Publications

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Research goals include implementing interaciton sensing of contact and developing intelligient scene understanding for mobile robots.


  1. arXiv 2024
    TAIL: A Terrain-Aware Multi-Modal SLAM Dataset for Robot Locomotion in Deformable Granular Environments
    Chen Yao#, Yangtao Ge#, Guowei Shi#, and 7 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.16875 2024
  2. Robotica 2024
    Automatic Extrinsic Calibration for Structured Light Camera and Repetive LiDARs
    Yangtao Ge#, Chen Yao#, Zirui Wang, and 5 more authors
    Robotica 2024
  3. ICMRE 2023
    Automatic Extrinsic Calibration for Lidar-Photoneo Camera Using a Hemispherical Calibration Board
    Yangtao Ge, Chen Yao, Zirui Wang, and 3 more authors
    In The 9th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE 2023) 2023

    Best presentation award

  4. ICARM 2022
    Analysis of robot traversability over unstructured terrain using information fusion
    Wenyao Zhang, Shipeng Lyu, Chen Yao, and 3 more authors
    In 2022 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) 2022

Mapping

  1. ICARM 2024
    Robust dynamic object removal in 3d point clouds based on multi-view projections
    Chen Yao, Jingyi Liu, Xing Yao, and 3 more authors
    In 2024 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) 2024
  2. CASE 2022
    Fusing panoptic segmentation and geometry information for robust visual slam in dynamic environments
    Hu Zhu, Chen Yao, Zheng Zhu, and 2 more authors
    In 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) 2022

    Best Student Paper Award Finalist

  3. RCAR 2022
    Robust Method for Static 3D Point Cloud Map Building using Multi-View Images with Multi-Resolution
    Chen Yao, Hu Zhu, Shipeng Lv, and 2 more authors
    In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR) 2021

Perception

  1. Robotica 2024
    A contact parameter estimation method for multi-modal robot locomotion on deformable granular terrains
    Shipeng Lyu, Wenyao Zhang, Chen Yao, and 4 more authors
    Robotica 2024
  2. ROBIO 2023
    Terrain Classification Using Inside-Wheel Cameras Based on Wheel-Terrain Interaction Characteristics
    Longteng Hu, Feng Xue, Chen Yao, and 5 more authors
    In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 2023
  3. ROBIO 2023
    Terrain Classification Based on Wheel-terrain Interaction Measurements using Aside-Wheel Camera
    Feng Xue, Longteng Hu, Chen Yao, and 5 more authors
    In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 2023
  4. ICARM 2022
    Sound-based terrain classification for multi-modal wheel-leg robots
    Feng Xue, Longteng Hu, Chen Yao, and 3 more authors
    In 2022 international conference on advanced robotics and mechatronics (ICARM) 2022

Interaction-Wheel Case

  1. RAL 2023
    Wheel vision: Wheel-terrain interaction measurement and analysis using a sensorized transparent wheel on deformable terrains
    Chen Yao, Feng Xue, Zhengyin Wang, and 4 more authors
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2023
  2. RAL 2023
    Wheel-Terrain Contact Geometry Estimation and Interaction Analysis using Aside-wheel Camera over Deformable Terrains
    Feng Xue#, Chen Yao#, Ye Yuan, and 5 more authors
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2023
  3. RAAI 2023
    Wheel-Terrain Contact Geometry Estimation using the Aside-Wheel RGB-D Sensor over Soft Terrain
    Pengxuan Zhang, Chen Yao, Longteng Hu, and 4 more authors
    In 2023 International Conference on Robotics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence (RAAI) 2023
  4. Biomimetics 2023
    Modeling and analysis of a reconfigurable rover for improved traversing over soft sloped terrains
    Shipeng Lyu, Wenyao Zhang, Chen Yao, and 2 more authors
    Biomimetics 2023
  5. RAL 2022
    Predict the rover mobility over soft terrain using articulated wheeled bevameter
    Wenyao Zhang, Shipeng Lyu, Feng Xue, and 3 more authors
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2022

Interaction-Leg Case

  1. TMech 2024
    STAF: Interaction-Based Design and Evaluation of Sensorized Terrain-Adaptive Foot for Legged Robot Traversing on Soft Slopes
    Chen Yao, Guowei Shi, Peng Xu, and 5 more authors
    IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 2024
  2. RAL 2024
    FootVision: A Vision-Based Multi-FunctionalSensorized Foot for Quadruped Robots
    Guowei Shi#, Chen Yao#, Xin Liu, and 3 more authors
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2024
  3. ICARM 2023
    Predict the Physics-Informed Terrain Properties Over Deformable Soils using Sensorized Foot for Quadruped Robots
    Chen Yao, Guowei Shi, Yangtao Ge, and 2 more authors
    In 2023 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) 2023
  4. ROBIO 2022
    Adaptive Planar Foot with Compliant Ankle Joint and Multi-modal Sensing for Quadruped Robots
    Guowei Shi#, Chen Yao#, Wenhui Wang, and 2 more authors
    In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 2022

Locomotion

  1. Master Arxiv
    Multi-Sensor State Estimation Fusion on Quadruped Robot Locomotion
    Chen Yao
    arXiv e-prints 2020
  2. Master Thesis
    Research On State Estimation and Autonomous Localization of Quadruped Robot In Unstructured Environment
    Chen Yao
    2019

RobotApplicaitons

  1. CIEEC 2024
    Nondestructive inspection of steel plates by using magnetic absorption robot and sh emat
    Peichen Wang, Youli Chen, Jin Wei, and 4 more authors
    In 2024 IEEE 7th International Electrical and Energy Conference (CIEEC) 2024

Workshops

  1. ICRA2024 Workshop
    Are We Ready for Planetary Exploration Robots?The TAIL-Plus Dataset for SLAM in Granular Environments
    Zirui Wang#, Chen Yao#, Yangtao Ge#, and 7 more authors
    In ICRA - 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics 2024