People

Principal Investigator

Boyu Zhou 周博宇
Boyu is currently an assistant professor at the School of Artificial Intelligence, Sun Yat-sen University, where he works as the director of the Smart Autonomous Robotics (STAR) group.  He has won the HKUST Academic Excellence Award and the Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Award. His research interests include aerial and mobile robots, motion planning, autonomous exploration, dense mapping, 3D reconstruction, and multi-robot systems. He has published prestigious papers in robotics, including TRO, RAL, ICRA, IROS and ISRR. His work has been listed as the most popular paper in TRO and RAL (highest ranking No. 1). The research results have been reported by well-known technology media, such as IEEE Spectrum. His open source projects about aerial robot motion planning (Fast-Planner) and autonomous exploration (FUEL) have received more than 2000 stars (since 2023.05). Contact: uv.boyuzhou@gmail.com, zhouby23@mail.sysu.edu .cn, bbyzhou95(WeChat).


Students

Ruilin Wang 王睿林
Master student, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Zhejiang University
Research focus: Mobile Manipulator, Path Planning
Contact: Ruilinin@outlook.com

Zhiwen Zhu 朱智文
Master student, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Hefei University of Technology
Research: Autonomous Exploration
Contact: zhiwen_zhu@foxmail.com

Tao Jiang 蒋滔
Ph.D. student, Sun Yat-sen University
M.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Wuhan University
Reasearch: 3D Reconstruction
Contact: jiangt58@mail2.sysu.edu.cn

Guiyong Zheng 郑桂勇
B.Eng, Xidian University
Research: Path Planning, 3D Scene Understanding
Contact: gyzheng524@163.com

Zelin Ning 宁泽琳
B.Eng, Dalian University of Technology
Research focus: UAV Swarm, Autonomous Exploration
Contact: ning-zelin@outlook.com


Visiting Students

Chen Feng 冯宸
Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Research:  Aerial Inspection/Reconstruction/Exploration/Coverage, 3D Scene Understanding
Personal website: http://chen-albert-feng.github.io/AlbertFeng.github.io
Contact: cfengag@connect.ust.hk


Haojia Li 李昊佳
Ph.D. student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng, Northeastern University
Research: Aerial Robotics. Mobile Robot Navigation.
Contact: hlied@connect.ust.hk

Yichen Zhang 張亦宸
Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng & B.B.A, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research: UAV Exploration, Active SLAM, UAV Swarm
Personal website: https://yzhangec.github.io/
Contact: yzhangec@connect.ust.hk


Chenxing Jiang 蒋辰星
Ph.D. student,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng,Zhejiang University
Research: Implicit Mapping
Contact: cjiangan@connect.ust.hk

Yiming Luo 罗一鸣
B.Eng, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Research: Motion Planning, Implicit Mapping
Contact: yiming.luo2001@gmail.com


Xinyi Chen 陈芯仪
Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Sc, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research: Motion Planning
Contact: xchencq@connect.ust.hk

Shuang Geng 耿爽
M.Eng, Zhejiang University
B.Eng, Hangzhou Dianzi University
Research: Motion Planning, Autonomous Exploration
Contact: gengshuang@zju.edu.cn

Mingjie Zhang 张明杰
B.Eng, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Research focus: UAV Swarm
Contact: zagerzhang@gmail.com



Chengkai Wu 吴程锴
M.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
B.Eng, Xidian University
Research focus: Motion Planning, Mobile Manipulator
Personal website: chengkaiwu.me
Contact: ckwu1201@163.com

Fanze Kong 孔繁澤
Ph.D. candidate, The University of Hong Kong
B.Eng. Harbin Institute of Technology
Research: Motion Planning, Autonomous Navigation
Contact: kongfz@connect.hku.hk

Mianzhi Song 宋勉之
M.Eng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Research: Mobile Manipulation, Path Planning
Contact: hustsmz@163.com


Former Students

Hanwen Zhang 张瀚文
M.Eng, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Northeast Agricultural University
Research: 3D reconstruction, SLAM, Autonomous robot navigation
Contact: zhanghw66@mail2.sysu.edu.cn

Zixuan Zhuang 庄梓轩
Mphil Student, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng, Northeastern University
Research: Autonomous Exploration, Motion Planning
Contact: sysuzxzhuang@gmail.com



Zehui Zhao 赵则辉
Undergraduate Nanjing University
Contact 201180154@smail.nju.edu.cn


Jinqi Jiang 姜金圻
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Contact: Jinqi_J@163.com

Siyuan Wu 吴思源
MSc Robotics, Delft University of Technology
B.Eng, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Research: Motion Planning, Trajectory Optimization
Contact: siyuanwu99@gmail.com