Rohan P. Singh

Rohan P. Singh is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Lab (JRL) in Tsukuba, Japan, since April 2024. Previously, he worked as a full-time Robotics Engineer (2017-2019) and Research Assistant (2019-2024) at the same lab, mentored by Fumio Kanehiro. His research bridges robotics, machine learning, and computer vision, with a focus on practical applications for humanoid robots.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Reinforcement Learning for Humanoid Locomotion (2024), University of Tsukuba
• MS in 6-DoF Object Pose Estimation (2021), University of Tsukuba

Research Interests include:

• Deep Reinforcement Learning for humanoid movement
• Sim-to-real transfer methods
• 6-DoF object pose estimation with minimal human effort
• Multi-contact locomotion planning
• Open-source robotics tools development

Notable Scientific Awards:

• JST SPRING Fellowship (2021-2024)
• Excellent Master's Thesis Award (2021)

Projects include:

• LearningHumanoidWalking: Training humanoid robots with PPO reinforcement learning
• RapidPoseLabels: Tool for automated 6-DoF object labeling
• ObjectKeypointTrainer: CNN training framework for pose estimation
• ANA Avatar XPRIZE team member