Haonan Yu


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I am a research scientist at Skild AI. I am leading some of the factory tasks at Skild, for example, Nvidia GB300 tester busbar assembly.

I am also a full-stack robotics software engineer driving the complete robotic AI lifecycle, spanning data collection, model training, low-level control, and field deployment.

My long-term career goal is to build a generalist robot with a wide range of skills to assist people with tedious daily tasks. By doing so, I aim to free up more time for humans to focus on creative pursuits—such as writing, drawing, and imagining—activities that truly define our humanity.


Past experience

Research ScientistHorizon Robotics2019 - 2025
Research EngineerFacebook AI Research2018 - 2019
Research ScientistBaidu Research2016 - 2018
Research InternBaidu Research2015

Education

Ph.D. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
Bachelor of Computer Science, Peking University


Demos

All demos shown below are 1x autonomous.


Selected publications


Softwares

ALF - Agent Learning Framework (ALF) is a PyTorch reinforcement learning framework emphasizing on the flexibility and easiness of implementing complex algorithms involving many different components.


Hobbies

I like playing video games, especially ARPG. So far my favorite games are souls-like, by FromSoftware.