Jingjin Yu
Associate Professor
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJingjin Yu is an associate professor and robotics leader who bridges deep algorithmic research with fast-paced industrial deployment, directing the Algorithmic Robotics and Control Lab at Rutgers. With nine years of post-PhD academic experience and prior postdoctoral work at MIT and UIUC, he develops theories, algorithms, and integrated systems for embodied intelligence and real-time control. In industry he led Coupang’s 0-to-1-to-N effort to build and deploy the company’s first in-house AI/ML robotic picking and packing system within 12 months, marrying 3D vision, optimal pose generation, real-time motion planning, and patented multi-sensor fusion. He is skilled at turning prototyping into production-grade automation that delivers measurable ROI and world-class bin-picking throughput. Trained originally in materials and chemistry before earning advanced degrees in computer science and ECE, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective that informs both foundational research and practical system design.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Material Science, Bachelor's Degree, Material Science at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctorate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctorate, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science, Chemistry, Master of Science, Chemistry at University of ChicagoGithub contributions (5)
arc-l/arc-l.github.io
Jul 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:746 pushes in 3 years 8 months
arc-l/optimal-mrppg-journal
Nov 2016 - Jul 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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