Sihao Sun

Sihao Sun

Researcher in Robotics

Delft University of Technology

I am a scientist focusing on the planning, estimation, and control of aerial robotic systems. My research has been published in top-tier journals such as Science Robotics, Nature, and IEEE Transactions on Robotics. I am also the recipient of a Best Paper Award of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), and serve as an Associate Editor for RA-L since 2023.

I am currently the Principal Investigator of the VENI project “Accurate Aerial Manipulation”, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Talent Program, and embedded in the Autonomous Multi-robots Lab (AMR), Department of Cognitive Robotics (CoR) at Delft University of Technology.

I earned my PhD in Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft in 2020 under the supervision of Dr. Coen de Visser and Prof. Guido de Croon, with a doctoral doctoral thesis addressing fault-tolerant control problems for aerial robots. From November 2020 to December 2021, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Robotics and Perception Group (RPG) at the University of Zurich under the guidance of Prof. Davide Scaramuzza. From August 2022 to November 2023, I held another postdoctoral position in the Robotics and Mechatronics (RaM) group at the University of Twente, collaborating with Prof. Antonio Franchi.

Interests

  • Aerial Robotics
  • Aerial Manipulations
  • Multi-robot Systems
  • Robotics Perception
  • Incremental Nonlinear Control

Experience

  • Postdoc researcher, 2022-2023

    Univeristy of Twente, with Prof. Antonio Franchi

  • Postdoc researcher, 2020-2021

    University of Zurich, with Prof. Davide Scaramuzza

  • PhD in Aerospace Engineering, 2016-2020

    TU Delft, with dr. Coen de Visser

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