Yinbei Li
Profile
SIT Appointments
- Member, SIT Emerging Technology Initiative– Present
Achievements
- IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2024–
- MOE Innergy Award (Bronze) 2024–
- MOE Innergy Award (Bronze) 2023–
- MOE Outstanding Innovator Award 2019–
- MOE Innergy Award (Gold) 2016–
- PS21 ExCEL Award (Merit) 2016 - Public Service Division, Singapore–
Research
Research Interests
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Robot Learning
Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Foundational Models for Robotics
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Robot Vision
Multimodal Perception
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Robot Navigation
Mapless Navigation
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Human-Robot Interaction
Elderly Care Robotics, Educational Robotics
Past Projects
- Singapore Police Force Community Engagement Robot–
- Park Patrol Robot for NParks–
- Office Service & Engagement Robot for Prudential Assurance Company Singapore–
- Classroom Teaching Assistant Robot for Hougang Primary School–
- RoboCoach: An Exercising Coaching Robot for Elderly–
Publication
Journal Papers
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,” IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett., accepted for publication, 2025.
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.