Dynamics & Agentic Intelligence Lab
A robotic and AI research lab founded in 2024 @ University of Leicester, UK
Our lab thrives on collaboration, embracing innovation in robotics and AI with a spirit of equality and open communication. We value curiosity and foster a friendly, respectful environment. Interested in joining us? Contact Dr Hao (d.hao at leicester dot ac dot uk) to learn more.
Research Interests
Embodied Intelligence and Robotics for Space, Next-Gen Manufacturing, and Future Humanity
Disciplines:
- Embodied Intelligence
- Reinforcement Learning & Generative AI
- Guidance, Navigation, and Control
Applications:
- Agents for Future Manufacturing
- General Robotic Applications
- Space
Our Team
We are actively looking for self-motivated talents to join DANiLab.
Current team:
Hanxing Zhang – VLA for Human-Robot Handover
Abdulqader Dhafer – Robotic Manufacturing Agent
Gemma McLean – Vision-tactile Robotic Grasping
Ansel Ong – World Model for Digital Manufacturing
Mingshuo Xu (co-supervision) – Small Target Detection and tracking
Tom Buteux (co-supervision) – Space Target Tracking
Alumni:
Dr Roin (Lijia) Deng – AI Computer Vision Based Counting
Dr Hengde Zhu – Gen. AI for Affective Computing
Our PG and UG Students DriverLeics Team: https://driverleics.github.io/
Facilities
- Universal Robot UR5e robotic arm
- Unitree GO2 Edu/Research Quadruped robot (robot dog)
- Unitree GO1 Edu/Research Quadruped robot (robot dog)
- 2X Audi 1:8 Scale Autonomous Driving Car (DriverLeics Legacy)
- Elephant 6-DOF robotic arm kit with MyAGV
- OnRobot 2FG7 and OnRobot VGC10
*Dr Hao’s research funders:
