Featured Projects

Robotics, Perception, Computer Vison, SLAM (Last Updated: Dec. 2020)

Autonomous Disinfection Robot

Skills - ROS, Mask R-CNN, PCL, PyTorch, Image-LiDAR Fusion

Built a full-stack disinfection robot with perception, localization, mapping, and navigation capability.

Stereo Visual SLAM

Skills - C++, Motion Estimation, Bundle Adjustment

Built a stereo visual SLAM system from scratch with feature-based tracking and keyframe-based optimization.

EKF SLAM on Turtlebot3

Skills - EKF, Odometry, C++, Unit Testing, CMake

Built Extended Kalman filter SLAM from scratch with landmark detection using laser scanner.

Mini-Golf

Skills - ROS, MoveIt, Python, Motion Planning

Programed a Rethink Sawyer robot to play mini-golf using ROS and MoveIt.

Other Projects

2D Detection with CenterNet

Skills - PyTorch, GPU, Deep Learning, Keypoint Estimation

Implemented CenterNet from scratch for object detection and tested on KITTI dataset.

3D-LiDAR Object Detection

Skills - Deep Learning, Object Detection & Tracking

Developed an object detection and tracking system for urban traffic scene with Velodyne-128.

Mobile Manipulation

Skills - Trajectory Generation, Omnidirectional Robot

Programed the youBot mobile manipulator to pick and place a block.

One-legged 2-D Hopping Robot Simulation

Skills - Lagrangian Mechanics, Numerical Method

Modeled a 2D one-legged hopping robot on a flat ground.

A* Search, RRT and Navigation

Skills - Motion Planner, Differential Drive Robot

Implemented A* and Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree algorithm.

Design of Chassis for a Single-Seater Race Car

Skills - FEA, ANSYS, SolidWorks

Designed a chassis structure that complies with design rules.

Mechanical Design of Freight Elevator

Skills - SolidWorks, 3D Modeling, 2D Drawing, Material Selection

Designed a freight elevator and performed finite element analysis.

Publication

A Novel Four-Degree-of-Freedom versus a Conventional Foot Interface for Controlling a Robotic Assistive Arm

S. -Z. Ye, P. Jain, A. Walley, Y. -J. Yang and E. Abdi

2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), New York City, NY, USA, 2020

Shangzhou Ye

M.S. Robotics Student,

Northwestern University

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Education

Master of Science in Robotics, 2020
Northwestern University, USA
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Monash University, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering in Traffic Equipment and Control Engineering, 2019
Central South University, China