Robotics researcher - reactive planning, perception, and human-robot systems

Robot planning and perception research with papers, demos, and reusable code.

I build robot planning and perception systems for uncertain, dynamic, and human-centered environments. My work connects reactive temporal logic planning, high-resolution robotic grasping, and practical robot experiments.

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indexed works
5
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2026
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Robotics, planning, and perception with real robot evidence.

I am an associate researcher in the Intelligent Control and Robotics group at the University of Science and Technology of China. My research focuses on robots that can plan, react, perceive, and collaborate under limited observation and changing task conditions.

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News

Latest research update

Daily data check · October 30, 2026

  • Congratulations to Zhangli Zhou (first author) on publishing "Asymptotic Optimal Search for Scalable Multi-Agent Linear Temporal Logic Task Planning" in 2026 IEEE 20th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA).

Research

Three connected research threads

Reactive planning

Temporal logic planning under local observation

Planning frameworks for robots that must adapt online when observations are local, incomplete, or changing during execution.

Representative paper

Robotic grasping

High-resolution perception for manipulation

Grasp detection and motion planning pipelines designed for thin, stacked, unseen, and visually challenging objects.

Representative paper

Human-robot systems

Interfaces for natural robot interaction

Human-centered robot systems using gaze, language, and task specifications to connect user intent with executable robot behavior.

Demo videos

Featured work

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2025

Local Observation Based Reactive Temporal Logic Planning of Human-Robot Systems

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. A local-observation planning framework for human-robot systems with real-time reactive adaptation.

DOI Video
2024

A Novel Framework for Improved Grasping of Thin and Stacked Objects

IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. DHRNet plus MP-PC improves robotic grasping for thin and stacked objects.

DOI Code Video
2026

Dual Reactive Planning for Heterogeneous Robots With Evolving Capabilities in Unknown Environments

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. A reactive planning direction for heterogeneous robots whose capabilities evolve in unknown environments.

DOI Code

Publications

Journal and conference papers

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Journal Articles

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Figure 1 from From Ambiguous Language to Verifiable Plans, showing specification-preserving runtime object substitution
2026 Journal First-author

From Ambiguous Language to Verifiable Plans: Integrating Formal Synthesis and Dynamic Affordance Reasoning

Zhangli Zhou, Changmao Chen, Hao Li, Yuan Qiao, Zhen Kan

IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 42:3429-3448, 2026.

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Verified publication record
2026 Journal

Temporal Logic Guided Universal Task Representations for Reinforcement Learning

Hao Zhang, Zhangli Zhou, Zhen Kan

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 1-15, 2026.

DOI
Verified publication record
2026 Journal

Relaxed Temporal Logic Motion Planning via Graphs of Convex Sets Under Partial Task Infeasibility

Hao Li, Zhangli Zhou, Yuan Qiao, Lin Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 1-13, 2026.

DOI
Figure 5 from Dual Reactive Planning, showing the Gazebo rescue mission execution sequence
2026 Journal First-author

Dual Reactive Planning for Heterogeneous Robots With Evolving Capabilities in Unknown Environments

Zhangli Zhou, Hao Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 11(7):8060-8067, 2026.

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2026 Journal

A Formal Framework for Reactive Heterogeneous Multirobot Task Allocation in Uncertain Semantic Environments

Lin Li, Zhangli Zhou, Ziyang Chen, Hao Wang, Zhen Kan, Jiahu Qin

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 56(8):4336-4349, 2026.

DOI
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2025 Journal

Reinforcement learning with soft temporal logic constraints using limit-deterministic generalized Büchi automaton

Mingyu Cai, Zhangli Zhou, Lin Li, Shaoping Xiao, Zhen Kan

Journal of Automation and Intelligence, 4(1):39-51, 2025.

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Figure 14 from Fast Motion Planning, showing the quadruped robot experiment sequence
2025 Journal

Fast Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments With Extended Predicate-Based Temporal Logic

Ziyang Chen, Mingyu Cai, Zhangli Zhou, Lin Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22:5293-5307, 2025.

DOI
Local Observation Based Reactive Temporal Logic Planning of Human-Robot Systems figure from the paper
2025 Journal First-author

Local Observation Based Reactive Temporal Logic Planning of Human-Robot Systems

Zhangli Zhou, Shaochen Wang, Ziyang Chen, Mingyu Cai, Hao Wang, Zhijun Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22:643-655, 2025.

DOI
Fast Temporal Logic Mission Planning of Multiple Robots: A Planning Decision Tree Approach figure from the paper
2024 Journal

Fast Temporal Logic Mission Planning of Multiple Robots: A Planning Decision Tree Approach

Ziyang Chen, Zhangli Zhou, Shaochen Wang, Jinsong Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(7):6146-6153, 2024.

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A Novel Framework for Improved Grasping of Thin and Stacked Objects figure from the paper
2024 Journal First-author

A Novel Framework for Improved Grasping of Thin and Stacked Objects

Zhangli Zhou, Shaochen Wang, Ziyang Chen, Mingyu Cai, Zhen Kan

IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 5(6):3134-3145, 2024.

DOI
Multi-modal Interaction With Transformers: Bridging Robots and Human With Natural Language figure from the paper
2024 Journal

Multi-modal Interaction With Transformers: Bridging Robots and Human With Natural Language

Shaochen Wang, Zhangli Zhou, Bin Li, Zhijun Li, Zhen Kan

Robotica, 42(2):415-434, 2024.

DOI
Vision-Based Reactive Temporal Logic Motion Planning for Quadruped Robots in Unstructured Dynamic Environments figure from the paper
2024 Journal First-author

Vision-Based Reactive Temporal Logic Motion Planning for Quadruped Robots in Unstructured Dynamic Environments

Zhangli Zhou, Ziyang Chen, Mingyu Cai, Zhijun Li, Zhen Kan, Chun-Yi Su

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 71(6):5983-5992, 2024.

DOI arXiv
When Transformer Meets Robotic Grasping: Exploits Context for Efficient Grasp Detection figure from the paper
2022 Journal

When Transformer Meets Robotic Grasping: Exploits Context for Efficient Grasp Detection

Shaochen Wang, Zhangli Zhou, Zhen Kan

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(3):8170-8177, 2022.

DOI arXiv

Conference Papers

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Verified publication record
2026 Conference First-author

Asymptotic Optimal Search for Scalable Multi-Agent Linear Temporal Logic Task Planning

Zhangli Zhou, Ziyang Chen, Lin Li, Hao Li, Zhen Kan

2026 IEEE 20th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), 1-6, 2026.

DOI
Verified publication record
2026 Conference First-author

Reactive Planning for Air-Ground Collaboration Based on Linear Temporal Logic

Zhangli Zhou, Hao Li, Zhen Kan

2026 IEEE 20th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), 1710-1715, 2026.

DOI
LEEPS: Learning End-to-End Legged Perceptive Parkour Skills on Challenging Terrains figure from the paper
2024 Conference

LEEPS: Learning End-to-End Legged Perceptive Parkour Skills on Challenging Terrains

Tangyu Qian, Hao Zhang, Zhangli Zhou, Hao Wang, Mingyu Cai, Zhen Kan

2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 12904-12909, 2024.

DOI
Figure 3 from Soft Task Planning, showing the four-stage Gazebo simulation
2024 Conference

Soft Task Planning with Hierarchical Temporal Logic Specifications

Ziyang Chen, Zhangli Zhou, Lin Li, Zhen Kan

2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2299-2304, 2024.

DOI
Active Inference for Reactive Temporal Logic Motion Planning figure from the paper
2024 Conference

Active Inference for Reactive Temporal Logic Motion Planning

Ziyang Chen, Zhangli Zhou, Lin Li, Zhen Kan

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2520-2526, 2024.

DOI
What You See is What You Grasp: User-Friendly Grasping Guided by Near-eye-tracking figure from the paper
2023 Conference

What You See is What You Grasp: User-Friendly Grasping Guided by Near-eye-tracking

Shaochen Wang, Wei Zhang, Zhangli Zhou, Jiaxi Cao, Ziyang Chen, Kang Chen, Bin Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, 194-199, 2023.

DOI arXiv
Vision-Based Reactive Planning and Control of Quadruped Robots in Unstructured Dynamic Environments figure from the paper
2023 Conference

Vision-Based Reactive Planning and Control of Quadruped Robots in Unstructured Dynamic Environments

Tangyu Qian, Zhangli Zhou, Shaocheng Wang, Zhijun Li, Chun-Yi Su, Zhen Kan

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 745-750, 2023.

DOI arXiv
A Hierarchical Decoupling Approach for Fast Temporal Logic Motion Planning figure from the paper
2023 Conference

A Hierarchical Decoupling Approach for Fast Temporal Logic Motion Planning

Ziyang Chen, Zhangli Zhou, Shaochen Wang, Zhen Kan

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1579-1585, 2023.

DOI
Unsupervised Representation Learning for Visual Robotics Grasping figure from the paper
2022 Conference

Unsupervised Representation Learning for Visual Robotics Grasping

Shaochen Wang, Zhangli Zhou, Hao Wang, Zhijun Li, Zhen Kan

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 57-62, 2022.

DOI

Preprints

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A Robotic Visual Grasping Design: Rethinking Convolution Neural Network With High-Resolutions figure from the paper
2022 Preprint First-author

A Robotic Visual Grasping Design: Rethinking Convolution Neural Network With High-Resolutions

Zhangli Zhou, Shaochen Wang, Ziyang Chen, Mingyu Cai, Zhen Kan

CoRR, abs/2209.07459, 2022.

DOI arXiv

Videos

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Robot arm and human setup for local observation based reactive temporal logic planning Watch on YouTube

Local observation based reactive temporal logic planning

Human-robot planning under local observation and reactive execution.

High-resolution robotic visual grasping experiment cover Watch on YouTube

High-resolution robotic visual grasping

Physical experiments showing HRG-Net style high-resolution grasping behavior.

DHRNet and MP-PC stacked object grasping video cover Watch on YouTube

Thin and stacked object grasping

Stacked object grasping process connected to DHRNet plus MP-PC experiments.

Near-eye-tracking guided robot grasping video cover Watch on YouTube

Near-eye-tracking guided grasping

Human attention as an interface for assistive robot manipulation.

Code and projects

Make the research easier to find and reuse

GitHub profile

DHRNet-MP-PC

Code for improved grasping of thin and stacked objects with DHRNet and multiview perception-based trajectory control.

1 star · 0 forks · updated September 4, 2024

Open repository

HRG_Net

high resolution network for robotic grasping

20 stars · 4 forks · updated November 13, 2025

Open repository

double_reactive

Repository related to dual reactive planning for heterogeneous robots in unknown environments.

0 stars · 0 forks · updated July 27, 2023

Open repository

Task-and-Motion-Planning

Notes in Robot Task and Motion Planning

1 star · 0 forks · updated October 22, 2023

Open repository

CV

Academic background

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Experience

  • 2026.7-present Associate Researcher, USTC ICR

    Intelligent Control and Robotics group, University of Science and Technology of China.

  • 2024.7-2026.6 Postdoctoral Researcher, USTC ICR

    Intelligent Control and Robotics group, University of Science and Technology of China.

Education

  • 2020-2024 Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China

    Research in robotic planning, control, and human-robot systems.

  • 2017-2020 M.S., University of Science and Technology of China

    Robotics and control systems.

  • 2012-2016 B.E., Wuhan University of Technology

    Engineering background before graduate research at USTC.

Research record

  • Publications 23 indexed works

    13 journal articles, 9 conference papers, 1 preprint; publication record spans 2022-2026.

  • First-author work 5 first-author journal papers

    8 first-author works across the verified publication record.

  • Open materials 4 featured research repositories

    DHRNet-MP-PC, HRG_Net, double_reactive, Task-and-Motion-Planning; descriptions and activity are refreshed from GitHub.

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