Yang Chen

I am a robotics researcher and life-long learner. I obtained Ph. D. degree in human informatics from University of Tsukuba in March 2023 and currently working as a visiting post-doc at ETH Zurich and research fellow (PD) of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). My research interests include but are not limited to human augmentation, human-robot interaction, mobile robotics, teleoperation, human sensing, assistive technology, etc.
Research goal: Use robotics technology to empower humans.

news

Sep 6, 2023	06/09/2023 Our paper “WeMo: A Prototype of a Wearable Mobility Device Adapting to User’s Natural Posture Changes” was published by Sensors, 2023!
Jun 19, 2023	19/06/2023 I start working as a visiting post-doc at SCAI Lab and SMS Lab at ETH Zurich!
Feb 11, 2023	Our paper “Design of a Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Elastic Neck Exoskeleton for Persons with Dropped Head Syndrome” was accepted by 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023.
Feb 9, 2023	Today, I successfully did my Ph. D. defense!
Sep 26, 2022	Our paper “Enhanced Visual Feedback with Decoupled Viewpoint Control in Immersive Humanoid Robot Teleoperation using SLAM” was accepted by 2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2022).
May 25, 2022	25/05/2022 Team Janus advances to the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals!
Nov 24, 2021	Our journal paper “Personal Mobility with Synchronous Trunk-Knee Passive Exoskeleton: Optimizing Human-Robot Energy Transfer” was accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2021.
Nov 1, 2021	I am selected as JST SPRING Fellowship Qualified Students (Class 1). The fellowship period is 2021/10/01 ~ 2022/03/31.!
Sep 27, 2021	I am selected as JSPS research fellow DC2. The fellowship period is 2022/04/01 ~ 2024/03/31.
Sep 15, 2021	My application of proposing a novel stair-climbing robot for a smalll grant is accepted by my doctoral program office. I am excited to work on this hobby project.
Aug 10, 2021	I started my internship at CNRS-AIST JRL. I will work on a topic of complementary SLAM for immersive teleoperation.
Aug 7, 2021	My first journal paper is published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics!
Mar 25, 2020	I got my master degree in Human Informatics, and will continue my Ph. D program.
Sep 1, 2019	I started my internship at LASA, EPFL. I will work on a topic of autonomous dockign system for an assistant mobile robot.
Mar 27, 2019	Team Qolo, was selected as one of five finalists of the Toyota Mobility Unlimited Challenge.

selected publications

Torso-Based Control Interface for Standing Mobility- Assistive Devices

Yang Chen, Diego F. Paez-Granados, Modar Hassan, and 1 more author

arXiv 2023

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@article{torsotmech,
  author = {Chen, Yang and Paez-Granados, Diego F. and Hassan, Modar and Suzuki, Kenji},
  journal = {arXiv},
  title = {Torso-Based Control Interface for Standing Mobility- Assistive Devices},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  doi = {},
}

WeMo: A Prototype of a Wearable Mobility Device Adapting to User’s Natural Posture Changes

Yang Chen, Takashi Kuwahara, Yuki Nishimura, and 1 more author

Sensors 2023

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@article{wemo,
  author = {Chen, Yang and Kuwahara, Takashi and Nishimura, Yuki and Suzuki, Kenji},
  journal = {Sensors},
  title = {WeMo: A Prototype of a Wearable Mobility Device Adapting to User’s Natural Posture Changes},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {},
  number = {18},
  pages = {},
  doi = {10.3390/s23187683},
}

Control Interface for Hands-free Navigation of Standing Mobility Vehicles based on Upper-Body Natural Movements

Yang Chen, Diego Paez-Granados, Hideki Kadone, and 1 more author

2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2020

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@inproceedings{torsoIROS,
  author = {Chen, Yang and Paez-Granados, Diego and Kadone, Hideki and Suzuki, Kenji},
  booktitle = {2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
  series = {2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
  title = {Control Interface for Hands-free Navigation of Standing Mobility Vehicles based on Upper-Body Natural Movements},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {11322-11329},
  doi = {10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9340875},
  publisher = {Vision},
}

Virtual Landmark-Based Control of Docking Support for Assistive Mobility Devices

Yang Chen, Diego F. Paez-Granados, Bruno Leme, and 1 more author

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 2021

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@article{docking,
  author = {Chen, Yang and Paez-Granados, Diego F. and Leme, Bruno and Suzuki, Kenji},
  journal = {IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics},
  title = {Virtual Landmark-Based Control of Docking Support for Assistive Mobility Devices},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {26},
  number = {4},
  pages = {2007-2015},
  doi = {10.1109/TMECH.2021.3081426},
}

Enhanced Visual Feedback with Decoupled Viewpoint Control in Immersive Humanoid Robot Teleoperation using SLAM

Yang Chen, Sun Leyuan, Mehdi Benallegue, and 8 more authors

2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2022) 2022

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@inproceedings{C_SLAM,
  author = {Chen, Yang and Leyuan, Sun and Benallegue, Mehdi and Cisneros-Limó, Rafael and P. Singh, Rohan and Kaneko, Kenji and Tanguy, Arnaud and Caron, Guillaume and Suzuki, Kenji and Kheddar, Abderrahmane and Kanehiro, Fumio},
  booktitle = {2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2022)},
  title = {Enhanced Visual Feedback with Decoupled Viewpoint Control in Immersive Humanoid Robot Teleoperation using SLAM},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {1-8},
}