Ningquan Gu

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Neuro-Robotics Lab at Tohoku University. I received my Ph.D. in Robotics from Tohoku University under the supervision of Prof. Mitsuhiro Hayashibe.
Before joining academia, I worked as an automotive manufacturing engineer. I am now conducting research in robotics.
My research interests include embodied AI, robotic manipulation, multimodal learning in robotics, deformable object manipulation, and the industrial applications of robotics. My long-term goal is to enable human-like perception and manipulation in robots to contribute to a better world.

Email: gu.ningquan.c3@dc.tohoku.ac.jp
Office: 503, Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Joint Building (A15), Aoba-ku Sendai, Japan.

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Publications

Language-Driven Multi-Task Manipulation with Action-Mask-Enhanced Multimodal Learning

Ningquan Gu; Yuquan Li; Kazuhiro Kosuge; Mitsuhiro Hayashibe
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2026
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MimicSound: Learning Bimanual Manipulation from Audio-Visual Human Videos MimicSound: Learning Bimanual Manipulation from Audio-Visual Human Videos

Ningquan Gu; Kazuhiro Kosuge; Mitsuhiro Hayashibe
IEEE Access 2026
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Deep learning-based robotic cloth manipulation review Deep learning-based robotic cloth manipulation applications: systematic review, challenges and opportunities for physical AI

Ningquan Gu; Mitsuhiro Hayashibe; Kyo Kutsuzawa; Hui Yu
Frontiers in Robotics and AI 2026
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TactileAloha: Learning Bimanual Manipulation With Tactile Sensing

Ningquan Gu; Kazuhiro Kosuge; Mitsuhiro Hayashibe
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2025
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Learning to Unfold Garment Effectively Into Oriented Direction

Ningquan Gu; Ruhan He; Lianqing Yu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2024
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ShakingBot ShakingBot: Dynamic Manipulation for Bagging

Ningquan Gu; Zhizhong Zhang; Ruhan He; Lianqing Yu
Robotica (Cover Article) 2024
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