Ruibin Zhang

Education

• Ph.D in Control Science and Engineering, FAST Lab, Zhejiang University, 2026
• B.Eng. in Mechatronics, Chu-Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University, 2021

Work experience

• DJI Innovation, Robotics Algorithm Engineer, 2026.06 - Now
  Full-time position on UAV autonomous navigation algorithm R＆D.
• DJI Innovation, Robotics Algorithm Engineer, 2024.05 - 2025.04
  Internship at Enviormental Perception Group, working on mmWave radar semantic perception.

Honors and awards

• A4x AI technology Scholarship, 2024
• Huawei Elite Scholarship, 2022
• Zhejiang Government Scholarship, 2020
• Excellent Student Award, 2019, 2020
• National Scholarship, 2018

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, Matlab.
• Tools of Production: ROS, Linux, Git, CMake, Docker, SolidWorks
• Tools of Deep Learning: PyTorch, OpenCV, CUDA, ONNX, TensorRT

Publications

Journal Papers:

1. Sem-RaDiff: Diffusion-Based 3D Radar Semantic Perception in Cluttered Agricultural Environments
   Ruibin Zhang, Jialiang Hou, Fei Gao
   IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2026.
2. Towards Dense and Accurate Radar Perception Via Efficient Cross-Modal Diffusion Model
   Ruibin Zhang^#, Donglai Xue^#, Yuhan Wang, Ruixu Geng, Fei Gao*
   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024.
3. Autonomous and adaptive navigation for terrestrial-aerial bimodal vehicles
   Ruibin Zhang, Yuze Wu, Lixian Zhang, Chao Xu, Fei Gao*
   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022.
4. Autonomous exploration with terrestrial-aerial bimodal vehicles
   Yuman Gao^#, Ruibin Zhang^#, Tiancheng Lai, Yanjun Cao, Chao Xu, Fei Gao*
   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2025.
5. Skater: A novel bi-modal bi-copter robot for adaptive locomotion in air and diverse terrain
   Junxiao Lin, Ruibin Zhang, Neng Pan, Chao Xu, Fei Gao*
   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024.
6. Fast‐Tracker 2.0: Improving autonomy of aerial tracking with active vision and human location regression
   Neng Pan, Ruibin Zhang, Tiankai Yang, Can Cui, Chao Xu, Fei Gao*
   IET Cyber‐Systems and Robotics, 2021.
7. Skywalker: A compact and agile air-ground omnidirectional vehicle
   Neng Pan, Jinqi Jiang, Ruibin Zhang, Can Cui, Chao Xu, Fei Gao*
   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023.

Conference Papers:

1. Model-based planning and control for terrestrial-aerial bimodal vehicles with passive wheels
   Ruibin Zhang, Junxiao Lin, Yuze Wu, Yuman Gao, Chi Wang, Chao Xu, Yanjun Cao, Fei Gao*
   IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023.
2. Fast-Tracker: A Robust Aerial System for Tracking Agile Target in Cluttered Environments
   Zhichao Han^#, Ruibin Zhang^#, Neng Pan^#, Chao Xu, Fei Gao*
   IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
3. TrofyBot: A Transformable Rolling and Flying Robot with High Energy Efficiency
   Mingwei Lai, Yuqian Ye, Hanyu Wu, Chice Xuan, Ruibin Zhang, Qiuyu Ren, Fei Gao, Chao Xu, Yanjun Cao*
   IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Best Paper Finalist, 2025.
4. Roller-Quadrotor: A Novel Hybrid Terrestrial/Aerial Quadrotor with Unicycle-Driven and Rotor-Assisted Turning
   Zhi Zheng, Jin Wang, Yuze Wu, Qifeng Cai, Huan Yu, Ruibin Zhang, Jie Tu, Jun Meng, Guodong Lu, Fei Gao*
   IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.