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Assistant Professor

Yinbei Li

Member, SIT Emerging Technology Initiative
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Cluster:
Engineering
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SIT Appointments

  • Member, SIT Emerging Technology Initiative
    – Present

Education

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering
    Zhejiang University , China
  • MSc in Intellectual Property Management
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • BEng in Electrical Engineering
    National University of Singapore , Singapore

Achievements

  • IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2024
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  • MOE Innergy Award (Bronze) 2024
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  • MOE Innergy Award (Bronze) 2023
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  • MOE Outstanding Innovator Award 2019
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  • MOE Innergy Award (Gold) 2016
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  • PS21 ExCEL Award (Merit) 2016 - Public Service Division, Singapore
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Research Interests

  • Robot Learning

    Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Robot Foundation Models

  • Robot Vision

    Multimodal Perception

  • Robot Navigation

    Mapless Navigation

  • Human-Robot Interaction

    Elderly Care Robotics, Educational Robotics

Current Projects

  • Embodied AI-Driven Defect Detection and Automated Repair for Interlocking Pavers
    – Present

    Lead PI; Funded by Cities of Tomorrow Grant

  • Embodied AI-Enabled Mobile Manipulation Robot for Automated Out-of-Aircraft Seat-Structure Cleaning and Verification
    – Present

    Lead PI; Funded by Singapore Aerospace Programme Cycle 19 

  • SIT Centre for Intelligent Robotics (CIR)
    – Present

    Lead PI; Funded by Singapore Institute of Technology

  • Toilet Cleaning Robot for Healthcare Facilities
    – Present

    PI; Funded by SIT Ignition Grant

Past Projects

  • Singapore Police Force Community Engagement Robot
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    PI; Funded by Singapore Police Force (SPF)

  • Park Patrol Robot for NParks
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    PI; Funded by National Parks Board (NParks)

  • Office Service & Engagement Robot for Prudential Assurance Company Singapore
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    PI; Funded by Prudential Assurance Company Singapore

  • Classroom Teaching Assistant Robot for Hougang Primary School
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    PI; Funded by Hougang Primary School

  • Concierge Robot "ROSY"
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    PI; Funded by Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Smart Campus Fund

  • RoboCoach: An Exercising Coaching Robot for Elderly
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    PI; Funded by Lions Befrienders Service Association, Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities, and NTUC Health 

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Journal Papers

  • W. Guo, Y Xiao, D. Li, S. Cheng, Y. Li, J. Liu, W. Li, L. Wang, Q. Wu, "Byzantine-Resilient Federated Learning with Trust-Aware Task Scheduling for Heterogeneous UAV Swarms," in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3670496

  • Y. Salam, Y. Li, R. I. Nessouk and J. Yang, "FIT: Future-aware Imitation Transformer for Long-Horizon Robotic Manipulation," in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, doi: 10.1109/TCDS.2025.3644126. 

  • Y. Li, Q. Lyu, Y. Salam, J. Yang and R. I. Nessouk, "Dual-LLM Hierarchical Task Planning and Skill Grounding for Mobile Manipulation in Long-Horizon Restroom Cleaning," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 190807-190819, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3627503. in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3627503.

  • Y. Li, Q. Lyu, J. Yang, Y. Salam and W. Wang, "A Hybrid Framework Using Diffusion Policy and Residual RL for Force-Sensitive Robotic Manipulation," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 10266-10273, Oct. 2025, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3596487. 

  • Miao, Z., Li, Y., Wu, Z. et al. A multi-level multi-attention mechanism millimeter-wave radar and camera fusion method for 3D object detection. SIViP 19, 490 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-025-03976-1

  • Salam, Y., Li, Y., Herzog, J. et al. Human2bot: learning zero-shot reward functions for robotic manipulation from human demonstrations. Auton Robot 49, 10 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-025-10193-9

  • Li, Y., Lyu, Q., Yang, J., Salam, Y., Wang, B. Visual Target-Driven Robot Crowd Navigation with Limited FOV Using Self-Attention Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning. Sensors 2025, 25, 639. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25030639

  • Salam, Y., Li, Y., Yang, J. et al. Robust Feature-Based Camera-LiDAR Fusion for Global Localization of a Mobile Robot. Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, Vol 26, No 4 (2024). 

  • Li, A., Wan, Y., Wu, Y., Li, Y., Qu, W.,  Luo, W., Meng T. Large-field-of-view three dimentional imaging from multiple virtual views. Opt.Eng. 63(4) 043102(22 April 2024).  https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.63.4.043102

  • Zhao, Z., Li, Y., Yang, J. et al. A lightweight facial expression recognition model for automated engagement detection. SIViP 18, 3553–3563 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-024-03020-8

  • J. Cao, Y. Li, X. Zhang, J. Yang and W. Fan, Torque-Type Backlash Inverse Control for an Electromechanical Actuator With Active Disturbance Rejection. IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 108688-108696, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3317507. 

     

     

Conferences

  • B. Wang, Y. Li, J. Yang and Y. Salam, "Robotic Grasp Detection Method Based on A Novel Multi-Scale Multi-Task Mutual-Learning Architecture in Neural Network," 2024 27th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Fukuoka, Japan, 2024, pp. 455-461, doi: 10.23919/ICEMS60997.2024.10921376.

  • W. Fan, Y. Li, J. Yang and B. Wang, "Global path planning method for mobile vehicles based on Goal-Optimized JPS algorithm," 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Zhuhai, China, 2023, pp. 2498-2501, doi: 10.1109/ICEMS59686.2023.10344510.

  • Z. Li, Y. Li and J. Yang, "A Skeleton and Visual Tracking Fusion Based Person-Following System for Mobile Service Robots," 2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC2020-ECCE Asia), Nanjing, China, 2020, pp. 600-604, doi: 10.1109/IPEMC-ECCEAsia48364.2020.9368047.

  • S. S. Ge et al., "Design and development of Nancy, a social robot," 2011 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), Incheon, Korea (South), 2011, pp. 568-573, doi: 10.1109/URAI.2011.6145884.

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