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Zhengcheng "Henry" Shen

Zhengcheng "Henry" Shen

Full-time Postdoctoral Researcher

henry.shen@smu.edu.sg

Previously: Max Planck Institute, Germany

About

Full-time postdoc at ARENA Lab (alongside Vova). Expert in semantic cognition and spatial imagination for mobile robots. Co-author on IROS Best Paper nominee. Previously at Max Planck Institute, Germany.

Research Interests

Semantic CognitionSpatial AIFoundation Models

Mentored by

Linh Kästner

Robotics8/10Machine Learning9/10Simulation7/10Software Engineering7/10Research Writing8/10Systems / ROS7/10Perception9/10Planning7/10Generative AI7/10Human-Robot Interaction6/10

Publications (3)

Arena-Rosnav: Towards Deployment of Deep-RL-Based Obstacle Avoidance into Conventional Autonomous Navigation Systems

Linh Kästner, Teham Buiyan, Xinlin Zhao, Lei Jiao, Zhengcheng Shen, Tuan Anh Le and Jens Lambrecht

IEEE/RSJ IROS 2021, Prague, Czech Republic2021-06-01

Connecting Deep-RL-based Obstacle Avoidance with Conventional Global Planners using Waypoint Generators

Linh Kästner, Teham Buiyan, Xinlin Zhao, Zhengcheng Shen, Jens Lambrecht

IEEE/RSJ IROS 2021, Prague, Czech Republic2021-06-01

Spatial Imagination With Semantic Cognition for Mobile Robots

Zhengcheng Shen, Linh Kästner, Jens Lambrecht

IEEE/RSJ IROS 2021, Prague, Czech Republic2021-06-01Nominated for Best Technical Paper Award

Interested in collaborating?

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