Ruihan Gao

I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Washington, currently a research assistant in Personal Robotics Lab, advised by Prof. Siddhartha Srinivasa. Also, I'm honored to work with Prof. Yiyue Luo and PhD student Yunchu Zhang. My research interests lie in robot design and robot learning.

Previously, I was fortunate to work as a research assistant at the Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Guyue Zhou.
Also, I was honored to intern as R&D engineer at Galaxea Dynamics.

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Ruihan Gao - Robotics Researcher

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Research

I am passionate about robot design and robot learning, My goal is to build reliable system to enhance robotic performance. My dream is to become a full-stack roboticist.

Herein I present some of my past projects.

Zeyu Pang*, Ruihan Gao*, Yujie Cui*, Yang Luo, Yiheyan Zhang, Yan Ke, Guyue Zhou

Under Review

Our team has developed a robot capable of picking up seedlings and shooting balls. It achieves precise grasping through a parallel four-finger gripper and enables accurate control of the ball's landing point via the simultaneous action of bidirectional friction wheels.

The robot adopts a modular design, allowing for adjustments in leg length and track length to suit different usage scenarios. It achieves a combined wheel-leg mechanism through a metamorphic mechanism, featuring variable track angles and an 8-degree-of-freedom joint design.

This project proposed a design transitioning from O-shaped wheels to an ∞-shaped caterpillar track, allowing the robot to carry payloads smoothly on flat surfaces and traverse obstacles on rough terrain.

Utilizing robot kinematics to perform gait planning for a quadruped robot and trajectory planning for a robotic arm, enabling the combined system to accomplish specific task

Experiences

Galaxea Dynamics R&D intern · Mar.2025 to Aug.2025 Responsible for research and develop dexterous hand and its teleoperation system, work with Prof. Huazhe Xu.

Misc I'm interested in sports (soccer, basketball, skiing…), playing drums and traveling. I am the drummer in the Band "楽弃疾" This is a student band formed by a group of young people with passion and dreams. We have performed countless times on stage, playing pop music and rock music.