Robotics · SLAM · Autonomous racing

Youwei Yu 于有为

I study autonomous robotic navigation, with a focus on scene reconstruction, SLAM, and sim-to-real autonomy for fast and uneven terrain.

I am advised by Professor Lantao Liu at Indiana University. I also lead state estimation and LiDAR perception for autonomous racing.

youwyu at iu dot edu
Focus Navigation from reconstruction
Systems LiDAR, SLAM, racing autonomy
Theme Simulation that transfers

Learning notes

Notes

Dec 2025 Statistical Learning

What is new

Updates

  1. One paper accepted to RSS 2025 Workshop ROAR.

  2. One paper accepted to International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) 2025.

  3. Story: We pushed the race car to speeds up to nearly 130 mph at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway time trial.

  4. One paper accepted to Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2024.

  5. Story: Our AI-driven, 1,400-pound race car reached speeds up to nearly 130 mph at the Indy Autonomous Challenge.

  6. I started my PhD at Indiana University, advised by Prof. Lantao Liu.

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Research