About Me

Hello! I'm Zhaohong Liu, a researcher and developer in Robotics. I aspire to pursue a Ph.D. focused on AI-driven autonomous aerial robots, particularly in learning-based interactive planning, manipulation, and real-world deployment.

I hold an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), where I was advised by Prof. Peng Dong. My specialization includes quadrotor motion planning, reinforcement learning, and UAV autonomy. My experience encompasses full-stack development of aerial robotics systems, covering perception, planning, control, and hardware-software integration.

During my undergraduate studies at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), I conducted research in the PI-Lab under the guidance of Prof. Shuhui Bu, focusing on visual SLAM. Prof. Bu also supervised my graduation project. Additionally, I was a visiting student in Prof. Zhou Zhou's Lab, where I engaged in research related to aircraft control.

I'm currently looking for Ph.D. positions starting from Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. If you are interested in my research, please feel free to contact me.

Research Interests

AI for Robotics and Robotics for AI.

• Aerial robotics
• Motion planning
• Manipulation
• Reinforcement learning

News

• Mar 2025, Internship at Shanghai AI Lab.

Publications

ArXiv "RESC: A Reinforcement Learning Based Search-to-Control Framework for Quadrotor Local Planning in Dense Environments" , Zhaohong Liu, Wenxuan Gao, Yinshuai Sun, and Peng Dong.

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