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Yuhe Gong

Robotic Researcher

Education

Ph.D. in Robot Manipulation and Human Robot Interaction (Fully Funded)

University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom

M.Sc. in Control System and Technology

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany

B.Sc. in Electrical and Electorinic Engineering

Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, China

Languages

  • Chinese / 中文 (Native / 母语)
  • English (Professional)
  • German / Deutsch (Fluent / Flüssig)

Research Topic

Robot Manipulation and Human Robot Interaction

I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Nottingham starting from October 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Luis Figueredo (1st) and Dr. Ayse Kucukyilmaz (2nd). My PhD topic is robotic control, manipulation, and physical human-robot interaction. I am interested in geometric methods for intelligent robots, focusing on developing mathematical frameworks that enable robots to operate in a natural, efficient, and comfortable manner.

Publications

  • GELATO: Multi-Instruction Trajectory Reshaping via Geometry-Aware Multiagent-based Orchestration
    • Junhui Huang, Yuhe Gong, Changsheng Li, Xingguang Duan, Luis Figueredo
    Under Review.
  • Biomimetic cues enable predictive mechanisms in simulated and physical robot-human object handovers
    • Clara Günter, Yuhe Gong, Riddhiman Laha, Simon Appoltshauser, Luis Figueredo, Joachim Hermsdörfer, David W. Franklin
    Under Review.
  • Contact-Safe Reinforcement Learning with ProMP Reparameterization and Energy Awareness
    • Bingkun Huang, Yuhe Gong, Zewen Yang, Tianyu Ren, Luis Figueredo
    ICRA 2026 Accepted.
  • GeoFIK: A Fast and Reliable Geometric Solver for the IK of the Franka Arm based on Screw Theory Enabling Multiple Redundancy Parameters
    • Pablo C. Lopez-Custodio, Yuhe Gong, Luis Figueredo
    ICRA 2026 Accepted.
  • GeoPF: Infusing Geometry into Potential Fields for Reactive Planning in Non-trivial Environments
    • Yuhe Gong, Riddhiman Laha, Luis Figueredo
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 11546-11553, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3609237.
  • Manipulability Transfer and Tracking Control: Bridging Domain Adaptation with Predictive Feasibility
    • Yuhe Gong, Hao Xing, Guo Yu, Luis Figueredo
    2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025, pp. 4572-4578, doi: 10.1109/ICRA55743.2025.11127841.
  • Demonstration to Adaptation: A User-Guided Framework for Sequential and Real-Time Planning
    • Kuanqi Cai, Riddhiman Laha, Yuhe Gong, Lingyun Chen, Liding Zhang, Luis Figueredo, Sami Haddadin
    2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2024, pp. 9871-9878, doi: 10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802661.

    Roles

    Co-Chair for Conference Event

    30/01/2026 - Now
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - Student Activities Committee (IEEE RAS - SAC)
    @IEEE-RAS-SAC

    Student Representative

    01/02/2025 - 31/01/2026
    IEEE RAS Technical Committee of Algorithms for Planning and Control of Robot Motion (APCRM)
    @APCRM

    7th UK Manipulation Workshop

    06/01/2026 - 07/01/2026
    Student Volunteer
    @UKManipulationWorkhop

    ICRA2025

    19/05/2025 - 23/05/2025
    Social Media Ambassador
    @ICRA2025

    Talking Robotics

    01/02/2025 - 31/01/2026
    Organizer
    @TalkingRobotics

    AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS & Fundings

    Best Student Paper Award

    10/2025
    IROS 2025 Workshop (Building Safe Robots A Holistic Integrated View on Safety from Modelling, Control & Implementation) - GeoCopilot: What Does Geometry Mean for Robots?

    Best Project-Idea Award

    07/2025
    Geriantronic Summer School 2025 - Safe Physical Human-Robot Interaction for Frail Users

    PhyRC: Physical Robotic Caregiving Challenge Winner

    05/2025
    ICRA 2025 Competition

    ICRA 2025 RAS Travel Support

    02/2025
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

    International Ph.D. Studentship

    10/2023
    School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham

    Best Paper Award

    07/2023
    Geriatronics Summit 2023 - EpisodicTD3: Introducing Movement Primitives into Actor-Critic Algorithms

    Activities

    The 7th UK Robot Manipulation Workshop

    06/01/26 - 07/01/26
    Attender & Student Volunteer - Edinburg, UK
    @UKManipulationWorkhop

    • Poster Session: GeoCopilot: What does Geometry Mean for Robots?

    IROS 2025 (IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems)

    19/10/25 - 25/10/25
    Attender - Hangzhou, China
    @IROS2025

    • Workshop (Building Safe Robots A Holistic Integrated View on Safety from Modelling, Control & Implementation): GeoCopilot: What does Geometry Mean for Robots?

    Geriatronics Summer School 2025

    07/07/25 - 10/07/25
    Attender - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
    @GeriantronicsSummerSchool2025

    • Team: Safe Physical Human-Robot Interaction for Frail Users

    Automcatica 2025

    24/06/25 - 27/06/25
    Exhibitor - Munich, Germany
    @Automatica2025

    • Exhibition: Safety Serving Robot - Guarantee Human Robot Interaction While Robot Serves Around Us

    ICRA 2025 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation)

    19/05/25 - 24/05/25
    Presentation & Poster - Atlanta, USA
    @ICRA2025

    • Paper Presentation: Manipulability Transfer and Tracking Control: Bridging Domain Adaptation with Predictive Feasibility
    • Workshop (How do Robots Care? Innovative Strategies and Interfaces for Physically Assistive Robots in Healthcare): Manipulability Transfer and Tracking Control: Bridging Domain Adaptation with Predictive Feasibility
    • Workshop (Beyond the Lab: Robust Planning and Control in Real World Scenarios): GeoPF: Infusing Geometry into Potential Fields for Reactive Planning in Non-trivial Environments
    • Competition (PhyRC: Physical Robotic Caregiving Challenge)

    The 6th UK Robot Manipulation Workshop

    07/01/25 - 08/01/25
    Presentation & Poster - London, UK
    @6thUKManipulationWorkshop

    • Workshop Session: Manipulability Transfer and Tracking Control: Bridging Domain Adaptation with Predictive Feasibility

    Geriatronics Summit 2024

    09/07/24 - 12/07/24
    Presentation & Poster - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
    @GeriantronicsSummit2024

    • Workshop Session: Manipulability Transfer and Tracking Control: Bridging Domain Adaptation with Predictive Feasibility

    Geriatronics Summit 2023

    02/07/23 - 03/07/23
    Presentation & Poster - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
    @GeriantronicsSummit2023

    • Workshop Session: Episodic TD3: Introducing Movement Primitives into Actor-Critic Algorithm

    Pre-study

    Master Thesis (Prof. Gerhard Neumann) | @EpisodicTD3

    08/2021 - 03/2022
    Autonomous Learning Robots (ALR) Lab, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    EpisodicTD3: Introducing Movement Primitives into Actor-Critic Algorithms

    Mini Job | @TAVAAL-RANK

    06/2021 - 08/2021
    Intelligent System Security Research Group, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Reimplementation of Task-aware Variational Adversarial Active Learning

    Internship (Prof. Gerhard Neumann) | @CompareRL

    10/2020 - 07/2021
    Autonomous Learning Robots (ALR) Lab, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Compare Episodic and Step-based Reinforcement Learning

    Skills & Proficiency

    C++

    Python

    Matlab

    ROS

    Photoshop & Inkscape & GIMP