Kangkang is a PhD student in the ICON Laboratory at the University of British Columbia. Previously, he received his BSc degree in Highway and Bridge Engineering from Southeast University (Mao Yisheng Class) in 2019. Then, he received his MASc degree in Civil Engineering from Southeast University in 2022. His research interests include robotics, control theory, reinforcement learning, AR/VR, and machine learning.
[6/2025] "Indoor FireRescue Radar: 4D Indoor Millimeter Wave Dataset and Analysis for Hazardous Environment Perception" has been accepted in IROS 2025
[3/2025] "Safety Constrained Deep Reinforcement Learning Control for Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction" has been published in Automation in Construction.
Robot morphology evolution for automated HVAC system inspections using graph heuristic search and reinforcement learning
Kangkang Duan, Christine Wun Ki Suen, Zhengbo Zou
Automation in Construction 2023
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Morphology agnostic gesture mapping for intuitive teleoperation of construction robots
Kangkang Duan, Zhengbo Zou
Advanced Engineering Informatics 2024
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Safety Constrained Deep Reinforcement Learning Control for Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction
Kangkang Duan, Zhengbo Zou
Automation in Construction 2025
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Indoor FireRescue Radar: 4D Indoor Millimeter Wave Dataset and Analysis for Hazardous Environment Perception
Kangkang Duan, Zhehao Zhu, Zhengbo Zou
IROS 2025
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Duan, K., & Zou, Z. (2024). Morphology agnostic gesture mapping for intuitive teleoperation of construction robots. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 62, 102600.
Duan, K., & Zou, Z. (2023). Self-Optimization of Robot Design for Navigating in Ceiling Systems. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 (pp. 632-639).
Hou, Y., Duan, K., Cao, S., Liu, J., Jing, D., & Wang, J. (2023). Experimental research on the seismic behavior of brick walls reinforced with dry-connected steel plate frames. Engineering Structures, 292, 116586.
Duan, K., Suen, C. W. K., & Zou, Z. (2023). Robot morphology evolution for automated HVAC system inspections using graph heuristic search and reinforcement learning. Automation in Construction, 153, 104956.
Duan, K., & Zou, Z. (2023). Learning from demonstrations: An intuitive VR environment for imitation learning of construction robots. arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.14584.
Duan, K., Suen, C. W. K., & Zou, Z. (2023). MARC: A multi-agent robots control framework for enhancing reinforcement learning in construction tasks. arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.14586.
Hou, Y., Duan, K., Cao, S., Liu, J., Jing, D., & Zhang, Z. (2022). Experimental research on the behavior of masonry walls reinforced with dry-connected steel plate frames under axial compression. Journal of Building Engineering, 46, 103732.
Duan, K., & Cao, S. (2020). Emerging RFID technology in structural engineering--A review. Structures, 28, (pp. 2404-2414).
Hou, Y., Duan, K., Cao, S., Liu, J., Jing, D., & Zhang, Z. (2021). Experimental research on the shear behavior of brick walls reinforced with dry-connected steel plate frames. Engineering Structures, 249, 113336.
Duan, K., & Cao, S. (2022). Data-driven parameter selection and modeling for concrete carbonation. Materials, 15(9), 3351.
Duan, K., Cao, S., Zou, Z., Huang, L., & He, Z. (2022). Revealing the nature of concrete materials using soft computing models. Journal of Building Engineering, 59, 105148.
Ni, X., & Duan, K. (2022). Machine learning-based models for shear strength prediction of UHPFRC beams. Mathematics, 10(16), 2918.
Duan, K., Cao, S., Li, J., & Xu, C. (2021). Prediction of neutralization depth of RC bridges using machine learning methods. Crystals, 11(2), 210.
Reviewer: AAAI 2026, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Automation in Construction, Construction Robotics, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, CAA China Automation Congress, ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE Construction Research Congress