Yanwen Zou
Scholar

Yanwen Zou

Google Scholar ID: yRC8lTQAAAAJ
University of California, Berkeley
RoboticsMechanical EngineeringEmbodied AI
Citations & Impact
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Citations
4
 
H-index
1
 
i10-index
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Publications
3
 
Co-authors
5
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • U-ARM: A low-cost, universal, leader-follower teleoperation system for any commercial robot arms through 3 hardware configurations. Evo-0: A plug-and-play module that implicitly injects 3D geometry features into VLA models by leveraging an off-the-shelf visual geometry foundation model. Bimanual Exoskeleton for Robotics Data Collection. Flycatcher Robot (ハエトリロボ) - a character in Apocalypse Hotel. Tendon-driven Dexterous Hand and Wearable Finger. Amphibious Fixed-wing Aircraft - an undergraduate class project where they designed turbines that adapt to both water and air, and integrated the system on top of an open-source flight control board.
Research Experience
  • Works closely with Prof. Bo Zhao; has experience in Grasp Lab at Zhejiang University, advised by Prof. Huixu Dong; worked at robotics startup Maxinsights.
Education
  • Ph.D. student at Shanghai Jiaotong University, advised by Prof. Cewu Lu and Prof. Chuan Wen; MEng from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, where he cooperated with PhDs and postdocs in the MSC Lab led by Prof. Masayoshi Tomizuka; Bachelor's degree from School of Mechanical and Engineering, Qian Xuesen Class at Shanghai Jiaotong University; studied Finance at SAIF, Shanghai Jiaotong University but dropped out.
Background
  • Interested in embodiment transfer and general robotics data. Also believes Robotics for Fun will be an interesting topic.
Miscellany
  • Accompanied by: YOASOBI, ずっと真夜中でいいのに。, こはならむ, 上海彩虹室内合唱团.