Yanran Ding
Assistant Professor, Robotics
Studies optimization-based control, actuator design and trajectory planning for dynamic legged robots.
Yanran Ding's lab at Michigan works on planning, control & multi-robot systems, legged locomotion & humanoids and learning theory & optimization. 5 papers since 2023, 2 at top venues, mostly ICRA and IROS. 5 PhD students and 8 master's students. 13 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 1/ year
- at T1 venues
- 40%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 8
- alumni listed
- 13
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 2 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 2 papers2025 · T1 1
- 0 papers2024 · T1 0
- 1 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, IROS, RA-L
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Legged locomotion & humanoids3 papers
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems2 papers
- dynamic1 paper
- Learning theory & optimization0 papers
- dynamic legged0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20262 papers
- RA-LMobile Pedipulation for Object Sliding via Hierarchical Control on a Wheeled Bipedal Robot
- IROS (T1)SurGE: Surrogate Gradient-guided Evolution for Co-design of Legged Robots with Parallel Elasticity
20252 papers
- CASEContact Sensing via Joint Torque Sensors and a Force/Torque Sensor for Legged Robots
- ICRA (T1)Kinodynamic Model Predictive Control for Energy Efficient Locomotion of Legged Robots with Parallel Elasticity
20231 paper
- HumanoidsDesign and development of the MIT humanoid: A dynamic and robust research platform
Where alumni went13 listed
Apply to MichiganFall 2027
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