Guanya Shi (original) (raw)

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

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Research and Publications

My research interests are broadly in the intersection of AI, robotics, and control, spanning the entire spectrum from algorithmic foundations to real-world general-purpose robotic systems such as humanoids. I develop reliable, adaptive, and efficient learning and control methods for generalist robots with agility. See my representative publications and research topics for more details.

Teaching

• 2025 Fall: 16-831 Introduction to Robot Learning, 16-665 Robot Mobility on Air, Land, & Sea (co-teaching)
• 2025 Spring: 16-831 Introduction to Robot Learning
• 2024 Fall: 16-831 Introduction to Robot Learning, 16-665 Robot Mobility on Air, Land, & Sea (co-teaching)
• 2024 Spring: 16-831 Introduction to Robot Learning
• 2023 Fall: 16-665 Robot Mobility on Air, Land, & Sea (co-teaching)

Talk Recordings

• 2026 Summer: Sim2Real Robot Learning: A Holistic Overview (Guest Lecture for Stanford CS224R)
• 2026 Spring: Humanoid Learning from Human Data with Physics Grounding (UCSD, Physical Intelligence)
• 2025 Summer: From Sim2Real 1.0 to 4.0 for Humanoid Whole-Body Control and Loco-Manipulation (ICRA'25 and CVPR'25 workshops, CVPR'25 Robotics 101 Tutorial, Caltech)
• 2025 Spring: Building Generalist Robots with Agility via Learning and Control: Humanoids and Beyond (CMU RI Seminar, Michigan AI Symposium, ETH Zurich Robotics, Vision, and Controls Talks)
• 2024 Fall: Unifying Semantic and Physical Intelligence for Generalist Humanoid Robots (Georgia Tech IRIM Seminar)
• 2023 Fall: New faculty lightning talk at CMU SCS

Misc.

I love playing basketball, soccer, and MOBA games. I also enjoy photography, movies, reading, hiking, skiing, travelling, and cooking.

Here are some photos taken by me