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projects

Hydraulic Quadruped Robot

The hydraulic quadruped robot is inspired by the bionics of mammals.

Development of Precision Localisation Technology for a Mobile Platform Operating in Industrial Environment

Lidar-based localisation algorithm applied on indoor mobile platform

Localisation algorithm for Quadruped robot

Design localisation algorithm for the quadruped robot dancing in TV gala.

Ultraviolet Ray Disinfection Robot - ADIBOT

The UV disinfection robot integrated with multiple sensors is designed to autonomously explore indoor areas and navigate in the built map.

3D Map Generation

Build 3D maps with multiple Lidars and cameras.

publications

Constrained Gaussian Mixture Models Based Scan Matching Method

Published in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA, 2018

This paper presents a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) based robust scan matching method which implements GMM to represent 2D scan points and improves the accuracy of scan matching.

Recommended citation: Zhao, J. (2018, January). Constrained Gaussian mixture models based scan matching method. In Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA. Read paper

Conic Feature Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Open Environment via 2D Lidar

Published in IEEE Access, 2019

This paper defines a conic feature based parametrization approach and proposes a SLAM algorithm that can get accurate results fo the open environment.

Recommended citation: J. Zhao, "Conic Feature Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Open Environment via 2D Lidar," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 173703-173718, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2956563. Read paper

2D laser SLAM with general features represented by implicit functions

Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020

This paper formulates the SLAM problem with implicit functions as features, with rigorously computed observation covariance matrix to be used in the SLAM objective function and proposes a solution framework.

Recommended citation: J. Zhao, "2D Laser SLAM With General Features Represented by Implicit Functions," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 4329-4336, July 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2996795. Read paper

2D Laser SLAM with Closed Shape Features: Fourier Series Parameterization and Submap Joining

Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021

The main contribution of this paper is a 2D laser SLAM approach with Fourier series based feature parameterization and submap joining.

Recommended citation: J. Zhao, "2D Laser SLAM With Closed Shape Features: Fourier Series Parameterization and Submap Joining," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1527-1534, April 2021, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3058065. Read paper

teaching

Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015