Jacob J. Johnson

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ARClab UCSD

Atkinson Hall

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California San Diego, a member of the Advanced Robotics and Controls Lab (ARClab) working under Dr. Michael Yip. In my research, I study how we can leverage data to improve robot planning and control. My research interests include motion planning in uncertainty, transformers, reinforcement learning.

In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer, swimming, and hiking. I also contribute to open-source ROS libraries.

If you are interested in working at ARClab, please send an email to Dr.Yip with your CV and a short description of your interests. We have different projects to develop your skills in ROS, machine learning tools, and robot system development.

news

2023 Our paper Learning Sampling Dictionaries for Efficient and Generalizable Robot Motion Planning with Transformers has been accepted to RA-L.
2023 Our recent work on Zero-Shot Constrained Motion Planning Transformers Using Learned Sampling Dictionaries is available online.
2023 Our paper Learning Sampling Dictionaries for Efficient and Generalizable Robot Motion Planning with Transformers is available online. Visit website for more details.
2023 Our paper Object-centric Representations for Interactive Online Learning with Non-Parametric Methods has been accepted to CASE ‘23.
2022 Our paper Motion Planning Transformers: A Motion Planning Framework for Mobile Robots is available online.
2022 I have successfully passed my Ph.D. candidacy exam.
2022 Our paper Motion Planning Transformers: One Model to Plan them All is available online.