I am a research intern at the University of Washington in Prof. Dieter Fox’s group and a senior at Xinjiang University. Previously, I worked on robotic manipulation at Tsinghua AIR.
My research focuses on how robots can learn from visual experience and use it to guide their actions. I am particularly interested in:
World-action models and representations
How can we learn representations that capture physical dynamics and task-relevant information, supporting both prediction and action?
In-context robot learning
How can robots adapt to new tasks using human and robot demonstrations as context?
From understanding to control
How can we translate the visual understanding of foundation models into reliable robot actions, using feedback to adapt and recover from mistakes?
I’m always happy to discuss research and potential collaborations—feel free to reach out!
News
[2025.11] One paper accepted to WACV 2026 !
[2025.11] One paper accepted to AAAI 2026 !
[2025.08] One paper accepted to CoRL 2025 !
[2025.07] Our team HURRICANE won the First Prize in RoboCon 2025 !
[2025.06] One paper accepted to ICCV 2025 !
Research
Representative papers are highlighted.
Flex-π: A Multi-Stream World-Action Model with Compute Flexibility
Ge Yan*,
Jinghao Liu*,
Yuzhi Fan*,
Lei Cai,
Minwen Liao,
Jesse Zhang†,
Dieter Fox† Preprint, 2026
We introduce Flex-π, a multi-stream world-action model that jointly predicts RGB, 3D geometry, object semantics, and actions while supporting flexible inference modes from a single checkpoint.
GM-MoE: Low-Light Enhancement with Gated-Mechanism Mixture-of-Experts Minwen Liao*,
Hao Bo Dong*,
Xinyi Wang*,
Kurban Ubul†,
Yihua Shao†,
Ziyang Yan† ICCV, 2025
We propose RoboChemist, a framework for autonomous robotic chemical experimentation with long-horizon planning and safety compliance.
Beyond Research
My journey into robotics began with the RoboCon competition, where I developed my passion for computer vision and embodied intelligence.
Beyond research, I enjoy playing the violin 🎻, running marathons 🏃, and capturing moments through photography 📷. These hobbies inspire my creativity and keep me balanced.
