Peng Chang

Hello, I am Peng Chang, currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Yeloworld, where I lead the company’s technology strategy and R&D efforts in robotics and autonomous systems.

I received my Ph.D. from Northeastern University in 2021 and conducted my doctoral research at the Robotics and Intelligent Vehicles Research (RIVeR) Lab, led by Prof. Taskin Padir. My research focused on model-based manipulation of deformable linear objects, task automation in both simulation and real-world environments, and shared control for human–robot collaboration.

Prior to joining Yeloworld, I worked as a Tech Lead at Black Sesame Technologies, where I focused on autonomous perception solutions for intelligent driving systems, contributing to the development and deployment of production-level perception pipelines.

Interests

Robotics
Autonomous Driving
Deformable Object Manipulation
Grasping and Manipulation
Perception for Navigation
Task and Motion Planning
Manipulation Planning
Visual Servoing
Robot Simulation
Task Automation
Human-Robot Collaboration

Education

Northeastern University (September 2015 - May 2021)
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Robotics)
Northeastern University (September 2013 - May 2015)
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering
Xidian University (September 2009 - May 2013)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering