I am a second-year Master’s student at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), working in the Robotics and Computer Vision Lab under the supervision of Prof. Hong Zhang. My research focuses on Robot Person Following (RPF) in dynamic and crowded environments, with particular interests in motion planning, trajectory optimization, and human-robot interaction.
My work aims to enable robots to naturally and safely follow people in complex real-world scenarios, addressing challenges such as occlusions, dynamic obstacles, and social navigation. I am passionate about developing practical solutions that bridge the gap between robotics research and real-world applications.
I am actively seeking PhD opportunities starting in Fall 2027. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in my research!
🔥 News
- 2026.05: Follow-Bench is now released.
- 2026.03: 🥳🥳 TPT-Bench is accepted by IJRR 2026.
- 2026.02: 🥳🥳 Adap-RPF is accepted by ICRA 2026.
- 2025.10: Check out our latest work, “Adap-RPF: Adaptive Trajectory Sampling for Robot Person Following in Dynamic Crowded Environments.” This work adopts a sample-evaluate-plan paradigm with a multiple-objective cost function design and a prediction-aware MPPI controller, enabling smooth and safe person following in dynamic crowded environments.
- 2025.09: Check out our latest work, “Follow-Bench: A Unified Motion Planning Benchmark for Socially-Aware Robot Person Following.” This work provides a comprehensive review of RPF scenarios, evaluation metrics, and planners, with a particular emphasis on requirements of safety and comfort.
📝 Publications
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2024, 2025: First-Class Graduate Scholarship, Southern University of Science and Technology
- 2024: Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate (Top 1%), South China Agricultural University
- 2023: National-Level College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (Project Leader)
- 2023: First Prize, Guangdong Provincial College Student Electronic Design Competition
- 2022: National-Level College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (Project Leader)
- 2021, 2022: National Scholarship (Top 1%), South China Agricultural University
- 2021: Second Prize (Top 5%), National College Student Electronic Design Competition
📖 Educations
- 2024.09 - 2027.06 (Expected): M.Eng. in Electronic Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
- Supervisor: Prof. Hong Zhang (IEEE Life Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow)
- GPA: 3.58/4.0, Average Score: 89.58/100, Rank: 21/165
- 2020.09 - 2024.06: B.Eng. in Electronic Information Engineering, South China Agricultural University
- GPA: 4.48/5.0, Average Score: 94.79/100, Rank: 1/193