Who We Are

We are the Center of Swarm Navigation (CSN) at Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University, and the Field Intelligent Robotics Engineering (FIRE) group of the Field Autonomous System and Computing Lab (FAST Lab).

Our mission is to create intelligent robot teams that can operate in complex, diverse environments and tackle real-world challenges. We explore novel robotic concepts and push the boundaries of what field robots can achieve.

Our research spans multi-robot cooperation, novel robot platforms, and autonomous navigation. We also work with a spin-off company to translate research into practical systems and complete the R&D cycle.

Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

Yanjun Cao

Principal Investigator

Dr. Cao obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal in 2020, supervised by Prof. Giovanni Beltrame. From 2018 to 2019, he had visited the University of Tübingen (Prof. Andreas Zell’s Lab) and the Technical University of Munich (Prof. Alois Knoll’s Lab) for six months and one year respectively. Now, he is PI of The Center of Swarm Navigation in Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University, and also the group leader of FAST-FIRE.

His research focuses on key challenges in multi-robot systems, such as collaborative localization, perception, communication, and system organization. The vision is to develop systems that can be easily deployed, as scalable, distributed, multi-robot systems in complex unstructured environments for real-world tasks in the future.