John  Z.  Zhang 

I am a Ph.D. student in Robotics at CMU advised by Zac Manchester and a research intern at the RAI Institute working with Simon Le Cleac’h.

Previously, I received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Gerogia Tech and an M.S. in Robotics from CMU.

research

I’m broadly interested in modeling and decision-making for robotic systems through the lens of numerical optimization and machine learning. In particular, my current work focuses on hardware accelerated algorithms and their applications to contact-rich robotic simulation, planning, and control.

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