I am a PhD student at Columbia University, affiliated with ICON@Columbia. I am fortunate to be advised by Professor Zhengbo Zou. I train intelligent robots using imitation learning and reinforcement learning. I also apply them in downstream tasks, such as construction activities.
Mentoring: I am always interested in mentoring highly-motivated undergrads/masters in CIVIL/ME/CS/ECE. If you are at Columbia and want to discuss project ideas/research opportunities, feel free to shoot me an email.
Updates
- Sep 2024 One paper "VIRL" was accepted by Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2024. See you in Munich, Germany!
- Aug 2024 I was the receipt of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fellowship at Columbia University.
- Aug 2024 I transferred to Columbia University to continue my PhD journey!
- Oct 2023 One paper "Dexterous manipulation of construction tools using anthropomorphic robotic hand" was accepted by Automation in Construction.
- Aug 2023 I was the receipt of the Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award (Third-year CIV-EX Award) at UBC.
- Dec 2022 One paper "To imitate or not to imitate" was accepted by Automation in Construction.
- May 2022 I was the receipt of the J.K. Zee Memorial Fellowship at UBC!
- May 2022 My first-ever paper "Virtual Reality-Based Expert Demonstrations for Training Construction Robots via Imitation Learning" was accepted by CSCE 2022 and won the Best Student Paper Award, General Conference!
- Sep 2021 I started my PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
Research
Lei Huang,
Weijia Cai,
Zihan Zhu,
Chen Feng,
Helge Rhodin,
Zhengbo Zou
Conference on Robot Learning 2024
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Lei Huang,
Weijia Cai,
Zihan Zhu,
Zhengbo Zou
Automation in Construction 2023
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RoboAuditor: Goal-Oriented Robotic System for Assessing Energy-intensive Indoor Appliance via Visual Language Models
Weijia Cai,
Lei Huang,
Zhengbo Zou
Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys) 2023
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Weijia Cai,
Lei Huang,
Zhengbo Zou
Automation in Construction 2023
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To imitate or not to imitate: Boosting reinforcement learning-based construction robotic control for long-horizon tasks using virtual demonstrations
Lei Huang,
Weijia Cai,
Zihan Zhu,
Zhengbo Zou
Automation in Construction 2023
Best Paper Award at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Annual Conference, Canada, 2022
TEA-bot: a thermography enabled autonomous robot for detecting thermal leaks of HVAC systems in ceilings
Weijia Cai,
Lei Huang,
Zhengbo Zou
Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys) 2022
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