Fangcheng Zhu

Fangcheng Zhu

Ph.D. student at MaRS Lab, HKU

About Me

I’m Fangcheng Zhu 朱方程, a Ph.D. student (2021-2025 expected) from the MaRS Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU) and my supervisor is Prof. Fu Zhang.

My research interests include but are not limited to Robotics, LiDAR-based SLAM, Sensor Calibration and Fusion, and Aerial Swarm Systems, Quadrotor Autonomous Navigation.

In 2021, I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Automation from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Shenzhen, and the title of my undergraduate thesis is “Simultaneously Localization and Mapping Method based on Solid-State LiDAR”, supervised by Prof. Jie Mei.

In 2019, I participated in an exchange program and studied at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) for a few months.

Now I am dedicated to developing stable and feasible algorithms that enable robots (UAVs, service robots, autonomous vehicles) to perceive the external environment comprehensively and precisely. I envision a future where robots can truly enter every household and enhance the quality of human life.

Academic Talks and Services

  • Conference Presentation: ”Swarm-LIO: Decentralized Swarm LiDAR-inertial Odometry,” ICRA 2023, London, UK. Video of Paper
  • Conference Presentation: ”Robust Real-time LiDAR-inertial Initialization,” IROS 2023, Kyoto, Japan. Video of Paper
  • Academic Talk: ”Swarm-LIO: Decentralized Swarm LiDAR-inertial Odometry,” School of Artificial Intelligence, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai. May 2023. Video of Presentation
  • Reviewer of
    • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (TIV)
    • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
    • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Honors and Awards

  • 2023 Best Overall and Best Student Paper Finalist in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2023 Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2023 Best Paper Finalist (Navigation) in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • 2021 Outstanding Graduate Honor of Harbin Institute of Technology (Top 10%)
  • 2020 Meritorious Winner of Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • 2019 Outstanding Student of Harbin Institute of Technology (Top 2%)
  • 2018 Outstanding Student Leader of Harbin Institute of Technology (Top 2%)
  • 2017 First Class Scholarship of Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) (Top 5%)

Skills

  • Robotic Algorithm: LiDAR(-inertial) SLAM, Sensor Calibration, UAV Navigation, UAV Swarm, ROS, Linux
  • Programming: C/C++,Matlab & Simulink, PCL, OpenCV
  • Language: Mandarin(Native Speaker), English(CET6：528)