Xianjia Yu
PhD
Department of Computing xianjia.yu@utu.fi |
Robotics, Perception, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Federated Learning
Multi-robot system perception, machine learning, sensor fusion, federated learning
Dr. Xianjia Yu is a postdoctoral researcher at the TIERS Lab, University of Turku, and an automation researcher and engineer at Kaptas Oy. He earned his D.Sc. (Tech.) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from the University of Turku in 2024, and holds dual Master’s degrees from the University of Turku and Fudan University. His research focuses on multi-modal sensing, sensor fusion, machine learning, and robotic perception.
multi-modal sensing, sensor fusion, machine learning, and robotic perception
Previously involved in three-course teaching:
Hardware Accelerators for Robotics & AI
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Perception and Navigation in Robotics
- Event-based Sensor Fusion and Application on Odometry: A Survey (2025) 2025 IEEE 6th International Conference on Image Processing, Applications and Systems (IPAS) Zhang, Jiaqiang; Yu, Xianjia; Sier, Ha; Zhang, Haizhou; Westerlund, Tomi
- Comparison of Middlewares in Edge-to-Edge and Edge-to-Cloud Communication for Distributed ROS 2 Systems (2024)
- Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
- Federated learning enhanced multi-modal sensing and perception in a collaborative multi-robot system (2024) Yu, Xianjia
- A Benchmark for Multi-Modal LiDAR SLAM with Ground Truth in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023)
- Remote Sensing
- Benchmarking UWB-Based Infrastructure-Free Positioning and Multi-Robot Relative Localization: Dataset and Characterization (2023) 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) Torrico Morón Paola, Salimpour Sahar, Fu Lei, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
- Blockchain and Emerging Distributed Ledger Technologies for Decentralized Multi-robot Systems (2023)
- Current Robotics Reports
- Exploiting redundancy for UWB anomaly detection in infrastructure-free multi-robot relative localization (2023)
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI
- General-Purpose Deep Learning Detection and Segmentation Models for Images from a Lidar-Based Camera Sensor (2023)
- Sensors
- LiDAR-Generated Images Derived Keypoints Assisted Point Cloud Registration Scheme in Odometry Estimation (2023)
- Remote Sensing
- Towards Robust UAV Tracking in GNSS-Denied Environments: A Multi-LiDAR Multi-UAV Dataset (2023) 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) Catalano Iacopo, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge
- UAV Tracking with Lidar as a Camera Sensor in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023)
- International Conference on Localization and GNSS
- UAV Tracking with Solid-State Lidars: Dynamic Multi-Frequency Scan Integration (2023) 2023 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) Catalano Iacopo, Sier Ha, Yu Xianjia, Westerlund Tomi, Peña Queralta Jorge
- Distributed Robotic Systems in the Edge-Cloud Continuum with ROS 2: a Review on Novel Architectures and Technology Readiness (2022) 2022 Seventh International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) Zhang Jiaqiang, Keramat Farhad, Yu Xianjia, Montero Hernández Daniel, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
- Federated Learning for Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance in the Internet of Robotic Things (2022) 2022 Seventh International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
- Multi-Modal Lidar Dataset for Benchmarking General-Purpose Localization and Mapping Algorithms (2022)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
- Towards Lifelong Federated Learning in Autonomous Mobile Robots with Continuous Sim-to-Real Transfer (2022)
- Procedia Computer Science
- Adaptive Lidar Scan Frame Integration: Tracking Known MAVs in 3D Point Clouds (2021) 2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) Li Qingqing, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
- Applications of UWB Networks and Positioning to Autonomous Robots and Industrial Systems (2021) 2021 10th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO) Yu Xianjia, Li Qingqing, Peña Queralta Jorge, Heikkonen Jukka, Westerlund Tomi
- Cooperative UWB-Based Localization for Outdoors Positioning and Navigation of UAVs aided by Ground Robots (2021) 2021 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS) Proceedings Yu Xianjia, Li Qingqing, Peña Queralta Jorge, Heikkonen Jukka, Westerlund Tomi
- Federated Learning in Robotic and Autonomous Systems (2021)
- Procedia Computer Science
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