Logos Robotics Lab Website

Logos is a robotics laboratory headed by Prof. Nakul Gopalan at Arizona State University. Our lab works on Language Grounding, Task and Motion Planning, and Robot Learning problems.

The website is created using a template from Allan Lab!

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Table of Contents

1. Getting Started (Clone & Run Locally)
2. Git Workflow (Branches & Pull Requests)
3. Updating Your Profile (Masters & PhD Students)
4. Adding a New Publication
5. Adding a News Item

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Getting Started (Clone & Run Locally)

Prerequisites

• Git — Install Git
• Ruby (>= 2.5) and Bundler — Install Ruby
• Jekyll — installed automatically via Bundler (see below)

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Logos-Lab/logos-lab.github.io.git
cd logos-lab.github.io

2. Install Dependencies

gem install bundler   # if you don't have bundler already
bundle install

3. Run the Site Locally

bundle exec jekyll serve

The site will be available at http://localhost:4000. Changes to most files will auto-reload; if you edit _config.yml, you need to restart the server.

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Git Workflow (Branches & Pull Requests)

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Do NOT commit directly to gh-pages. All changes must go through a pull request.

1. Create a new branch for your changes:

   git checkout gh-pages
   git pull origin gh-pages          # make sure you're up to date
   git checkout -b <your-branch>     # e.g. git checkout -b update-omkar-profile

2. Make your changes (edit files, add images, etc.).

3. Commit and push your branch:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Brief description of your change"
   git push origin <your-branch>

4. Open a Pull Request on GitHub:

   • Go to the repository on GitHub: https://github.com/Logos-Lab/logos-lab.github.io
   • Click "Compare & pull request" for your branch.
   • Set the base branch to gh-pages.
   • Add a short description and request a review.

5. Once approved and merged, your changes will be live on the website.

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Updating Your Profile (Masters & PhD Students)

Student profiles are stored in YAML files inside the _data/ directory, and photos are stored in images/teampic/.

• PhD students → edit _data/team_members.yml
• Masters students → edit _data/students.yml

Profile Fields

Each entry in the YAML file looks like this:

- name: Your Full Name
  website: https://your-website.com/
  photo: your_photo.jpg
  info: PhD Student          # or "Masters Student"
  joined: Fall 2024          # semester you joined

Field	Description
name	Your full name as you want it displayed.
website	URL to your personal website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, etc.
photo	Filename of your photo in images/teampic/ (see below).
info	Your role, e.g. PhD Student, Masters Student.
joined	The semester you joined, e.g. Fall 2024.

Adding or Updating Your Photo

1. Add your photo to the images/teampic/ directory.
   • Use a square image (e.g. 300×300 px) for best results.
   • Use a descriptive filename (e.g. firstname_lastname.jpg).
2. Update the photo field in your YAML entry to match the filename.

Example: Updating an Existing Entry

If your current entry in _data/team_members.yml is:

- name: Omkar Patil
  website: https://omkarpatil18.github.io/
  photo: s2.jpg
  info: PhD Student
  joined: Fall 2023

And you want to update your photo and website, change it to:

- name: Omkar Patil
  website: https://my-new-website.com/
  photo: omkar_patil.jpg
  info: PhD Student
  joined: Fall 2023

Then place omkar_patil.jpg in the images/teampic/ folder.

Example: Adding a New Entry

Add a new block at the end of the appropriate file (team_members.yml for PhD, students.yml for Masters):

- name: Jane Doe
  website: https://janedoe.com/
  photo: jane_doe.jpg
  info: Masters Student
  joined: Spring 2026

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Adding a New Publication

Publications are listed in _data/publist.yml. Publication images go in images/pubpic/.

Publication Fields

- title: "Your Paper Title"
  image: your_paper_figure.png
  description: "A brief description of the paper (1–3 sentences)."
  authors: Author One, Author Two, Author Three
  link:
    url: https://arxiv.org/abs/XXXX.XXXXX
    display: "2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)"
  highlight: 1

Field	Description
title	The full title of the paper.
image	Filename of a figure/thumbnail in images/pubpic/. Use a representative figure from the paper.
description	A short summary (1–3 sentences) of the paper.
authors	Comma-separated list of authors.
link.url	URL to the paper (arXiv, IEEE, conference page, etc.).
link.display	Venue name and year (e.g. ICRA 2026, IROS 2025).
highlight	Set to 1 to feature the paper prominently on the homepage, 0 otherwise.

Steps

1. Add your paper image to images/pubpic/ (a clear figure or diagram from the paper).

2. Add a new entry at the top of _data/publist.yml (newest publications should come first):

   - title: "My Awesome Paper Title"
     image: my_paper_fig.png
     description: "We propose a novel method for ..."
     authors: Alice, Bob, Charlie
     link:
       url: https://arxiv.org/abs/XXXX.XXXXX
       display: "ICRA 2026"
     highlight: 1

3. Follow the Git Workflow to submit a PR.

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Adding a News Item

News items are listed in _data/news.yml and appear on the homepage.

News Fields

- date: 1 January 2026
  headline: "Your news headline here. You can use [Markdown links](https://example.com)."

Field	Description
date	The date of the news item (e.g. Jan 1 2026, 15 December 2025).
headline	A short description. Supports Markdown-style links: [text](url).

Steps

1. Open _data/news.yml.

2. Add a new entry at the top of the file (newest first):

   - date: Feb 12 2026
     headline: "Our paper on [Cool Robots](https://arxiv.org/abs/XXXX.XXXXX) has been accepted to ICRA 2026!"

3. Follow the Git Workflow to submit a PR.

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Questions?

If you run into issues with the website, reach out to the lab members or open an issue on the GitHub repository.