Yang Chen
Chief Research Scientist at SB Intuitions
I am a robotics researcher and lifelong learner. I received my Ph.D. in Human Informatics from the University of Tsukuba in March 2023. Since August 2026, I have been working as a Chief Research Scientist at SB Intuitions, focusing on Physical AI. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL from April 2025 to July 2026, supervised by Prof. Dario Floreano; a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tsukuba from April 2024 to March 2025; a visiting postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich from June 2023 to December 2023; and a research fellow (PD) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from April 2023 to March 2024. My research interests include Physical AI, aerial robotics, human augmentation, human-robot interaction, teleoperation, shared control, and assistive technology.
Research goal: Use robotics technology to empower humans.
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| Aug 7, 2026 | I joined SB Intuitions as a Chief Research Scientist, where I will work on Physical AI! |
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| Mar 29, 2025 | After staying 7.5 years in Tsukuba, Japan, I moved to Lausanne, Switzerland today, I will work on symbiotic aerial swarm project at LIS, EPFL! |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Our paper “Torso-Based Control Interface for Standing Mobility-Assistive Devices” is accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024! |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Our paper “Peer-to-Peer Ultra-Wideband Localization for Hands-Free Control of a Human-Guided Smart Stroller” was accepted by Sensors, 2024! |
| May 30, 2024 | Two papers accepted by IEEE EMBC, 2024! |
| 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. |




