Ruihan Gao

I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Washington. 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 be a research intern at Galaxea Dynamics.

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Research

I am passionate about robot structural design, My goal is to utilize sophisticated structures to enhance robotic performance. Additionally, I am interested in Embodied AI and expect to integrate robot learning into robot design in my future research.

Herein I present some of my past projects.

The project is still under development, advised by Prof.Guyue Zhou at the Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University.

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

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.