Ye Zhao
Assistant Professor
Directs the LIDAR lab on legged locomotion planning and control for humanoid robots.
Ye Zhao's lab at Georgia Tech works on legged locomotion & humanoids and planning, control & multi-robot systems. 46 papers since 2023, 20 at top venues, mostly ICRA and RA-L. 13 PhD students and 11 master's students. 63 alumni, most often to at Neura Robotics and Breaksight Inc. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 12/ year
- at T1 venues
- 43%
- PhD students
- 13
- MS students
- 11
- alumni listed
- 63
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 12 papers2026 · T1 4 · collecting
- 11 papers2025 · T1 5
- 12 papers2024 · T1 7
- 11 papers2023 · T1 4
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, RA-L, IROS, T-RO, CoRL
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems28 papers
- Legged locomotion & humanoids15 papers
- humanoid6 papers
- legged locomotion0 papers
- mechanical engineering0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202612 papers
- IROS (T1)ACLM: ADMM-Based Distributed Model Predictive Control for Collaborative Loco-Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringAdaptive Obstacle-Aware Task Assignment and Planning for Heterogeneous Robot Teaming (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), OralDistributional Inverse Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsEmoBipedNav: Emotion-aware Social Navigation for Bipedal Robots with Deep Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- IROS WorkshopHierarchical Control via Spectral Skills (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.Humanoid Locomotion and Manipulation: Current Progress and Challenges in Control, Planning, and Learning (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Probabilistically-Safe Bipedal Navigation over Uncertain Terrain via Conformal Prediction and Contraction Analysis (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), In PressREFINE-DP: Diffusion Policy Fine-tuning for Humanoid Loco-manipulation via Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)RL-augmented Adaptive Model Predictive Control for Bipedal Locomotion over Challenging Terrain (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)SEEC: Stable End-Effector Control with Model-Enhanced Residual Learning for Humanoid Loco-Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringTRAIN: Terrain-aware Interactive Navigation for Quadruped Robots via Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LVQActFlow: Vector-Quantized Action Mode Steering for Multi-Task Robot Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
202511 papers
- ICRA (T1)Dynamic Gap: Safe Gap-based Navigation in Dynamic Environments (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LLearn to Teach: Sample-Efficient Privileged Learning for Humanoid Locomotion over Diverse Terrains
- RA-LOpt2Skill: Imitating Dynamically-feasible Whole-Body Trajectories for Versatile Humanoid Loco-Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Optimization-based Task and Motion Planning under Signal Temporal Logic Specifications using Logic Network Flow (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Physically-Feasible Reactive Synthesis for Terrain-Adaptive Locomotion via Trajectory Optimization and Symbolic Repair (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LPINN-based Predictive Control Combined with Unknown Payload Identification for Robots with Prismatic Quasi-Direct-Drives (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LPPF: Pre-training and Preservative Fine-tuning of Humanoid Locomotion via Model-Assumption-based Regularization (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)Robust-Locomotion-by-Logic: Perturbation-Resilient Bipedal Locomotion via Signal Temporal Logic Guided Model Predictive Control (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LSTATE-NAV: Stability-Aware Traversability Estimation for Bipedal Navigation on Rough Terrain (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Terrain-Aware Model Predictive Control of Heterogeneous Bipedal and Aerial Robot Coordination for Search and Rescue Tasks (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on HapticsVibTac: A High-Resolution High-Bandwidth Tactile Sensing Finger for Multi-Modal Perception in Robotic Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
202412 papers
- IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsA Survey of Optimization-Based Task and Motion Planning: From Classical to Learning Approaches (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Bipedal Safe Navigation over Uncertain Rough Terrain: Unifying Terrain Mapping and Locomotion Stability (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Hierarchical Experience-informed Navigation for Multi-modal Quadrupedal Rebar Grid Traversal (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Infer and Adapt: Bipedal Locomotion Reward Learning from Demonstrations via Inverse Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsLearning Generalizable Vision-Tactile Robotic Grasping Strategy for Deformable Objects via Transformer (opens in a new tab)
- ACCLocal-Global Interval MDPs for Efficient Motion Planning with Learnable Uncertainty (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)LTL-D*: Incrementally Optimal Replanning for Feasible and Infeasible Tasks in Linear Temporal Logic Specifications (opens in a new tab)
- CoRL (T1)MimicTouch: Leveraging Multi-modal Human Tactile Demonstrations for Contact-rich Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Real-time Model Predictive Control with Zonotope-Based Neural Networks for Bipedal Social Navigation (opens in a new tab)
- Specification-Guided Safe Learning for Robotic SystemsSmarter Cyber Physical Systems: Enabling Methodologies and Applications
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringSocially Acceptable Bipedal Robot Navigation via Social Zonotope Network Model Predictive Control (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Walking-by-Logic: Signal Temporal Logic-Guided Model Predictive Control for Bipedal Locomotion Resilient to External Perturbations (opens in a new tab)
202311 papers
- IEEE Open Journal of Control SystemsAbstraction-Based Planning for Uncertainty-Aware Legged Navigation (opens in a new tab)
- IROS WorkshopBridge Mixed-Integer Convex Program and Linear Temporal Logic: Reactive Gait Synthesis and Footstep Planning for Agile Perceptive Locomotion
- ICRA (T1)GPF-BG: A Hierarchical Vision-Based Planning Framework for Safe Quadrupedal Navigation (opens in a new tab)
- ICARHybrid Stepping Motion Generation for Wheeled-Bipedal Robots Without Roll Joints on Legs (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)Integrated Task and Motion Planning for Safe Legged Navigation in Partially Observable Environments (opens in a new tab)
- MECCIntegrating Reconfigurable Foot Design, Multi-modal Contact Sensing, and Terrain Classification for Bipedal Locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- IROS WorkshopInterval MDPs for Optimal Robotic Motion Planning with Temporal Logic Constraints
- CoRL (T1)On the Utility of Koopman Operator Theory in Learning Dexterous Manipulation Skills (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)Real-Time Deformable-Contact-Aware Model Predictive Control for Force-Modulated Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- IROS WorkshopSocially Acceptable Bipedal Navigation: A Signal-Temporal-Logic- Driven Approach for Safe Locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- NeurIPS WorkshopTouch Insight Acquisition: Human’s Insertion Strategies Learned by Multi-Modal Tactile Feedback (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went63 listed, 16% to industry
Industry 6Academia 32
Most often to
- at Neura Robotics
- Breaksight Inc
- Factory Automation Systems
Also to
- Georgia Tech
- Carnegie Mellon University
- ETH Zurich
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