About me

Hello!

My name is Qishun Yu. I am interested in controls, motion planning, robot state estimation, and everything about robotics! You can find out more about my past academic projects and research under the PROJECTS section. For more information, you can visit the RESUME section and download my latest resume.

Currently, I am a master’s student at Carnegie Mellon University majoring in Mechanical Engineering. During my master’s study, I have been working at CMU Robomechanics Lab. I am currently focusing on implementing a legged robot state estimator on a quadruped robot using an Extended Kalman Filter. Meanwhile, my master thesis is on the locomotion of robots, especially wheeled rovers, in granular media. I propose a novel method of combining a 3D-Resistive Force Theory (3D-RFT) model with a soil deformation model. The new model is implemented in MATLAB and applied to compute forces on wheels at various slip angles and slip ratio conditions.

I received my Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with minors in Computer Science and Robotics. You can read more about my senior capstone projects on Mars Rover here!