Tasbolat Taunyazov

Hi there! I’m Tasbolat, currently a Member of the Technical Team at Light Robotics. I work on a variety of projects, with a particular focus on Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for robotic manipulation.

I recently completed my Ph.D. at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS), where I was advised by Dr. Yan Wu and Dr. Harold Soh. My Ph.D. was supported by the SINGA scholarship, and conducted in collaboration with Dexbot, A*STAR, and CLeAR, NUS.

My research interests include robot manipulation, tactile perception, and multimodal fusion. I’m particularly interested in developing intelligent robotic systems that combine tactile sensing and vision to better understand and interact with their environments — enabling tasks like object grasping and manipulation.

For more on my background, research, and publications, feel free to take a look at my CV and Google Scholar page.

Earlier in my academic journey, I received both my M.S. and B.S. degrees in Robotics from Nazarbayev University, in 2017 and 2015 respectively. During my Master’s, I worked as a research assistant at the ALARIS Lab, where I focused on control challenges in both closed- and open-chain robotic systems.

Email: tasbolat [at] comp.nus.edu.sg