Runyu Guan

University of Southern California

Papers

1

Total Citations

6

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About

Runyu Guan is a researcher advancing the frontier of human-robot collaboration, with a primary focus on preference learning and adaptive assembly systems. His most-cited work, "Towards Transferring Human Preferences from Canonical to Actual Assembly Tasks" (2022, 6 citations), tackles a critical bottleneck in robotics: the burden of requiring user demonstrations for every new task. Guan’s key contribution lies in proposing a framework that transfers learned human preferences from simplified, canonical tasks to complex, real-world assembly scenarios—reducing the need for tedious, time-consuming demonstrations. This approach promises to make robots more intuitive and efficient partners in manufacturing and daily assistance. While his citation count reflects an emerging career, the conceptual impact of his work is significant, addressing a fundamental challenge in making robotic systems truly adaptive to individual users. Guan’s research sits at the intersection of machine learning, human factors, and industrial robotics, offering a practical path toward personalized automation.

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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Towards Transferring Human Preferences from Canonical to Actual Assembly Tasks
6 citations · 2022
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2022 (1 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 4
🏛 Institutions: University of Southern California

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