Qihao Qian

I am a Master’s student in the Existential Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, advised by Nikolay Atanasov. I received my B.Eng. in Software Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (电子科技大学). My research interests lie at the intersection of robotics and computer vision.

Publications

From Distances to Trajectories: Real-Time Signed Distance Function Mapping and Distance-Accelerated Motion Planning for UAVs
Jason Stanley*, Zhirui Dai*, Qihao Qian, Tzu-Chin Ho, Tianxing Fan, Siddharth Saha, Christopher Barngrover, Ki Myung Brian Lee, Nikolay Atanasov
arXiv 2026 · arXiv

OREN: Octree Residual Network for Real-Time Euclidean Signed Distance Mapping
Zhirui Dai*, Qihao Qian*, Tianxing Fan, Nikolay Atanasov
IROS 2026 · Project Page · arXiv

RailYolact: A Yolact Focused on Edge for Real-Time Rail Segmentation
Qihao Qian
arXiv 2023 · arXiv

_{* equal contribution}