About Me

I am Zhang Tianlin (张天霖), a Ph.D. student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, advised by Prof. Liu Yun-Hui in the Legged Robot Lab.

My research focuses on whole-body control, multi-contact planning, and other related topics in robotics. Some of my work can be found on Youtube and Bilibili (for viewers in China).

Before starting Ph.D., I earned a Master’s degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (2024), where I was advised by Prof. Xiong Xiaogang and conducted research on loco-manipulation for quadruped manipulator robots. Prior to that, I graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from Changsha University of Science and Technology (2021), where I worked on visual servoing for aerial manipulator robots under the supervision of Prof. Zhang Hui and Prof. Zhong Hang.

Publications

For the up-to-date publication list, please visit the Google Scholar page.

Whole-Body Control Framework for Humanoid Robots with Heavy Limbs: A Model-Based Approach

Whole-Body Control Framework for Humanoid Robots with Heavy Limbs: A Model-Based Approach

T. Zhang, L. Yue, H. Zhang, L. Zhang, X. Zeng, Z. Song, and Y. Liu

arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.14278 , 2025

Whole-body Compliance Control for Quadruped Manipulator with Actuation Saturation of Joint Torque and Ground Friction

Whole-body Compliance Control for Quadruped Manipulator with Actuation Saturation of Joint Torque and Ground Friction

T. Zhang, X. Peng, F. Lin, X. Xiong and Y. Lou

2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2024

Dynamic Object Tracking for Quadruped Manipulator with Spherical Image-Based Approach

Dynamic Object Tracking for Quadruped Manipulator with Spherical Image-Based Approach

T. Zhang, S. Guo, X. Xiong, W. Li, Z. Qi and Y. Lou

2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2023

Autonomous removing foreign objects for power transmission line by using a vision-guided unmanned aerial manipulator

Autonomous removing foreign objects for power transmission line by using a vision-guided unmanned aerial manipulator

L. Li, T. Zhang, H. Zhong, H. Li, H. Zhang, S. Fan, and Y. Cao

Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems , 2021

Catchit: Large-scale grasping combined with preliminary and precise localization method for aerial manipulator

Catchit: Large-scale grasping combined with preliminary and precise localization method for aerial manipulator

T. Zhang, H. Zhang, H. Li, H. Zhong, X. Tang and Y. Wang

Chinese Automation Congress (CAC) , 2020