Yizhu Li is a Ph.D. student in the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Laboratory at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. She received a B.S. degree in Mechatronic Engineering from North University of China, Shanxi, China, in 2013 and an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, in 2018. Her research interests include applied machine and reinforcement learning, autonomous robots, and human–robot interactions.