YITAO JIANG
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Yitao JIANG

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science Department at Dartmouth College.
I have finished my Master of Engineering Management degree in Thayer school of Engineering at Dartmouth College.
I have finished my undergraduate degree at University of California, Santa Cruz.

Yitao.Jiang.GR@dartmouth.edu  /  LinkedIn  /  GitHub  /  Google Scholar

Academic

Dartmouth College09/2024 - Future
Major: Computer Science Ph.D.
Working at Dartmouth Reality and Robotics Lab and research on Robotics.

Dartmouth College09/2022 - 06/2024
Major: Master of Engineering Management M.E.M.
A collaborative program taught by faculty from the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business.

University of California, Santa Cruz 09/2018 - 06/2022
GPA: 3.66/4.0
Triple Major:
  • Computer Science B.S. (Honors)
  • Technology & Information Management B.S. (Highest Honors)
  • Economics B.A. (Honors)

Publications

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Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Tensegrity Morphing Aircraft

Yitao Jiang*, Bowen Huang*, Luyang Zhao, Devin Balkcom, Muhao Chen

ASCE 2026 (To Appear) | April 2026

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SoftRafts: Floating and Adaptive Soft Modular Robots

Luyang Zhao*, Yitao Jiang*, Chun-Yi She, Haibo Dong, Alberto Quattrini Li, Muhao Chen, Devin Balkcom

npj Robotics | January 2026

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Design of A Lightweight Robotic Tensegrity Morphing Airfoil

Luyang Zhao, Yitao Jiang, Chun-Yi She, Devin Balkcom, Haibo Dong, Muhao Chen

AIAA SciTech Forum 2026 | January 2026

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Exploring Spontaneous Social Interaction Swarm Robotics Powered by Large Language Models

Yitao Jiang, Luyang Zhao, Alberto Quattrini Li, Muhao Chen, Devin Balkcom

IROS 2025 | October 2025

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Modular Shape-changing Tensegrity-Blocks Enable Self-assembling Robotic Structures

Luyang Zhao, Yitao Jiang, Muhao Chen, Kostas Bekris, Devin Balkcom

Nature Communications | July 2025

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SoftSnap: Rapid Prototyping of Untethered Soft Robots Using Snap-Together Modules

Luyang Zhao, Yitao Jiang, Chun-Yi She, Muhao Chen, Devin Balkcom

Soft Robotics | June 2025

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An Untethered Bioinspired Robotic Tensegrity Dolphin with Multi-Flexibility Design for Aquatic Locomotion

Luyang Zhao*, Yitao Jiang*, Chun-Yi She, Mingi Jeong, Haibo Dong, Alberto Quattrini Li, Muhao Chen, and Devin Balkcom

RoboSoft 2025 | April 2025

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SeePerSea: Multimodal Perception Dataset of In-Water Objects for Autonomous Surface Vehicles

Mingi Jeong, Arihant Chadda, Ziang Ren, Luyang Zhao, Haowen Liu, Aiwei Zhang, Yitao Jiang, Sabriel Achong, Samuel Lensgraf, Monika Roznere, Alberto Quattrini Li

IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics / ICRA 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics | August 2025 / April 2024

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Patents:

  1. External Smart Switch
    CN (Patent) - 202211031062.X
    Preliminary reviewed by October 8, 2022
  2. Easy Peel-Off Sticker Accessory
    CN (Patent) - 202211032337.1
    Preliminary reviewed by September 16, 2022
  3. The Method of Voice and Audio Enhancement Through Computer Recognition and Regeneration
    CN (Patent) - 202110035305.6
    Preliminary reviewed by March 30, 2021

Professional Experiences

Dartmouth Reality and Robotics Lab10/2022 - 09/2024
Hanover, U.S.
Research Assistant
  • Research in modular tensegrity robots, including structure, motion, and control
  • Design experiments and engineering solutions for experiments
  • Hardware design, embedded programming, and managing the experiment robot development
  • Purposed multiple further research orientations and dived deep into them for publications

ByteDance Ltd.03/2023 - 05/2023 (12 Weeks)
Shenzhen, China
Tech PMO Intern
  • Coordinated the management of 6 projects across the Toutiao&UG&Search business line and the internal security team
  • Managed a confidential project involving 68 stakeholders from initiation to company-wide internal testing launch, ensuring smooth communication and alignment of goals
  • Analyzed project processes, blocking points, then optimize workflow in adherence to established procedures, enhanced productivity and work efficiency
  • Conducted demand return measurements and provided insightful reports on specific business

University of California, Santa Cruz01/2022 - 06/2022
Santa Cruz, U.S.
Tutor/Grader
  • Instructing students in the tutoring section twice a week and guiding students on their assignments
  • Communicate with the professor and other TAs to work on grading and teaching

Shenzhen Babatech Co., Ltd.10/2016 - 06/2022
Shenzhen, China
Founder
  • Achieved an annual turnover of 30k USD by the year 2020, and the total number of customers reached 300+
  • Developed a mini-program independently for snack selling on the WeChat platform to sell snacks in the North American market
  • Connect with supplier for order and inventory control; in charge of warehouse management and transportation management
  • Performed data analytics for target customer profiling and developed marketing campaigns

Quandiankeji (Shenzhen) Ltd.11/2019 - 03/2022
Shenzhen, China
CTO
  • Led the team of 12 people across product R&D, design team, and product owner; determined and executed the development plan
  • Managed relationships with international customers (France and Spain) and customized solutions
  • Inspected all the code and merged code written by colleges
  • Coded backend system and embedded system

Shenzhen Vanke Meisha Academy08/2020 - 02/2021
Shenzhen, China
STEAM Teacher
  • Design and execute the course plan for Electronic Engineering, Robotics class
  • Communicate and collaborate with other teachers about teaching and various stuff

Shenzhen Wuxianxuhang Ltd.06/2019 - 11/2019
Shenzhen, China
Software and Hardware Engineer Intern
  • Developed product and upgraded information system, including electronic circuit design and server middleware programming
  • Tripled sales for the upgraded product compared with the prior product to 3k+
  • Reduced server cost by 50% by solving the crash caused by overflow; improved the stability, capability, and robustness of service

Awards

  • China National Final Second Prize of Microsoft Imagine Cup03/2021
  • Top 10 Winner of 2018 Imagine Cup Big Idea Challenge03/2018
  • China National Final Third Prize of Microsoft Imagine Cup03/2017
  • Microsoft Imagine Cup, Earth Project, Third Prize03/2016

Others

Volunteer Involvement

Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Overall Leader, China Region09/2020 - 10/2025
  • Organize member recruiting, interviewing, organizing, and hosting technical meetings
  • Overall Leader in China Region since 2020. Gold (Top 7% out of 3,200 global members) level member
  • Manage various affairs in China, and coordinate the work of the other five leaders
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador (previously Microsoft Student Partner)03/2016 - 10/2025
  • Responsible for the translation of Microsoft technical documents and student activity materials
  • Responsible for writing technical blogs and delivering technical lectures
  • Participated in organizing, planning, and promoting activities, including Hackathon, Code an Hour, Imagine Cup, etc.

Skills

Proficient
  • C/C++, C#, Python, PyTorch, Onshape, LCEDA, 3D Printing/Machining/Manufacturing, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code
  • Sufficient
  • Java, JavaScript, SQL, MySQL/SQL Server/PostgreDB/SQLite/MongoDB, HTML&CSS, Unity3D, Stata, LaTeX, Adobe Suite, TensorFlow (Keras), Azure, AWS, GCP
  • Role
  • Scientist, Entrepreneure, Project Manager, Full Stack Engineer
  • Friends

    Muhao Chen - Assistant Professor at University of Houston
    Luyang Zhao - Assistant Professor at Clemson University
    Mingi Jeong - Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech
    Yifan (Frank) Zhang - Ph.D. Student at Princeton University

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