CV

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Basics

Name Kanzhong Yao
Label Robotic Researcher
Email kanzhong.yao@gmail.com

Work

  • 2024.09 - 2024.10
    Robotic Researcher
    The University of Tokyo and Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    Awarded as NEST fellow at the end of the project, helped develop the autonomous patrolling system, and solved the narrow passage navigation issue with the priority control algorithm.
  • 2024.06 - 2024.12
    Principal investigator/Robotic Researcher
    RAICo1
    Awarded as RAICo Junior Fellow, lead the underwater obstacle avoidance project, aim to achieve cooperative obstacle without reliance on robot-robot communications.
  • 2022.01 - 2022.03
    Robotic Researcher
    Hamburg University of Technology
    Supported by UK Turing Scheme, developed image-based visual servoing switchable leader-follower control for heterogeneous multi-agent underwater robot system, result published in ICRA2023

Education

Awards

Skills

Porgramming
Confident in development.
Python
C++
ROS/ROS2
CAD/CAM
For basic modeling and verification.
CATIA
Soildworks
ANSYS
Fusion360
Develop environment
All have good experience
Ubuntu (desktop/headless)
Windows
Windows Subsystem Linux
Hardware/sensor
All got hands on experience
Pixhawk (Autopilot, ArduSub, IMU)
SICK 2D LiDAR sensor TiM5xx
Oculus M3000d multi-beam image sonar
Hydromea LUMA 500 optical communication modem
Camera (usb_cam, Intel Realsense)
General software/package
For basic modeling and verification.
Matlab
ViSP
Gazebo
YOLO

Languages

Mandarin
Native speaker
English
Fluent

References

Dr. Simon Watson
Main-supervisor during PhD.
Dr. Ognjen Marjanovic
Co-supervisor during PhD.
Professor Barry Lennox
Lab lead during PhD.
Dr Nobuto Matsuhira
Collaborator at the University of Tokyo.