Bohao Zhang

jimzhang at umich dot edu

Ann Arbor, MI

I am completing my Ph.D. in Robotics at the University of Michigan, with graduation anticipated in April 2025. Prior to my doctoral studies, I earned a B.S.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a dual B.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, both in 2020.

My research interests focus on robust control, system identification, and trajectory optimization, particularly applied to humanoid robots and robotic manipulators.

Outside of research, I am an enthusiastic badminton player who dreams of teaching humanoids to play—not just because it’s an exciting robotics challenge, but mostly because I’m tired of always needing a human partner.

selected publications

Conformalized Reachable Sets for Obstacle Avoidance With Spheres

Yongseok Kwon, Jonathan Michaux, Seth Isaacson, and 3 more authors

ICRA. More Information can be found here , 2025
Rapid and Robust Trajectory Optimization for Humanoids

Bohao Zhang, and Ram Vasudevan

arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.00303. More Information can be found here , 2024
System Identification For Constrained Robots

Bohao Zhang, Daniel Haugk, and Ram Vasudevan

arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.08830. More Information can be found here , 2024
Serving time: Real-time, safe motion planning and control for manipulation of unsecured objects

Zachary Brei, Jonathan Michaux, Bohao Zhang, and 2 more authors

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. More Information can be found here , 2024
Can’t Touch This: Real-Time, Safe Motion Planning and Control for Manipulators Under Uncertainty

Jonathan Michaux, Patrick Holmes, Bohao Zhang, and 7 more authors

arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.13308. More Information can be found here , 2023
Safe, optimal, real-time trajectory planning with a parallel constrained bernstein algorithm

Bohao Zhang, Shreyas Kousik, Pengcheng Zhao, and 1 more author

IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2020