About
I am deeply committed to advancing the field of robotics with a focus on the integration of cognitive and athletic intelligence to create robotics foundation models that could revolutionize our modern industry and society.
Please refer to my CV here
I’m currently in NUS as a visiting intern in Prof. Lin Shao’s group working on a project of cross-embodiment dexterous hand grasping based on generative models and RL. Before that, I was a master student at Georgia tech. Took ECE and CS courses like image processing, C++ programming, random processes, machine learning, deep learning, and robot intelligence with straight-A scores. I completed bachelors in Qingdao University with a major of Mechanical Engineering, where I did a couple of successful robot competitions for university students, and gained experience in embedded systesm, motion control, as well as computer vision, which was also the topic of my undergrad thesis.
Education & Experiences
- National University of Singapore, Research Intern, June 2024-Present
- Georgia Institute of Technology, M.Sc. ECE, Expected Dec 2024
- Qingdao University, B.Sc. ME, June 2021
Honors & Awards
- National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2021
- Provincial Outstanding Graduates, Shandong Provincial Education Department, 2021
- Nation Scholarship, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2019
Publication
Cross-embodiment of dexterous end-effectors on various objects and tasks (On-going)
Evaluation of Transportation Systems and Novel UV-Oriented Solution for Integration, Resilience, Inclusiveness and Sustainability
Lixin Xu, Lin Li, Kunniang Liu, Jiarui Zhang, Yuanning Chang, Yunpeng Fang, Hao Yuan, Zhiyuan Yang, Jingyuan Chen, Yiyao Wang, Yajun Fang
IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (UV), 2020
Projects
The 6th National Engineering Training Competition - Material Handling Robot
- Embedded system (STM32) programming and design
- Computer vision (OpenMV module, Paspberry Pi)
- Mechanical structural design
Monocular Depth Estimation - FADE Ain’t Depth Estimation (CS7643)
- MiDaS and LeRes as backbone
- Double estimation, patch estimation and Merge Net to boost performance
Attention-Based Video Inpainting Technique for Wire-Removal Scenarios (ECE6258)
- G2L-net (Global to Local) with Transformer
- Window-sliding Technique
C++ Simulation, Games and Visualization (ECE6122)
- CUDA-based thermal conduction simulation
- Buzzy’s Revenge, a multimedia game based on SFML library
- Gatech Buzzy Bowl Game, a multi-threaded 3D simulation using OpenGL
ORB-based Stereo Vision Odometry
- Designed PyVO: an ORB-SLAM inspired Python Visual Odometry
- Recorded own dataset in dorm
undergrad thesis | code
Miscellaneous
Sports: skiing, hiking, biking, table tennis
I like skiing, and I went skiing 5 times this winter. I also like hiking and biking, especially in natural resorts. I’m also a table tennis player from a very young age.
Traveling: 6 countries, 21 domestic provinces
Driven by my wanderlust, I have journeyed to 6 different countries (Singapore, France, Czechia, Austria, Hungary) and 21 provinces in China.
Languages: CN, EN, DE, JP
I’m a language enthusiast. My preferred languages: Chinese (native), English (IELTS7.5/GRE322), German (roughly B1), Japanese (roughly N4), and Cantonese (beginner).
Two persons I admire the most: Geoffrey Hinton for his dedication to neural net research and Elon Musk for his aspiration and enthusiasm.