Yitao JIANG
I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science Department at Dartmouth College.
I have finished my Master of Engineering Management degree in Thayer school of Engineering at Dartmouth College.
I have finished my undergraduate degree at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Yitao.Jiang.GR@dartmouth.edu / LinkedIn / GitHub / Google Scholar
Academic
- Dartmouth College
09/2024 - Future - Major: Computer Science Ph.D.
- Working at Dartmouth Reality and Robotics Lab and research on Robotics.
- Dartmouth College
09/2022 - 06/2024 - Major: Master of Engineering Management M.E.M.
- A collaborative program taught by faculty from the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business.
- University of California, Santa Cruz
09/2018 - 06/2022 - GPA: 3.66/4.0
- Triple Major:
- Computer Science B.S. (Honors)
- Technology & Information Management B.S. (Highest Honors)
- Economics B.A. (Honors)
Publications
FlowMo-WM: A World Model with Object Momentum and Hidden Ambient Drift
CoRL 2026 (Under Review) | November 2026
Manipulider: A Multi-Engine Buoyancy-Controlled Robot for Thrusterless Underwater Gliding and Manipulation
IROS 2026 (To Appear) | September 2026
ASCII Art Turns LLMs into VLA Controllers
arXiv | June 2026
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Tensegrity Morphing Aircraft
ASCE 2026 (To Appear) | April 2026
SoftRafts: Floating and Adaptive Soft Modular Robots
npj Robotics | January 2026
Design of A Lightweight Robotic Tensegrity Morphing Airfoil
AIAA SciTech Forum 2026 | January 2026
Exploring Spontaneous Social Interaction Swarm Robotics Powered by Large Language Models
IROS 2025 | October 2025
Modular shape-changing tensegrity-blocks enable self-assembling robotic structures
Nature Communications | July 2025
SoftSnap: Rapid Prototyping of Untethered Soft Robots Using Snap-Together Modules
Soft Robotics | June 2025
An Untethered Bioinspired Robotic Tensegrity Dolphin with Multi-Flexibility Design for Aquatic Locomotion
RoboSoft 2025 | April 2025
SeePerSea: Multi-modal Perception Dataset of In-water Objects for Autonomous Surface Vehicles
IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics | 2025
Patents:
- External Smart Switch
CN (Patent) - 202211031062.X
Preliminary reviewed by October 8, 2022 - Easy Peel-Off Sticker Accessory
CN (Patent) - 202211032337.1
Preliminary reviewed by September 16, 2022 - The Method of Voice and Audio Enhancement Through Computer Recognition and Regeneration
CN (Patent) - 202110035305.6
Preliminary reviewed by March 30, 2021
Professional Experiences
- Dartmouth Reality and Robotics Lab10/2022 - 09/2024
- Hanover, U.S.
- Research Assistant
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- Research in modular tensegrity robots, including structure, motion, and control
- Design experiments and engineering solutions for experiments
- Hardware design, embedded programming, and managing the experiment robot development
- Purposed multiple further research orientations and dived deep into them for publications
- ByteDance Ltd.03/2023 - 05/2023 (12 Weeks)
- Shenzhen, China
- Tech PMO Intern
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- Coordinated the management of 6 projects across the Toutiao&UG&Search business line and the internal security team
- Managed a confidential project involving 68 stakeholders from initiation to company-wide internal testing launch, ensuring smooth communication and alignment of goals
- Analyzed project processes, blocking points, then optimize workflow in adherence to established procedures, enhanced productivity and work efficiency
- Conducted demand return measurements and provided insightful reports on specific business
- University of California, Santa Cruz01/2022 - 06/2022
- Santa Cruz, U.S.
- Tutor/Grader
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- Instructing students in the tutoring section twice a week and guiding students on their assignments
- Communicate with the professor and other TAs to work on grading and teaching
- Shenzhen Babatech Co., Ltd.10/2016 - 06/2022
- Shenzhen, China
- Founder
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- Achieved an annual turnover of 30k USD by the year 2020, and the total number of customers reached 300+
- Developed a mini-program independently for snack selling on the WeChat platform to sell snacks in the North American market
- Connect with supplier for order and inventory control; in charge of warehouse management and transportation management
- Performed data analytics for target customer profiling and developed marketing campaigns
- Quandiankeji (Shenzhen) Ltd.11/2019 - 03/2022
- Shenzhen, China
- CTO
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- Led the team of 12 people across product R&D, design team, and product owner; determined and executed the development plan
- Managed relationships with international customers (France and Spain) and customized solutions
- Inspected all the code and merged code written by colleges
- Coded backend system and embedded system
- Shenzhen Vanke Meisha Academy08/2020 - 02/2021
- Shenzhen, China
- STEAM Teacher
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- Design and execute the course plan for Electronic Engineering, Robotics class
- Communicate and collaborate with other teachers about teaching and various stuff
- Shenzhen Wuxianxuhang Ltd.06/2019 - 11/2019
- Shenzhen, China
- Software and Hardware Engineer Intern
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- Developed product and upgraded information system, including electronic circuit design and server middleware programming
- Tripled sales for the upgraded product compared with the prior product to 3k+
- Reduced server cost by 50% by solving the crash caused by overflow; improved the stability, capability, and robustness of service
Awards
Others
Volunteer Involvement
- Organize member recruiting, interviewing, organizing, and hosting technical meetings
- Overall Leader in China Region since 2020. Gold (Top 7% out of 3,200 global members) level member
- Manage various affairs in China, and coordinate the work of the other five leaders
- Responsible for the translation of Microsoft technical documents and student activity materials
- Responsible for writing technical blogs and delivering technical lectures
- Participated in organizing, planning, and promoting activities, including Hackathon, Code an Hour, Imagine Cup, etc.
Skills
Friends