Research
My research focuses on robotics, reinforcement learning, and computer vision. My academic goal is to build robotic systems with strong generalization, high stability and safety and to make them real-world implementable.
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RLAfford: End-to-End Affordance Learning for Robotic Manipulation
Yiran Geng*,
Boshi An*,
Haoran Geng,
Yuanpei Chen,
Yaodong Yang,
Hao Dong
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ICRA 2023
In this study, we take advantage of visual affordance by using the contact information generated during the RL training process to predict contact maps of interest.
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GraspNeRF: Multiview-based 6-DoF Grasp Detection for Transparent and Specular Objects Using Generalizable NeRF
Qiyu Dai*,
Yan Zhu*,
Yiran Geng,
Ciyu Ruan,
Jiazhao Zhang,
He Wang
ArXiv
ICRA 2023
We propose a multiview RGB-based 6-DoF grasp detection network, GraspNeRF, that leverages the generalizable neural radiance field (NeRF) to achieve material-agnostic object grasping in clutter.
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GenDexGrasp: Generalizable Dexterous Grasping
Puhao Li*,
Tengyu Liu*,
Yuyang Li,
Yiran Geng,
Yixin Zhu,
Yaodong Yang,
Siyuan Huang
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ICRA 2023
This paper introduces GenDexGrasp, a versatile dexterous grasping method that can generalize to unseen hands.
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MyoChallenge: Die Rotation
Yiran Geng,
Boshi An,
Yifan Zhong,
Jiaming Ji,
Yuanpei Chen
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First Place in NeurIPS 2022 Challenge Track (1st in 340 submissions from 40 teams)
Reconfiguring a die to match desired goal orientations. This task require delicate coordination of various muscles to manipulate the die without dropping it.
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Towards Human-Level Bimanual Dexterous Manipulation with Reinforcement Learning
Yuanpei Chen,
Tianhao Wu,
Shengjie Wang,
Xidong Feng,
Jiechuang Jiang,
Stephen Marcus McAleer,
Yiran Geng,
Hao Dong,
Zongqing Lu,
Song-chun Zhu,
Yaodong Yang
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NeurIPS 2022
We propose a bimanual dexterous manipulation benchmark (Bi-DexHands) according to literature from cognitive science for comprehensive reinforcement learning research.
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GraspARL: Dynamic Grasping via Adversarial Reinforcement Learning
Tianhao Wu*,
Fangwei Zhong*,
Yiran Geng,
Yaodong Yang,
Yizhou Wang,
Hao Dong
ArXiv
Under Review 2023
This study is the first attempt to formulate the dynamic grasping problem as a “move-and-grasp” game and use adversarial RL to train the grasping policy and object moving strategies jointly.
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Before 2022
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Ministry of Education Talent Program Thesis (Physics Track)
Yiran Geng,
Haoran Geng,
Xintian Dong,
Yue Meng,
Xujv Sun,
Houpu Niu
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Selected as the Outstanding Thesis of the National Physics Forum 2018
During my high school years, I was selected for the Ministry of Education Talent Program and conducted physics research at Nankai University and presenting my thesis at the National Physics Forum 2018.
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Services
Volunteer: WINE 2020
Reviewer: CVPR 2023
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Teaching Assistant
Probability and Statistics (A) (Spring 2023)
Frontier Research Practice II (Prof. Hao Dong Track, Spring 2023)
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Experience
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Turing Class, Peking University, China
2020.09 - now
Undergraduate Student
Research Advisor: Prof. Hao Dong
Academic Advisor: Prof. Zhenjiang Hu
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Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI) , China
2022.05 - now
Research Intern
Research Advisor: Prof. Yaodong Yang
Academic Advisor: Prof. Song-Chun Zhu
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Selected Awards and Honors
2022: Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI) Outstanding Contribution Award
2022: Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies (CFCS) Outstanding Student
2022: John Hopcroft Scholarship (3000RMB¥)
2022: First Place in NeurIPS 2022 Challenge Track (3000€) 🏅
2022: Peking University Research Excellence Award
2022: Peking University Dean's Scholarship (15000RMB¥)
2021: SenseTime Scholarship (Youngest winner, 20000RMB¥)
2021: Peking University Study Excellence Award
2021: Peking University Qinjin Scholarship (10000RMB¥)
2021: John Hopcroft Scholarship (3000RMB¥)
2021: Ministry of Education Top Talent Program Scholarship (1000RMB¥)
2019: Chinese Physics Olympiad (CPHO) Gold Medalist 🏅
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