Model-Driven Feed-Forward Prediction for Manipulation of Deformable Objects [arXiv] [Database] [Simulation]

To appear in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Recognition and Manipulation of Deformable Objects Using Predictive Thin Shell Modeling [PDF]

Doctoral Thesis, Computer Science Department, Columbia University, Jan. 2016

Multi-Sensor Surface Analysis For Robotic Ironing [arXiv] [slides] [video] [bibtex]

Y. Li, X. Hu, D. Xu, Y. Yue, E. Grinspun, and P. Allen

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, May 2016

Articulated Pose Estimation Using Hierarchical Exemplar-based Models [arXiv] [slides] [bibtex]

J. Liu, Y. Li, P. Allen, and P. Belhumeur

Proceddings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Phoenix, Feb. 2016

Folding Deformable Objects using Predictive Simulation and Trajectory Optimization [arXiv] [slides] [video] [bibtex] [source code]

Y. Li, Y. Yue, D.Xu, E. Grinspun, and P. Allen

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hamburg, Sept. 2015

Regrasping and Unfolding of Garments Using Predictive Thin Shell Modeling [PDF] [slides] [video] [bibtex]

Y. Li, D. Xu, Y. Yue, Y. Wang, S-F Chang, E. Grinspun, and P. Allen

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, May 2015

Part-Pair Representation for Part Localization [PDF] [poster] [bibtex]

J. Liu, Y. Li, and P. Belhumeur

Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Zurich, Sept. 2014

Real-time Pose Estimation of Deformable Objects Using a Volumetric Approach [PDF] [slides] [videos] [bibtex] [source code]

Y. Li*, Y. Wang*, M. Case, S-F Chang, and P. Allen (* equal contribution)

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Chicago, Sept. 2014

Recognition of Deformable Object Category and Pose [PDF] [slides] [videos] [bibtex]

Y. Li, C-F Chen, and P. Allen

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, June 2014

Hair Transplant Delivery System (The first fully automatic surgery robot to harvest hair follicular units) [Intro] [Demo1] [Demo2]

---fiducial recognition and tracking for hair harvest tensioner using visual servoing

---Stäubli robot (TX 60) manipulation and 3D object recognition using visual perception by stereo cameras

---3D harvest plane registration for implantation on scalp with sparse hairs in site-making module

Hair Treatment Planning System (A software for rapid treatment planning of hair restoration for patients)

---3D head reconstruction and 3D hair modeling using SlimDX (a wrapper of DirectX)

---feature detection and image calibration using OpenCV

---system IO and UI design

Segmentation of Floors in Corridor Images for Mobile Robot Navigation [PDF] [Hard Copy on Amazon] [bibtex]

Yinxiao Li

Clemson University, M.S. Thesis, AAT-1498356, 2011

Extracting Minimalistic Corridor Geometry from Low-Resolution Images [PDF] [slides] [videos] [bibtex]

Y. Li, V. Murali, and S. Birchfield

Proceedings of International conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA), Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2012

Visual Detection of Lintel-Occluded Doors by Integrating Multiple Cues Using Data-Driven Markov Chain Monte Carlo Process [PDF] [videos] [dataset] [bibtex]

Z. Chen, Y. Li, and S. Birchfield

Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RaS), 59(11): 966-976, Nov. 2011

Image-Based Segmentation of Indoor Corridor Floors for a Mobile Robot [PDF] [slides] [videos] [bibtex]

Y. Li and S. Birchfield

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2010

Reproducibility of Computer-aided Volume Measurements on Same-day Repeat CT Scans Reconstructed with Different Imaging Parameters [PDF]

B. Zhao, H-J Lee, Y. Tan, Y. Li, A. Hazlett, L. Schwartz

97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting -Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), McCormick, Chicago, Nov. 2011

Exploring the Reproducibility of Tumor Volumes Measured by Radiologist, Computer-aided Radiologist and Computer Alone [PDF] [poster]

B. Zhao, Y. Tan, Y. Li, P. Guo, and L. Schwartz

Medical Physics, 38:3494, June 2011