Yifeng Zhu 朱毅枫

My name is Yifeng Zhu. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. I have also spent my time at Carnegie Mellon University as a visiting student.

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Education

  • 2019 - 2025, Ph.D. in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin
  • 2014 - 2018, B.Eng. in Automation & B.A. in English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University

Exchange/Visiting Experiences

  • 2017 - 2018, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2017, UCLA

Research (Selected Projects)

Okami: Teaching humanoid robots manipulation skills through single video imitation


Jinhan Li, Yifeng Zhu*, Yuqi Xie*, Zhenyu Jiang*, Mingyo Seo, Georgios Pavlakos, Yuke Zhu
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) (oral presentation) , 2024
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ORION: Vision-based Manipulation from Single Human Video with Open-World Object Graphs


Yifeng Zhu, Arisrei Lim, Peter Stone, Yuke Zhu
ArXiv Preprint , 2024
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GROOT: Learning Generalizable Manipulation Policies with Object-Centric 3D Representations


Yifeng Zhu, Zhenyu Jiang, Peter Stone, Yuke Zhu
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) , 2023
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VIOLA: Imitation Learning for Vision-Based Manipulation with Object Proposal Priors


Yifeng Zhu, Abhishek Joshi, Peter Stone, Yuke Zhu
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) , 2022
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LOTUS: Continual Imitation Learning for Robot Manipulation Through Unsupervised Skill Discovery


Weikang Wan, Yifeng Zhu*, Rutav Shah*, Yuke Zhu
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , 2024
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Bottom-Up Skill Discovery from Unsegmented Demonstrations for Long-Horizon Robot Manipulation


Yifeng Zhu, Peter Stone, Yuke Zhu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) , 2022
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Deoxys: A Modular, Real-Time Controller Library for Robot Learning


Yifeng Zhu
A user-friendly interface in Python and real-time controller implementation in C++
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robosuite: A Modular Simulation Framework and Benchmark for Robot Learning


Yuke Zhu, Josiah Wong, Ajay Mandlekar, Roberto Martín-Martín, Abhishek Joshi, Soroush Nasiriany, Yifeng Zhu
Technical Report , 2022
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BUMBLE: Unifying Reasoning and Acting with VLMs for Building-Wide Mobile Manipulation


Rutav Shah, Albert Yu, Yifeng Zhu, Yuke Zhu, Roberto Martín-Martín
Technical Reports , 2024
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Symbolic State Space Optimization for Long Horizon Mobile Manipulation Planning


Xiaohan Zhang, Yifeng Zhu, Yan Ding, Yuqian Jiang, Yuke Zhu, Peter Stone, Shiqi Zhang
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2023
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Visually Grounded Task and Motion Planning for Mobile Manipulation


Xiaohan Zhang, Yifeng Zhu, Yan Ding, Yuke Zhu, Peter Stone, Shiqi Zhang
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , 2022
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LIBERO: Benchmarking Knowledge Transfer in Lifelong Robot Learning


Bo Liu*, Yifeng Zhu*, Chongkai Gao*, Yihao Feng, Qiang Liu, Yuke Zhu, Peter Stone
NeurIPS 2023 Datasets and Benchmarks Track , 2023
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Synergies Between Affordance and Geometry: 6-DoF Grasp Detection via Implicit Representations


Zhenyu Jiang, Yifeng Zhu, Maxwell Svetlik, Kuan Fang, Yuke Zhu
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) , 2021
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Hierarchical Planning for Long-Horizon Manipulation with Geometric and Symbolic Scene Graphs


Yifeng Zhu, Jonathan Tremblay, Stan Birchfield, Yuke Zhu
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , 2021
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Fast Uncertainty Quantification for Deep Object Pose Estimation


Guanya Shi, Yifeng Zhu, Jonathan Tremblay, Stan Birchfield, Fabio Ramos, Animashree Anandkumar, Yuke Zhu
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , 2021
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Teaching

  • Fall 2022, Teaching Assistant, CS391R , UT Austin
  • Spring 2021, Teaching Assistant, CS343 , UT Austin
  • Fall 2020, Teaching Assistant, CS391R , UT Austin
  • Fall 2019, Teaching Assistant, CS394R , UT Austin

Skills and Interests

Language

  • Chinese native
  • English professional
  • Japanese intermediate

Sports

  • Soccer
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • Chinese Martial Arts

Contact

Computer Science Department, The University of Texas at Austin

Email: yifeng.zhu [at] utexas.edu


Design and source code from Jon Barron's website