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Team

Meet Our Researchers

The scientists and engineers building the future of autonomous robotics and embodied AI.

24
Members
7
Roles
48
Research Areas

Research Hierarchy

Who works on what — branches grouped by research thrust.

RII · Robot Infrastructure Interaction
HRI · Human-Robot Interaction

Director

(1)
Linh Kästner
Lab Director

Linh Kästner

Leading ARENA Lab with research focus on embodied AI, robot learning, and autonomous navigation. 10+ years of experience in robotics. PhD (Dr.-Ing., Summa Cum Laude) from TU Berlin.

Embodied AIRobot LearningAutonomous NavigationHuman-Robot Interaction

Postdoctoral Researchers

(3)
Volodymyr Shcherbyna

Volodymyr Shcherbyna

Postdoctoral Researcher

ManipulationLearning from Demonstration+1
Teham Buiyan

Teham Buiyan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Multi-Agent RLCollaboration+1
Zhengcheng "Henry" Shen

Zhengcheng "Henry" Shen

Full-time Postdoctoral Researcher

Semantic CognitionSpatial AI+1

PhD Students

(5)
Duc Tai Nguyen

Duc Tai Nguyen

PhD Student

Deep RLNavigation+1
Duc Anh Do

Duc Anh Do

PhD Student

Computer VisionSemantic Perception+1
Tuan Anh Le

Tuan Anh Le

PhD Student

Robot LearningMulti-Agent RL+1
TLT

Thanh Levi Toan

PhD Student

Social NavigationSimulation+1
DD

Diego Diaz

Incoming PhD Student (2027)

SimulationBenchmarking+1

External PhD Students

(1)
Minh Do

Minh Do

SMART Research Engineer / External PhD Student

Human-Robot InteractionSocial Navigation+1

Master Students

(4)
PS

Phillip Stark

Master Student

WK

Waleed Khaleed

Master Student

KK

Keigo Kurokawa

Master Student

KS

Kamila Spanova

Master Student

Research Assistants

(7)
Huu Giang Nguyen

Huu Giang Nguyen

Research Assistant

SimulationSoftware Engineering+1
Roman Sonkin

Roman Sonkin

Research Assistant

SimulationBenchmarking+1
KT

Khanh Toan

Research Assistant

Social NavigationSimulation
PS

Pablo Salgado

Research Assistant

TDN

Tuan Dat Nguyen

Research Assistant

SV

Samaarth Verma

Research Assistant

N

Nhat

Research Assistant

Social NavigationSimulation

Collaborators

(3)
Jiaming Wang

Jiaming Wang

PhD Student, NUS

Huajian Zeng

Huajian Zeng

PhD Student, TUM

Ahmed Martban

Ahmed Martban

PhD Student, TUB