Yunqi Huang 黄允祺

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One Pool Street, E20 2AF

London, UK

I am a third-year PhD Candidate in Computer Science at University College London (UCL), focusing on EIT-based Tactile Sensing Skin and Soft Robot Learning.

I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Thomas George Thuruthel and Dr. Lorenzo Jamone. My research aims to bridge the gap between soft materials and intelligent control, enabling robots to feel and interact with the world more naturally—much like an octopus! 🐙

Previously, I completed my Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), supervised by Prof. Chui Chee Kong.

Outside of the lab, I enjoy snowboarding 🏂 and hitting the gym 🏋️.

News

Jan 30, 2026 One paper is accepted to ICRA 2026! Hope to see you in Vienna! 🇦🇹
Jan 28, 2026 Two papers are accepted to RoboSoft 2026! Hope to see you in Kanazawa! 🇯🇵
Jan 15, 2026 Our paper on Visual Proprioception is accepted to IEEE RA-L! 📄
Jan 10, 2026 Our Workshop proposal is accepted to ICRA 2026! Stay tuned for more details!
Dec 01, 2025 I will be joining the I2M 2026 program at LBS! Go Entrepreneurs! 🚀

Selected Publications

  1. RA-L
    Visual Proprioception and Contact Prediction for Soft Robotic Arms Using Onboard Sensing and Generative Models
    Yunqi Huang, Guanran Pei, Josie Hughes, and 1 more author
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026
    DOI
  2. RA-L
    Electrical Impedance Tomography Based Finger-Shaped Soft Artificial Skin
    Yunqi Huang and Thomas George Thuruthel
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025
    DOI
  3. RoboSoft
    Design and Modelling of Electrical Impedance Tomography-based 3D-Printed Patterned Soft Tactile skins
    Yunqi Huang, David Hardman, Christopher Bascucci, and 2 more authors
    In 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2025
    DOI
  4. IROS
    Predicting Interaction Shape of Soft Continuum Robots using Deep Visual Models
    Yunqi Huang, Abdulaziz Y. Alkayas, Jialei Shi, and 3 more authors
    In 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024
    DOI