About me

I am a Senior Research Scientist at FANUC Advanced Research Laboratory working on physical AI, robot learning, and intelligent robotic manipulation. My current research focuses on Vision-Language-Action models, reinforcement learning, multimodal perception, and deployment of learned policies on physical robots. I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, where I studied controls, optimization, and artificial intelligence with Prof. Masayoshi Tomizuka. My research has spanned the full robotics stack, including sensor integration, 3D perception, human behavior prediction, task and motion planning, robot control, machine learning, and real-world robotic system deployment. My broader research goal is to build robotic systems that combine the generalization capabilities of modern foundation models with the precision, reliability, safety, and real-time performance required in the physical world.

Awards

2016-2018 Berkeley Fellowship, UC Berkeley
2017 Department Award, UC Berkeley
2015 Guo Moruo Scholarship (highest honor for undergraduates in USTC)
2014 National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of P. R. China