Ruihan Gao

I'm a bachelor's student at the University of Washington. My research interests lie in robot design and robot learning.

Before transferring to the Department of Physics of the University of Washington, I was majoring in Mechatronic Engineering.

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Research

I am passionate about robot structural design, My goal is to utilize sophisticated structures to enhance robotic performance. Additionally, I am interested in Embodied AI and expect to integrate machine learning into robot design in my future research.

Herein I present some of my past projects.

Wearable Exoskeleton Data Acquisition Device and Its End Three-Fingered Effector

The project is still under development, advised by Prof.Guyue Zhou at the Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University.

robocon CURC ROBOCON 2024 "Harvest Day"

Our team has developed a robot capable of picking up seedlings and shooting balls. It achieves precise grasping through a parallel four-finger gripper and enables accurate control of the ball's landing point via the simultaneous action of bidirectional friction wheels.

Quadrupedal Transformable Tracked Robot

The robot adopts a modular design, allowing for adjustments in leg length and track length to suit different usage scenarios. It achieves a combined wheel-leg mechanism through a metamorphic mechanism, featuring variable track angles and an 8-degree-of-freedom joint design.

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ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition 2024

This project proposed a design transitioning from O-shaped wheels to an ∞-shaped caterpillar track, allowing the robot to carry payloads smoothly on flat surfaces and traverse obstacles on rough terrain.

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Leg-Arm Coordination in Quadrupedal Robotics

Utilizing robot kinematics to perform gait planning for a quadruped robot and trajectory planning for a robotic arm, enabling the combined system to accomplish specific task

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Experiences

Misc

I'm interested in sports (soccer, basketball, skiing…), playing drums and traveling.

drum I am the drummer in the Band "ζ₯½εΌƒη–Ύ"

This is a student band formed by a group of young people with passion and dreams. We have performed countless times on stage, playing popular pop and rock music.


Designed and sourced code based on Jon Barron's website.