Zitao
Zhang
Technical University of Munich
Informatics 6 - Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-time Systems (Prof. Knoll)
Curriculum Vitae
Zitao Zhang joined the Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-time Systems in 2024 as a doctoral candidate under the supervision of Prof. Alois Knoll. Before that, he received his M.Sc. degree from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) under the supervision of Prof. Kai Huang.
His research focuses on bimanual dexterous control and whole-body control of humanoid robots, combining reinforcement learning and Vision-Language Models (VLMs).
If you are self-motivated for a robotic related thesis topic, please write him an email indicating your background and skills.
News
- Oct. 2025: Our recent work “Enhancing Platform Climbing Capability Through Lateral Spinal Flexion on a Bioinspired Rat Robot” has won the Best Student Award and the Best Conference Award Finalist at CBS2025.
- Oct. 2025: Our recent work “Environmental Mapping for Rat Robots Using Hierarchical ORB-SLAM” has won the Spotlight Award at IROS2025 Workshop on EdgeAI for Robotics.
