Resume
Xinchen Yao

Xinchen Yao

Zhejiang University - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute

Specializing in Learning-Based Control and Low-Level Hardware

Passionate about robotics from hardware to control. Started with low-level control systems. Now, focusing on learning-based robotics.

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Research Experience

Sep 2023 - Present

Software Group Leader

ZJUI RoboMaster Team Meta

Designed a new ROS2-based control system (Meta-ROS) for all our robots. Also responsible for new member training and mechanics-controlling co-design.

Lab Website
Fall 2024

Ringbot Control

UIUC ECE398 KIMLAB

Control system for Ringbot designed by KIMLAB.

Fall 2024

Unix-Like OS

UIUC ECE391

Implemented a Unix-like OS (kernel and shell) with RISC-V architecture.

Sep 2024 - July 2025

Undergraduate Researcher

UIUC Human Dynamics and Controls Lab

Optimizing low-level control and integrating new sensors for PURE ballbot. Tried to improve simulation on omnidirectional wheels.

Lab Website
Spring 2025

Autonomous Parking

UIUC ECE484

Developed autonomous parking for GEM vehicle.

Spring 2025

CNN in CUDA

UIUC ECE408

Implemented a Convolutional Neural Network in CUDA.

Aug 2025 - Present

Undergraduate Researcher

ZJUI Physical Intelligence Lab

Working on robotic learning algorithms, mainly about RL exploration and sim-to-real transfer. Aiming to motivate emergent behaviors with simple designs.

Lab Website

Projects

A collection of robotics projects.