I'm a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California, conducting research within the Robot Locomotion and Navigation Dynamics Lab (RoboLAND) under the guidance of Professor Feifei Qian and collaborating with Professor Daniel Seita. My interests focus on AI/ML and Robotics, with a specific focus on enhancing robotic manipulation and locomotion, as well as Multi-robot collaboration and path planning.
Expertise Areas: Mobile manipulation, Robot Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Diffusion Models, Vision Language Models, Computer Vision, SLAM, Multi-robot System
News
[2025 - 08] Our paper "Granular Loco-Manipulation: Repositioning Rocks Through Strategic Sand Avalanche" has been accepted to 9th Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) at Seoul, Korea.
[2025 - 08] It was a wonderful experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer at SanDisk this summer. Thanks to everyone who worked with me to make such an unforgettable internship experience!
[2025 - 05] It was a wonderful experience co-organized the 5th Workshop: Reflections on Representations and Manipulating Deformable Objects at ICRA 2025, Atlanta, USA. Thanks to everyone!
[2025 - 05] It was excited to present our research on legged robot loco-manipulation and obstacle-aided locomotion and at ICRA 2025. Thanks everyone for the insightful discussions!
[2025 - 04] I'm happy to announce that I'll co-organize the 5th Workshop: Reflections on Representations and Manipulating Deformable Objects at ICRA 2025, looking forward to seeing you at Atlanta, USA!
[2025 - 04] I'm happy to announce that I'll join SanDisk as an Summer Intern in the Data Science group, many thanks to all my interviewers and looking forward to working with you during the summer!
[2025 - 02] Our paper "Obstacle-Aided Trajectory Control of a Quadrupedal Robot Through Sequential Gait Composition" is accepted to present in IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 2025. See you in Atlanta, USA!
[2025 - 01] Our abstract "Granular Media Avalanche Behavior Affected Obstacles Movement on a Granular Slope" is accepted to present on American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting 2025. See you in Anaheim, CA!
[2024 - 11] We have presented "Learning Granular Media Avalanche Behavior for Indirectly Manipulating Obstacles on a Granular Slope" on the 8th Conference of Robot Learning (CoRL) at Munich, Germany.
[2024 - 08] Our paper "Learning Granular Media Avalanche Behavior for Indirectly Manipulating Obstacles on a Granular Slope" is accepted to the 8th Conference of Robot Learning (CoRL) at Munich, Germany.
[2024 - 06] Our paper "Obstacle-Aided Trajectory Control of a Quadrupedal Robot Through Sequential Gait Composition" is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO).
Selected Publications
Haodi Hu, Feifei Qian, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2024
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Haodi Hu, Xingjue Liao, Wuhao Du, Feifei Qian, arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.11709
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Kaustav Chakraborty, Haodi Hu, MD Kvalheim, Feifei Qian, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2022
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Haodi Hu, Guanting Dong, Bo Peng, Jian Xing, Wenlong Song , IEEE Access, 2018
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