Yashraj S Narang
Yashraj S Narang studies robot learning and physical simulation. His joint work includes differentiable cutting models and policies for robotic assembly. Narang earned a master’s degree from MIT and a doctorate from Harvard. His earlier work covered robotics, mechanics and simulation. Narang coauthored DiSECt with Eric Heiden and four other researchers. The simulator models cutting soft materials and supports gradient-based parameter inference and controller optimization. Narang coauthored AutoMate. The RSS 2024 project studies specialist and generalist assembly policies across different object geometries.
Timeline
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2021
Differentiable cutting simulation
Narang coauthored DiSECt with Eric Heiden and four other researchers. The simulator models cutting soft materials and supports gradient-based parameter inference and controller optimization.
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2024
Learning robotic assembly
Narang coauthored AutoMate. The RSS 2024 project studies specialist and generalist assembly policies across different object geometries.
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As of October 2026
Training in robotics and mechanics
Narang earned a master’s degree from MIT and a doctorate from Harvard. His earlier work covered robotics, mechanics and simulation.
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As of October 2026
Seattle Robotics Lab
Narang leads the Seattle Robotics Lab. The group works across perception, planning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning and simulation-to-real transfer.
Sources and credits
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