CV

Education

  • 2021
    PhD in Robotics
    Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2017
    Master in Robotics
    Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2015
    Bachelor of Engineering
    Automation, Tsinghua University

Experience

  • 2024 - Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Stanford University
  • 2021 - 2024
    Applied Scientist
    Amazon Robotics
    • Led manipulation policy design from prototyping to production for the Stow-to-fabric-pod project
    • Owned motion planning and trajectory generation for the pinch-grasping project.
  • 2019 May - Aug
    Visiting Student Researcher
    MCube Lab, MIT
    • Developed manipulation strategies to selectively chose grasps with high observability and manipulability.
    • Built a motion planning pipeline for bi-manual picking and regrasping in the industrial kitting problem.
  • 2018 June - Aug
    Research Intern
    Toyota Research Institute
    • Developed a hierarchical motion prototyping pipeline to quickly design and adapt complex motion strategies.
    • Work was included in the TRI Board-of-Directors Demo.

Honors and Awards

  • 2014
    • Robocup Adultsize 3rd place worldwide
    • Leader of a team of 15 students
  • 2013
    • 1st Place in IJCAI 2013 Robot Competition
  • 2012 - 2014
    • National Fellowships
    • Tencent Weiai Innovation Fellowships
    • Tsinghua HAGE Fellowships
    • Tsinghua-Samsung Fellowships
    • Tsinghua-CICS Fellowships

Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant
    • Robotics and Autonomous Systems Seminar, Fall 2024, Stanford University
  • Teaching Assistant
    • 16-642 Manipulation, Estimation, and Control, Spring 2019, CMU
    • lecture on Optimal Control
  • Teaching Assistant
    • 16-741 Mechanics of Manipulation, Fall 2019, CMU
    • lecture on Force Control