Kyrylo Kolesnichenko, undergraduate researcher in humanoid robot learning at the Advanced Telerobotics Research Lab, Kent State University (B.Sc., Vilnius University). Learned locomotion, expressive gaits, robot footwear.https://kyry.mehttps://kyry.me/projects/catwalk-amphttps://kyry.me/projects/catwalk-ampA runway walk for the Booster K1 learned with adversarial motion priors.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/mi-rolhttps://kyry.me/projects/mi-rolA multi-tier LLM framework for empathetic conversation on the Pepper robot, grounded in Motivational Interviewing. Tested in a 40-participant study.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/publications/#2026-can-motivational-interviewing-guided-dialogue-improve-ehttps://kyry.me/publications/#2026-can-motivational-interviewing-guided-dialogue-improve-eInternational Conference on Intelligent Human–Computer Interaction (IHCI 2026), 2026, accepted.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTpaperhttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-cartwheelhttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-cartwheelTeaching the Booster K1 a cartwheel from a video. It works in simulation; on the robot it still falls.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-heel-walkinghttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-heel-walkingGetting the K1 walking policies to walk in the 50 mm heels. Sim for now.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-loco-teleophttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-loco-teleopA walking policy for the Booster K1 that drives only the legs, so the arms and head stay free for teleoperation.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/microduck-arena-labhttps://kyry.me/projects/microduck-arena-labFaster running gaits for Pollen Robotics' Microduck on three simulated race courses, fine-tuned with PPO and chosen by the Arena's five-seed score. #1 on the roller sprint leaderboard.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/expressive-motionhttps://kyry.me/projects/expressive-motionFrom a monocular runway video to a catwalk gait on the Booster K1.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-heel-shoeshttps://kyry.me/projects/k1-heel-shoes3D-printed heel shoes for the Booster K1.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/projects/rfcphttps://kyry.me/projects/rfcpOur Ghost Trial 04 entry. A G1 walks the runway, turns, poses and walks back, by fine-tuning SONIC.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/publications/#2026-learning-expressive-humanoid-locomotion-from-monocular-https://kyry.me/publications/#2026-learning-expressive-humanoid-locomotion-from-monocular-IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026), Late Breaking Results (LBR), 2026, presented, poster.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTpaperhttps://kyry.me/projects/vlm-biashttps://kyry.me/projects/vlm-biasCan structured prompting overcome knowledge bias in vision-language models? Four open-source VLMs, five prompting strategies, the VLMBias benchmark.Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTprojecthttps://kyry.me/publications/#2026-can-structured-prompting-overcome-knowledge-bias-in-vishttps://kyry.me/publications/#2026-can-structured-prompting-overcome-knowledge-bias-in-visProceedings of the 31st International Conference on Information Society and University Studies (IVUS 2026), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2026, presented, to appear.Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTpaper