2023~present
Hobbies: Tennis, RC Aircraft
Research Interest: Safe UAV autonomy and planning, and multi-agent systems
Xavier Nal
Visiting student
M.S. & B.S.: EPFL
Hobbies: European Football, Climbing
Research Interest: Reinforcement learning for robot locomotion and manipulation
Hobbies: European Football, Climbing
Research Interest: Reinforcement learning for robot locomotion and manipulation
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
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 – )
- Akash Singh (Rising Senior, Wheeler High School, 2024 May – )
- Vikram Yeddula (Rising Senior, Walton High School, 2024 May – )
- Tyler Sprague (Rising Senior, Walton High School, 2024 May – )
- Dylan Seyler (Rising Junior, Alpharetta High School, 2024 May – )
- Tristan Perkins Rising Senior, North Gwinnett high school, 2024 May – )
- Arthur Ilyasov (Rising Senior, North Gwinnett High School, 2024 May – )
- Sahil Shaik (Rising Senior, South Forsyth High School, 2024 May – )
- Matthew Zhu (Rising Senior South Walton High School, 2023 May – )
- 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
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Colin Yu (M.S., CS 2024, Now Ph.D. student at U Maryland)
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Nigam Katta (M.S., ROBO ME 2024, Now TeraDar Inc)
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Vaibhav Malhotra (M.S., ROBO ME 2024, Now Breaksight Inc)
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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)
- Adarsh Sasi (M.S., ME 2020)
Visiting Students
- Qixian Wang (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 (University of Science and Technology of China, 2021, Now M.S. student at ETH Zürich Robotics)
- Qie Sima (Tsinghua University, 2020, Now M.S. student at Tsinghua)
- Xiaofeng Guo (Tsinghua University, 2019, Now Ph.D. student at CMU Robotics Institute)
- Junda Huang (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)