Robot Perception and Learning Lab
Alumni
Research Fellows (PostDocs)
2024
2022
Research Assistants
2025
2024
2023
PhD Students
2025
2024
2022
Visiting PhD Students
2024
Panagiotis Trakas, PhD Student, UPatras, GreeceDates: 05/2024-06/2024
Research Topic: Adaptive Cruise Control for Mobile Ground Robots
Supervisors at UCL: Dimitrios Kanoulas(UCL-CS; host), Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS).
2023
Wanming Yu, PhD Student, Edinburgh Centre for RoboticsDates: 05/2023-07/2023
Research Topic: Reinforcement Learning Control for Robot Locomotion.
Supervisors at UCL: Dimitrios Kanoulas, Alex Li (UCL-CS; host). Olga Napolitano, PhD Student, University of Pisa
Dates: 04/2023-06/2023
Research Topic: Active Sensing for Model Learning on Quadrupeds Robot.
Supervisors at UCL: Dimitrios Kanoulas, Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; host)
2022
Giovanni Franzese, PhD Student, University of PisaDates: 09/2022-10/2022
Research Topic: Learning from Demonstration via GP.
Supervisors at UCL: Prof. Marc Desenorth (UCL-CS; host), Dr. Yasemin Bekiroglu (UCL-CS; host), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; host) Fernando Acero Marchesotti, PhD Student, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
Dates: 03/2022-06/2022
Research Topic: Develop and test reinforcement learning control policies for robot locomotion.
Supervisors: Alex Li (UCL-CS; primary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; host)
MSc Students
2024
Zeyu Chen, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2024-09/2024
NExt: N/A
Research Topic: Acquiring Tactile Skills on a Quadruped Robot
Supervisors: Thomas Thuruthel (UCL-CS; primary), Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary) Karim Hammoud, MSc student in Systems Engineering for the Internet of Things, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2024-09/2024
Research Topic: Human-like Robot Interaction: A Framework for Generating Natural Robot Dynamics Using Bilateral Control and Transformer Neural Networks
Supervisors: Elia Gatti (UCL-CS; primary), Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary) He Liang, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2024-09/2024
Next: Oxford Univ. (UK), PhD Student
Research Topic: Language Conditioned Diffusion Planner for Quadruped Mobile Manipulation
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Jianwei Liu (UCL-CS; secondary) Jeffrey Li, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2024-09/2024
Research Topic: Quadruped Skill Synthesis from Single Video Demonstration
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Maria Stamatopoulou (UCL-CS; secondary) Jianheng Liu, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2024-09/2024
Next: Huawei Noah's Ark Lab (UK), Research Intern
Research Topic: World Models for Navigation
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Maria Stamatopoulou, Stuart Shanks, Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary) Yuzhou Cheng, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2024-09/2024
Research Topic: Visual Localization for Mobile Robots with Gaussian Splatting
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Jianhao Jiao (UCL-CS; secondary)
2023
Michael Adlerstein, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2023-09/2023
Next: Italian Institute of Technology (Italy), Research Intern
Research Topic: Enhancing Locomotion with Planar Insights: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Maria Stamatopoulou, Stuart Shanks, Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary) Xiang Long, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2023-09/2023
Research Topic: Integrating Affordances and Object Identification for Autonomous Grasping
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Luke Beddow, Denis Hadjivelichkov (UCL-CS; secondary) Jacob Nash, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2023-09/2023
Research Topic: Vision-Based Fire Safety Equipment Exploration using Quadrupedal Robots
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Jianwei Liu, Jonathan Embley-Riches (UCL-CS; secondary) Leon Yao, MSc student in Machine Learning, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2023-09/2023
Next: InstaDeep (UK), Research Intern
Research Topic: Efficient Bayesian Neural Networks for Outdoor Semantic Scene Understanding Tasks in Robotics
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Denis Hadjivelichkov (UCL-CS; secondary) Minghan Zhao, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2023-09/2023
Research Topic: Clustering based Fast Plane Segmentation with PointNet++ from Noisy Point Cloud Data
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Jianwei Liu, Jonathan Embley-Riches, Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary)
2022
Wing Chung Law, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2022-09/2022
Next: ecoSUB Robotics Ltd; Robotics & Embedded Software Engineer
Research Topic: Vision-based Robotic Grasping with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Luke Beddow (UCL-CS; secondary) Jianwei Liu, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2022-09/2022
Next: PhD Student; UCL-CS
Research Topic: Path Planning for Quadrupedal Robots
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary) Stuart Shanks, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2022-09/2022
Next: PhD Student; UCL-CS
Research Topic: Quadrupedal Robot Locomotion via Model-Predictive Control
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; secondary) Feilong Yan, MSc student in Machine Learning, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2022-09/2022
Next: CYENS Centre of Excellence; Research Intern
Research Topic: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Advanced Quadrupedal Locomotion from Vision
Supervisors: Vassilis Vassiliades (CYENS; primary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary)
2021
Jack Cook, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 01/2021-09/2021
Next: Medtronic Digital Surgery; Computer Vision Engineer/Researcher
Research Topic: Vision-Based Drone Landing
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Luke Beddow (UCL-CS; secondary) Alejandro Halpern Pastor, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2021-09/2021
Next: Iprova (UK); Invention Engineer
Research Topic: RL-Based Whole-Body Control
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Denis Hadjivelichkov (UCL-CS; secondary) Zinan Liu, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2021-09/2021
Next: Jaguar Land Rover (UK); Product Engineer Software
Research Topic: Vision-Based Drone Landing
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Luke Beddow (UCL-CS; secondary) Yuhang Ma, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2021-09/2021
Next: NetEase, Inc (China)
Research Topic: Navigation Among Movable Objects
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Simon Julier (UCL-CS; secondary), Kirsty Ellis (UCL-CS; secondary) Arundathi Shaji Shanthini, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2021-09/2021
Next: Oxford Robotics Institute (UK), Engineer
Research Topic: 3D Object Localization
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Simon Julier (UCL-CS), Kirsty Ellis (UCL-CS) Edoardo Barbieri, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2021-09/2021
Next: Canonical (UK); Product Manager
Research Topic: Visual and Force/Torque-Based Terrain Segmentation
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Simon Julier (UCL-CS; secondary)
2020
Martin Craiu Muller, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 01/2020-10/2020
Next: Agile Robots AG; Robotic Application Engineer
Research Topic: Whole-body Grasping for a Robot Manipulator Denis Hadjivelichkov, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2020-09/2020
Next: PhD student at UCL-CS, UK
Research Topic: Whole-Body Mobile Manipulation with Reinforcement Learning Wenguang Lin, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2020-09/2020
Next: Goldman Sachs (Facilities Analyst)
Research Topic: SLAM Autocompletion and Exploration
Supervisors: Simon Julier (UCL-CS; primary), Achim Lilienthal (Orebro Univ.), Mikael Magnusson (Orebro Univ.) Jingyi Liu, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2020-09/2020
Next: Huawei Dongguan (China); Software Engineer
Research Topic: Garbage Segmentation and Localization for Mobile Robot Grasping Yusheng Tian, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2020-09/2020
Next: KUKA (Shanghai, China); Software Engineer
Research Topic: Navigation Among Movable Objects
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Simon Julier (UCL-CS; secondary) Xuezhi Wei, MSc student in Robotics and Computation, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 01/2020-09/2020
Research Topic: Falling Object Tracking and Mapping
Supervisors: Simon Julier (UCL-CS; primary), Zhibin Lu (UCL-CS), Stefan Leutenegger (Imperial-CS)
BSc/MEng Students
2025
Takuya Boehringer, BSc student, University College London (UCL), Department of EEEDates: 05/2024-04/2025
Research Topic: Immersive Teleoperation Framework for Locomanipulation Tasks
Supervisors: Valerio Modugno (UCL-CS; primary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary)
2023
Shirui Lyu, BSc student, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2022-04/2023
Research Topic: Data-driven Methods on Legged Robot Path Planning
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary), Denis Hadjivelichkov (UCL-CS; secondary), Jianwei Liu (UCL-CS; secondary)
2022
Wenjie Chen, BSc student, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2021-04/2022
Research Topic: ChessRobot: Visual Chess Piece Localization for Playing Chess
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary) Mohammad Syed, MEng student, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer Science
Dates: 05/2021-04/2022
Research Topic: ChessRobot: Pick-and-Place Chess Pieces using 3D Vision on a Robot Manipulator
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary)
2021
Chirag Hegde, MEng student in Computer Science, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2021-04/2022
Next: Boston Consulting Group (USA), Independent Contractor
Research Topic: Analysing the Efficacy of Different Methods of Task Allocation Between Drones in a Multi-agent Task
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary) Ziheng (Henry) Zhang, BSc student in Computer Science, University College London (UCL)
Dates: 05/2020-04/2021
Next: Tencent (China), Software Engineer
Research Topic: Navigation Among Movable Obstacles in Photorealistic Simulation
Primary Supervisor: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; primary) Andrei Lazar, MEng student in Computer Science, University College London (UCL)
Dates: 05/2020-04/2021
Next: UCL-CS (UK), Research Assistant
Research Topic: Rover Simulation
Supervisors: Rae Harbird (UCL-CS; primary), Simon Julier (UCL-CS; secondary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary), Sebastian Friston (UCL-CS; secondary) Linghong Yao, BSc student in Mechanical Engineering, University College London (UCL)
Dates: 05/2020-06/2021
Next: Research Assistant at UCL-CS
Research Topic: Scene Segmentation for UAVs
Primary Supervisor: Yuanchang Liu (UCL-MechEng; primary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary)
High School Students
2024
Alban Coudray, High-School Student, Orleans Park School in TwickenhamDates: 07/2024
Research Topic: Simulation Environment Models for Quadruped Locomotion
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; host)
2023
Samuel Aron, High-School Student, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de LondresDates: 07/2024
Research Topic: QR Markers for Legged Robots
Supervisors: Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; host)
Research Interns
2022
Kefeng Huang, BSc student, University College London (UCL), Department of Computer ScienceDates: 05/2022-09/2022
Next: UCL-CS (UYK), BSc student
Research Topic: myAGV: The world’s smallest 6-DOF compound robot
Supervisors: Francisco Vasconcelos (UCL-CS; primary), Dimitrios Kanoulas (UCL-CS; secondary), Eddie Edwards (UCL-CS; secondary)
2020
Jaydeep Godbole, BSc Student, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Department of Electrical EngineeringDates: 05/2020-08/2020
Next: USC-CS (UK), MSc student
Research Topic: Enable Mobile Manipulation in Simulation