Yao Su

I am research scientist at State Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence(BIGAI), where I work on Robotics and Control.

I received my B.S. degree from the School of Mechatronic Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology in 2016, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles in 2017 and 2021. I was adviced by Professor Dennis Hong in Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory(RoMeLa) during my M.S. degree, and Professor Tsu-Chin Tsao in Mechatronics and Control Laboratory(MacLab) during my Ph.D. degree.

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ECO: Energy-Constrained Optimization with Reinforcement Learning for Humanoid Walking
Weidong Huang*, Jingwen Zhang*#, Xiaolong Hu, Jiayang Wu, Shibowen Zhang, Song-Chun Zhu, Hangxin Liu, Yaodong Yang, Yao Su#
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) (submitted), 2025
corresponding author
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GelLocator: Real-time High-accuracy Visuo-Tactile Localization with Structured 3D Patterns and Vision-based Tactile Sensors
Meng Wang*, Wanlin Li*, Qiuxuan Chen, Hang Li, Kaspar Althoefer, Yao Su#, Hangxin Liu#,
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (submitted), 2025
co-corresponding author
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R-FTact: A Rounded High-Frequency Low-Cost Monochrome Vision-based Tactile Sensor for Shape Reconstruction
Wanlin Li*, Pei Lin*, Meng Wang, Chenxi Xiao, Kaspar Althoefer, Ziyuan Jiao, Yao Su#, Hangxin Liu#,
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (submitted), 2025
co-corresponding author
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Multi-Agent Joint Task Planning in Symmetrical Reality
Tingliang Zhang, Xinning He, Muzhi Han, Song-Chun Zhu, Yao Su#, Zhenliang Zhang#,
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (submitted), 2025
co-corresponding author
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PR2: A Physics- and Photo-realistic Humanoid Testbed with Pilot Study in Competition
Hangxin Liu, Qi Xie, Zeyu Zhang, Tao Yuan, Xiaokun Leng, Lining Sun, Song-Chun Zhu, Jingwen Zhang#, Zhicheng He#, Yao Su#
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) (submitted), 2025
corresponding author
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BVA-Tracker: Belief-Space Visibility-Aware Target Tracking in Unknown Cluttered Environments
Han Gao, Zhaoyang Li, Kangjie Zhou, Kang Ding, Yao Su, Hangxin Liu, Shengbo Eben Li, Chang Liu#
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (submitted), 2024
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ReSPIRe: Informative and Reusable Belief Tree Search for Robot Probabilistic Search and Tracking in Unknown Environments
Kangjie Zhou, Zhaoyang Li, Han Gao, Yao Su, Hangxin Liu, Junzhi Yu, Chang Liu#
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (TSMC) (submitted), 2024
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Published/Conference
Flight Structure Optimization of Modular Reconfigurable UAVs
Yao Su, Ziyuan Jiao, Zeyu Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Hang Li, Meng Wang, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2024
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Large-scale Vision-based Tactile Sensor Deployment on Multi-fingered Grippers
Meng Wang*, Wanlin Li*, Hao Liang, Boren Li, Kaspar Althoefer, Yao Su#, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (oral), 2024
co-corresponding author
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Learning Concept-Based Causal Transition and Symbolic Reasoning for Visual Planning
Yilue Qian, Peiyu Yu, Ying Nian Wu, Yao Su, Wei Wang#, Lifeng Fan#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2024
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Dynamic Planning for Sequential Whole-body Mobile Manipulation
Zhitian Li*, Yida Niu*, Yao Su, Hangxin Liu, Ziyuan Jiao#
IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) , 2024
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ASPIRe: An Informative Trajectory Planner with Mutual Information Approximation for Target Search and Tracking
Kangjie Zhou, Pengying Wu, Yao Su, Han Gao, Ji Ma, Hangxin Liu and Chang Liu#
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024
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Real-time Dynamic-Consistent Motion Planning for Over-actuated UAVs
Yao Su*, Jingwen Zhang*, Hang Li, Meng Wang, Hangxin Liu#
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , 2024
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Probabilistic Visibility-Aware Trajectory Planning for Target Tracking in Cluttered Environments
Han Gao, Pengying Wu, Yao Su, Kangjie Zhou, Ji Ma, Hangxin Liu and Chang Liu#
IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), 2024
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On the Emergence of Symmetrical Reality
Zhenliang Zhang#, Zeyu Zhang, Ziyuan Jiao, Yao Su, Hangxin Liu, Wei Wang and Song-Chun Zhu#
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) , 2024
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Aggregating Single-wheeled Mobile Robots for Omnidirectional Movements
Meng Wang*, Yao Su*, Hang Li, Jiarui Li, Jixiang Liang, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2023
co-first author
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Planning Sequential Aerial Manipulation for Over-actuated UAMs
Yao Su*, Jiarui Li*, Ziyuan Jiao*, Meng Wang, Chi Chu, Hang Li, Yixin Zhu, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2023
IROS 2023 Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation--Finalist!
first author
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Downwash-aware Control Allocation for Over-actuated UAV Platforms
Yao Su*, Chi Chu*, Meng Wang, Jiarui Li, Liu Yang, Yixin Zhu, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022
first author
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A Simple Six Degree-of-Freedom Aerial Vehicle Built on Quadcopters
Chen-Huan Pi*, Lecheng Ruan*, Pengkang Yu, Yao Su, Stone Cheng, Tsu-Chin Tsao#
IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2021
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WalkingBot: Modular Interactive Legged Robot with Automated Structure Sensing and Motion Planning
Meng Wang, Yao Su, Hangxin Liu, Yingqing Xu#
IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2020
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Multi-Limbed Robot Vertical Two Wall Climbing Based on Static Indeterminacy Modeling and Feasibility Region Analysis
Xuan Lin, Hari Krishnan, Yao Su, Dennis W Hong#
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
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Published/Journal
CDM-MPC: An Integrated Dynamic Planning and Control Framework for Bipedal Robots Jumping
Zhicheng He, Jiayang Wu, Jingwen Zhang, Shibowen Zhang, Yapeng Shi, Hangxin Liu, Lining Sun, Yao Su#, Xiaokun Leng#
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024
co-corresponding author
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Auto-focusing Femtosecond Laser Manufacturing System via Acoustic Emission Technology
Yanzhe Fu, Yao Su, Jiayong Wei, Bing Wang, Jiebo Li#
Optics Letters, 2024
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Compensating Aerodynamics of Over-actuated Multi-rotor Aerial Platform with Data-driven Iterative Learning Control
Pengkang Yu*, Yao Su*#, Lecheng Ruan, Tsu-Chin Tsao
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023
co-first author, corresponding author
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L3 F-TOUCH: A Wireless GelSight with Decoupled Tactile and Three-axis Force Sensing
Wanlin Li*, Meng Wang*, Jiarui Li, Yao Su#, Devesh K. Jha, Xinyuan Qian, Kaspar Althoefer, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) , 2023
co-corresponding author
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Fault-tolerant Control of Overactuated Multirotor UAV Platform under Propeller Failure
Yao Su*#, Pengkang Yu*, Lecheng Ruan#, Matthew J. Gerber, Tsu-Chin Tsao
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH) , 2023
first author, corresponding author
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Control and Experiments of a Novel Tiltable-Rotor Aerial Platform Comprising Quadcopters and Passive Hinges
Lecheng Ruan*#, Chen-Huan Pi*, Yao Su#, Pengkang Yu, Stone Cheng, Tsu-Chin Tsao
Mechatronics, ELSEVIER, 2022
co-corresponding author
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Object Gathering with a Tethered Robot Duo
Yao Su, Yuhong Jiang, Yixin Zhu, Hangxin Liu#
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)/ICRA, 2022
first author
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A Fast and Efficient Attitude Control Algorithm of a Tilt-Rotor Aerial Platform Using Inputs Redundancies
Yao Su*#, Lecheng Ruan*, Pengkang Yu*, Chen-Huan Pi, Matthew J. Gerber, Tsu-Chin Tsao
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)/ICRA, 2022
first author, correspnding author
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Nullspace-Based Control Allocation of Overactuated UAV Platforms
Yao Su*#, Pengkang Yu*, Matthew J. Gerber, Lecheng Ruan, Tsu-Chin Tsao
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)/IROS, 2021
first author, correspnding author
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An Over-Actuated Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicle With Unconstrained Attitude Angles and High Thrust Efficiencies
Pengkang Yu*#, Yao Su*, Matthew J. Gerber, Lecheng Ruan, Tsu-Chin Tsao
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)/IROS, 2021
co-first author
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Modeling and Balance Control of Supernumerary Robotic Limb for Overhead Tasks
Jianwen Luo, Zelin Gong, Yao Su, Lecheng Ruan, Ye Zhao, H. Harry Asada, Chenglong Fu#
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)/ICRA, 2021
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Robust bipedal locomotion based on a hierarchical control structure
Jianwen Luo, Yao Su, Lecheng Ruan, Ye Zhao, Donghyun Kim, Luis Sentis, Chenglong Fu#
Robotica, 2019
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Published/Disseration
Compensation and Control Allocation with Input Saturation Limits and Rotor Faults for Multi-Rotor Copters with Redundant Actuations
Yao Su
UCLA Disseration, 2021
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