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Welcome to Yafei's Archive
I’m Yafei Ou, a researcher in robotics and AI. This site collects my ideas, thoughts, publications, code, and ongoing projects in medical robotics, simulation, and robot learning. Below are some screenshots of my representative works:
CRESSim–MPM: A Material Point Method Library for Surgical Soft Body Simulation with Cutting and Suturing
2025-10-19
By Yafei Ou, Mahdi Tavakoli. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
256 words
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1 minute
Learning Autonomous Surgical Irrigation and Suction with the da Vinci Research Kit Using Reinforcement Learning
2025-06-04
By Yafei Ou, Mahdi Tavakoli. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.
361 words
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2 minutes
Thoughts on Modern C++
2025-05-17
Some thoughts on C++ based on my own experience.
1071 words
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5 minutes
Autonomous Soft-Tissue Needle Steering Using Reinforcement Learning Guided by Human Input
2024-12-24
By Yafei Ou, Mahdi Tavakoli. Journal of Medical Robotics Research, 2024.
256 words
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1 minute
Autonomous Blood Suction for Robot-Assisted Surgery: A Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning Approach
2024-07-01
By Yafei Ou, Abed Soleymani, Xingyu Li, Mahdi Tavakoli. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024.
237 words
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1 minute
