Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Rice University
Duncan Hall, MS 132
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
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I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rice University, where I direct the Robotics and Physical Interactions Lab (RobotΠ Lab). I am broadly interested in robotic systems that can physically interact with other robots, people, and the world. By developing algorithms in optimization, planning, learning, estimation, and control, my research is focused on efficient, robust, and generalizable manipulation systems, addressing problems that range from small scale grasping and in-hand manipulation, to large scale dual-arm manipulation, mobile manipulation, and multi-robot manipulation.
Before joining Rice CS, I finished my postdoc at Yale University, completed my Ph.D./M.Sc. at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and received my B.Eng. from Xi'an Jiaotong University.
News
2024-6-18
In IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024, we will organize a workshop on "Benchmarking via Competitions in Robotic Grasping and Manipulation" . Distinguished speakers from both academia and industry will join to share their brilliant research progress and throughts. Poster contributions with oral presentation opportunities will be an important part of the workshop.
2024-02-08
We are organizing the
9th Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition (RGMC)
at IEEE-RAS ICRA 2024 in Yokohama, Japan, on May 13-17. Dr. Hang is the lead organizer of the
In-Hand Manipulation Competition (Sub-Track 2)
within the Essential Skill Track. We look forward to seeing everyone in the competition!
2023-06-29
Kaiyu Hang has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop robots that can physically interact with the world through compliance- and motion-based manipulation funnels.
Selected Media Coverage
Rice News: Rice U.'s Kaiyu Hang wins NSF CAREER AwardTechXplore: Using a virtual linkage representation algorithm to improve functionality of a robot hand
Yale SEAS News: A robotic hand that updates itself
MIT Technology Review: Drones that perch like birds could go on much longer flights
Nature Electronics: Drones get a grip
National Public Radio: If Drones Had 'Claws,' They Might Be Able To Fly For Longer
Yahoo! News: With These New Feet-Like Landing Gear, Drones Could Grab on and Perch Like Birds or Bats
Smithsonian: These Drones Can Perch and Dangle Like Birds and Bats
Popular Mechanics: Clever New Landing Gear Allow Drones To Set Down Like Birds or Bats
Inverse: Video Shows a Drone With Talons That Hangs Upside Down Like a Bat
Selected Awards
NSF CAREER Award, 2023Best Oral Paper Award, Finalist, IEEE-RAS Humanoids, 2019
Mike Stillman Award, Finalist, IEEE-RAS Humanoids, 2019
Best Paper Award in Robotic Manipulation, Finalist, IEEE-RAS ICRA, 2019
Best Robotic Manipulation Paper Award, Finalist, IEEE-RAS ICRA, 2017
Junior Fellowship Award, Institute for Advanced Study, HKUST, 2017-2018
Ranked 13 in Final Match, Amazon Picking Challenge 2015
Best Student Paper Award, Finalist, IEEE-RAS ICRA, 2014
Ranked 23 globally and ranked 8 in EU, IEEEXtreme 7.0 Programming Contest
Best Cognitive Robotics Paper Award, Finalist, IEEE/RSJ IROS, 2012
Selected Service
Rice Service:Rice Robotics Club (Faculty Advisor)
Graduate Admission Committee of CS (PhD, MCS)
BPC Working Group (2021 - 2022)
Associate Editor:
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) (2019 - present)
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2021 - present)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2020 - present)
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) (2019)
Program Committee:
Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition (2024 - present)
Inclusion@RSS, Robotics: Science and Systems (2024)
Other:
Judge for the Congressional App Challenge (2021 - present)