publications

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2025

  1. Simultaneous Contact Sequence and Patch Planning for Dynamic Locomotion
    Victor Dhédin, Haizhou Zhao, Majid Khadiv

    In 2025 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2025
    arXiv PDF
  2. Physically Consistent Humanoid Loco-Manipulation using Latent Diffusion Models
    Ilyass Taouil*, Haizhou Zhao*, Angela Dai, Majid Khadiv

    In 2025 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) (*Best Paper Finalist*), 2025
    arXiv PDF
  3. A 2-DoF Switchable Variable Stiffness Actuator for Legged Walking Robots
    Lei Yu, Haizhou Zhao, Lin Qiao, Siying Qin, Gumin Jin, Yuqing Chen

    IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), 2025

2024

  1. Trajectory Optimization under Contact Timing Uncertainties
    Haizhou Zhao, Majid Khadiv

    In 2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2024
    arXiv PDF
  2. Arm-Constrained Curriculum Learning for Loco-Manipulation of the Wheel-Legged Robot
    Zifan Wang, Yufei Jia, Lu Shi, Haoyu Wang, Haizhou Zhao, Xueyang Li, Jinni Zhou, Jun Ma, Guyue Zhou

    In 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024
    arXiv Website
  3. Design and Control of a Bio-Inspired Wheeled Bipedal Robot
    Haizhou Zhao, Lei Yu, Siying Qin, Gumin Jin, Yuqing Chen

    IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), 2024
    arXiv PDF
  4. A Compact Variable Stiffness Actuator for Agile Legged Locomotion
    Lei Yu, Haizhou Zhao, Siying Qin, Gumin Jin, Yuqing Chen

    IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-MECH), 2024
    arXiv PDF

2022

  1. Constrained Iterative Nonlinear Optimization for Robot Control Applications
    Haizhou Zhao, Yuqing Chen

    In 2022 27th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), 2022
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