Jihong Zhu
Scholar

Jihong Zhu

Google Scholar ID: PsD5R3sAAAAJ
University of York and TU Delft
Manipulation of deformable objectsassistive roboticsImitation Learning
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,073
 
H-index
13
 
i10-index
13
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
27
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple journal papers, including 'Do You Need a Hand?–a Bimanual Robotic Dressing Assistance Scheme' in IEEE Transactions on Robotics and 'Learning Task-Parameterized Skills from Few Demonstrations' in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters; received the Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award from CRUK; research findings have been reported by BBC and other media outlets.
Research Experience
  • Has served as an organizer or speaker at various international conferences and workshops, such as co-chair for publicity at TAROS 2025, co-founder of the IEEE RAS Working Group on Deformable Object Manipulation, and co-organizer of the Learning for Assistive Robotics workshop at ICRA 2024.
Education
  • Received his bachelor's degree from the University of Birmingham and has been a Visiting Researcher at TU Delft.
Background
  • Research interests include robot-assisted living, manipulation of deformable objects, etc. Currently, he is a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of York, affiliated with the Robot-Assisted Living LAboratory (RALLA) and the Institute for Safe Autonomy.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests are not explicitly mentioned, but he has been involved in research related to medical care robotics and gave a talk titled 'Robots in Caregiving' at the York Medical Society.