Qiayuan Liao
Scholar

Qiayuan Liao

Google Scholar ID: QGpxkvkAAAAJ
University of California, Berkeley
Legged Robots
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
216
 
H-index
7
 
i10-index
7
 
Publications
15
 
Co-authors
0
 
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications:
  • 1. BeyondMimic: From Motion Tracking to Versatile Humanoid Control via Guided Diffusion
  • 2. MuJoCo Playground (Received Outstanding Demo Paper Award, RSS 2025)
  • 3. Berkeley Humanoid A Research Platform for Learning-based Control
  • 4. Walking in Narrow Spaces: Safety-critical Locomotion Control for Quadrupedal Robots with Duality-based Optimization
  • Open-source contributions: whole_body_tracking (900+ stars on GitHub), legged_control (1.4k+ stars on GitHub), MuJoCo Playground (1.5k+ stars on GitHub)
Research Experience
  • Research intern at Boston Dynamics, working with Scott Kuindersma on reinforcement-learning control for the E-Atlas.
Education
  • Ph.D. student at Hybrid Robotics, UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Koushil Sreenath.
Background
  • Research Interests: Developing novel mechanisms and actuation systems via data-driven co-design; Unifying learning with planning, estimation, and control. Professional Field: Full-stack roboticist dedicated to creating systems that achieve agile and robust locomotion and manipulation.
Miscellany
  • Website template inspired by Andy Zeng and Jon's website.
Co-authors
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