Weihang Guo

I am a master's student at Rice University advised by Prof. Lydia Kavraki. My research centers on long-horizon task and motion planning. I am inspired by scenarios like “making a cup of tea in every room,” where the robot operates under partial observability, faces uncertainty in transitions, and no domain-specific model, combined with non-trivial motion planning challenges. The robot must efficiently generate task plans grounded in motion, recover from failures, and autonomously explore within its known environment. I am thrilled to explore the valuable potential that lies at the intersection of learning-based and model-based approaches. I am also honored to collaborate with Prof. Zak Kingston and Prof. Kaiyu Hang.

I obtained my B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Lehigh University under the supervision of Prof. Rosa Zheng. There, I worked on perception and control, led an autonomous racing team, and co-founded the Lehigh Underwater Robotics team. Those works earned me the Donald J. Hillman Memorial Award, which is awarded to the most outstanding senior in AI at Lehigh University.

I enjoy rock climbing, road trips, listening to K-pop.

News

🎓 Seeking a PhD in Robotics for the 2025 Academic Year

I am applying for PhD programs in Robotics for the 2025 academic year.

🌟 Two Paper Submissions

I submitted one paper to ICRA 2025 and another to RA-L, both as the first author.

🥳 2nd Price on International Autonomous Racing Competition

I led a team of four members to win 2nd place at the F1TENTH Competition Head-to-Head Race at ICRA 2022.

Selected Projects

Multi-Arm Planning
CaStL: Constraints as Specifications through LLM Translation for Long-Horizon Task and Motion Planning

Weihang Guo, Zachary Kingston, and Lydia E. Kavraki

Multi-Robot Motion Planning
Efficient Multi-Robot Motion Planning for Manifold-Constrained Manipulators by Randomized Scheduling and Informed Path Generation

Weihang Guo, Zachary Kingston, Kaiyu Hang, and Lydia E. Kavraki

Autonomous Driving and Robotic Racing
Autonomous Driving and Robotic Racing

Team Leader, Instructed by Prof. Rosa Zheng

  • Proposed and implemented an autonomous system that can detect opponent vehicles and switch between overtaking and optimal path; Implemented and tuned a PID control; Utilized particle filter and Google Cartographer for localization and SLAM.
Underwater Robotics Development
Autonomous Underwater Robotics Development

Software Team Leader, Instructed by Prof. Rosa Zheng

  • Collected and augmented data on underwater left/right turn signs, and tuned a YOLO model to detect them; Deployed the model on Nvidia Jetson Nano.

Selected Honors

Donald J. Hillman Memorial Award: Awarded to the most outstanding senior in AI at Lehigh University.
Mountaintop Research Fellowship at Lehigh: $5,000
Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement, awarded to students in the top 2% GPA at Lehigh
2nd place at 10th F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix at ICRA 2022
Blue Robotics Special Awards, Robosub 2022

Teaching Experience

TA for COMP 450: Algorithmic Robotics | Fall 2024
TA for ECE 450: Internet of Things (Graduate Level) | Spring 2023
Head TA for ENGR 005: Autonomous Driving and Robotic Racing | Fall 2022
TA for CSE 498: Computer Vision (Graduate Level) | Spring 2022
Class Grader
  • CSE140: Foundations of Discrete Structures and Algorithms: Spring & Fall 2022, Spring 2023
  • CSE202: Computer Organization and Architecture: Spring 2022

A picture of me from February 2020.

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