papers.bib

@article{forcevision,
  abbr={Science Robotics},
  title={{Forces for Free: Vision-Based Contact Force Estimation with a Compliant Hand}},
  author={Yifan Zhu* and Mei Hao* and Xupeng Zhu* and Quentin Bateux and Alex Wong and Aaron Dollar},
  journal={Science Robotics},
  year={2025},
  preview={visionforce.jpg},
  selected={true},
  html={https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adq5046},
}
@inproceedings{Zhu2022FragmentedRocks,
  abbr={IROS},
  author = {Yifan Zhu and Wang, Liyang and Zhang, Liangjun},
  booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
  title = {{Excavation of Fragmented Rocks with Multi-modal Model-based Reinforcement Learning}},
  year = {2022},
}
@article{Zhu2022Auscultation,
  abbr={RA-L},
  author = {Yifan Zhu and Smith, Alexander and Hauser, Kris},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  title = {{Automated Heart and Lung Auscultation in Robotic Physical Examinations}},
  year = {2022},
  preview={Auscultation.gif},
  pdf={Zhu_Auscultation_2022.pdf}
}
@article{rigidworldmodel,
  abbr={RA-L},
  title={{One-Shot Real-to-Sim via End-to-End Differentiable Simulation and Rendering}},
  author={Yifan Zhu and Tianyi Xiang and Aaron Dollar and Zherong Pan},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  year={2025},
  selected={true},
  preview={WM.PNG},
  website={https://tianyi20.github.io/rigid-world-model.github.io/},
  arxiv={arXiv:2412.00259},
  code={https://github.com/yifanzhu95/RigidWorldModel},
  pdf={RAL2024_SimFromVid.pdf},
}
@inproceedings{Zhu2021TO,
  abbr={ICRA},
  author = {Yifan Zhu and Pan, Zherong and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  title = {{Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization With Learned Deformable Contacts Using Bilevel Optimization}},
  year = {2021},
  preview= {TO_both.gif},
  pdf={Zhu_TO_2021.pdf},
  }
@article{correia2024immersive,
  abbr={IJSR},
  title={{Immersive Commodity Telepresence with the Avatrina Robot Avatar}},
  author={{J. M. Correia*} and P. Naughton*and J.C. Peng* and Yifan Zhu* and  Nam, James Seungbum and Kong, Qianxi and Zhang, Xuanpu and Penmetcha, Aman and Ji, Ruifan and Fu, Nairen and others},
  journal={International Journal of Social Robotics (IJSR)},
  pages={1--29},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Springer},
  preview={TRINA.PNG},
  selected={true},
  html={https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12369-023-01090-1},
  selected={true},
}
@inproceedings{zhu2023few,
  abbr={R:SS},
  title={{Few-shot Adaptation for Manipulating Granular Materials under Domain Shift}},
  author={Yifan Zhu* and P. Thangeda* and Ornik, Melkior and Hauser, Kris},
    booktitle={Robotics: Science and Systems (R:SS)}, 
  year={2023},
  preview={animation-datacollection.gif},
  arxiv={arXiv:2303.02893},
  website={https://drillaway.github.io/scooping-dataset.html},
  selected={true},
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{8794337,
  abbr={ICRA},
  author={Yifan Zhu and Abdulmajeid, Laith and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle={International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)}, 
  title={{A Data-driven Approach for Fast Simulation of Robot Locomotion on Granular Media}}, 
  year={2019},
  pdf={Zhu_GranularMedia_2019.pdf},
  preview={GM.gif},
  selected={true},
}
@ARTICLE{9712242,
  abbr={RA-L},
  author={Q. Lu* and Yifan Zhu* and Zhang, Liangjun},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)}, 
  title={{Excavation Reinforcement Learning Using Geometric Representation}}, 
  year={2022},
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{9197077,
  abbr={ICRA},
  author={Yifan Zhu and Lu, Kai and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle={{IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)}}, 
  title={Semi-Empirical Simulation of Learned Force Response Models for Heterogeneous Elastic Objects}, 
  year={2020},
  preview={poke.gif}
}
@inproceedings{thangeda2024learning,
  abbr={AIAA SciTech},
  title={{Learning and Autonomy for Extraterrestrial Terrain Sampling: An Experience Report from OWLAT Deployment}},
  author={Thangeda, Pranay and Goel, Ashish and Tevere, Erica L and Yifan Zhu and Kramer, Erik and Daca, Adriana and Nayar, Hari D and Hauser, Kris and Ornik, Melkior},
  booktitle={AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum},
  year={2024},
}
@inproceedings{marques2022commodity,
  abbr={R:SS Workshop},
  title={{Commodity telepresence with the AvaTRINA nursebot in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE semifinals}},
  author={Marques, JM and Patrick, N and Yifan Zhu and Malhotra, Neil and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle={R:SS 2022 Workshop on Towards robot avatars: perspectives on the ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition},
  year={2022},
}

@inproceedings{naughtonpan,
  abbr={R:SS Workshop},
  title={{Pan-Tilt-Roll Televisualization With Adjustable Baseline Stereo}},
  author={Naughton, Patrick and Nam, James Seungbum and Marques, Joao MC and Peng, Jing-Chen and Yifan Zhu and Kong, Qianxi and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle={ICRA 2023 2nd Workshop Toward Robot Avatars},    
  year={2023},
}
@inproceedings{TrinaWorkshop23,
  abbr={ICRA Workshop},
  title={{Commodity Telepresence with the AvaTRINA Nursebot in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals}},
  author={Joao M. C. Marques and Jing-Chen Peng and Patrick Naughton and Yifan Zhu and Seungbum Nam and Kris Hauser},
  booktitle={ICRA 2023 2nd Workshop Toward Robot Avatars},    
  year={2023},
}
@inproceedings{zhu2021informative,
  abbr={ICRA Workshop},
  title={{Informative path planning for automatic robotic auscultation}},
  author={Yifan Zhu and Smith, Alexander and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle={ICRA 2021 Workshop on Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Robotics and Wearables Research},
  year={2021},
}
@misc{Working3,
  abbr={arXiv},
  title={{Tactile Probabilistic Contact Dynamics Estimation of Unknown Objects}},
  author={Jinhoo Kim* and Yifan Zhu* and A. Dollar},
  arxiv={arXiv:2409.17470},
  year={2024},
}



@inproceedings{shaoxiong,
  abbr={CoRL},
  title={{Structured Bayesian Meta-Learning for Data-Efficient Visual-Tactile Model Estimation}},
  author={Yao, Shaoxiong and Yifan Zhu and Hauser, Kris},
  booktitle={Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)},
  year={2024},
  pdf={CoRL2024_Yao.pdf},
  website={https://shaoxiongyao.github.io/SBML/},
  preview={CoRL24.gif},
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{9561924,
  abbr={ICRA},
  author={Ma, Guangshen and Siobhan R. Oca and Yifan Zhu and Codd, Patrick J. and Buckland, Daniel M.},
  booktitle={IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)}, 
  title={{A Novel Robotic System for Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Vascular Localization}}, 
  year={2021},
}