
Y Z
Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences and Robotics
Emailyzyz@umich.edu
Office2927 Cooley
Research InterestsRobots in extreme environments; Swarm robots and collective intelligence; Wheel-legged robots; Soft robots and human-compatible machines; Far-from-equilibrium physics, long timescale phenomena, and rare events; Physics and chemistry of liquids and complex fluids, especially under interfacial/non-equilibrium/extreme conditions
Related focus areasDesign & Soft Robotics, Legged Robotics, Motion Planning & Control, Multi-Robot Systems & Swarms, Robot Learning & Foundational Models, Robot Perception & Computer Vision