Guanya Shi石冠亚

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

I am an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute and the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I lead the LeCAR (Learning and Control for Agile Robotics) Lab. I am also an Amazon Scholar in the Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) team.

I completed my Ph.D. in 2022 from Caltech. I received a B.E. from Tsinghua University in 2017. Before joining CMU in September 2023, I was a postdoc at UW.

Portrait of Guanya Shi

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Research and Publications

My research interests are broadly in the intersection of AI, robotics, and control, spanning the entire spectrum from algorithmic foundations to real-world general-purpose robotic systems such as humanoids. I develop reliable, adaptive, and efficient learning and control methods for generalist robots with agility. See my representative publications and research topics for more details.

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Misc.

I love playing basketball, soccer, and MOBA games. I also enjoy photography, movies, reading, hiking, skiing, travelling, and cooking.

Here are some photos taken by me
A drone flying in the Caltech Real Weather Wind Tunnel A drone flying in the Caltech Real Weather Wind Tunnel
A drone flying in the Caltech Real Weather Wind Tunnel (Neural-Fly project)
Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium
Tokugawaen, Nagoya, Japan
Tokugawaen, Nagoya, Japan
Aurora timelapse, Fairbanks, Alaska
Aurora Timelapse, Fairbanks, Alaska
Sea of clouds timelapse, Mount Tamalpais, San Francisco
Sea of Clouds Timelapse, Mount Tamalpais, San Francisco