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Xinyuan Luo

PhD Student
Duke University
xl521@duke.edu


About Me

My name is Xinyuan Luo. I am a second-year PhD student in Robotics at Duke University, co-advised by Prof. Xianyi Cheng at the Robot Dexterity Lab and Prof. Boyuan Chen at the General Robotics Lab.

Before starting my PhD, I worked as a Robot Learning Engineer at Kepler Robotics, focusing on dual-arm manipulation for humanoid robots in industrial applications.

I earned my Master’s degree in Autonomy and Robotics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advised by Prof. Wenzhen Yuan.

I received my Bachelor of Engineering from the School of Sensing Science and Technology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, advised by Prof. Hongbing Li, mentored by Prof. Zhenyu Huang.

I am a passionate roboticist dedicated to the realization of general humanoid robots, aiming to contribute significantly to this field. My dream is to start my own company in robotics and help humanity achieve this technological milestone.

I enjoy making friends with people from diverse backgrounds. Feel free to contact me via Email or WeChat: lxynzmzmc, or connect with me on X.

Research Interests

Humanoid whole-body control, compliance, physical interaction, and loco-manipulation; robotic system integration and agentic robotics.

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Selected Publications

  1. CEER2: Directional and Tunable End-Effector and Root Compliance for Humanoid Loco-Manipulation
    Xinyuan Luo, Chunyuan Yang, Boyuan Chen, Xianyi Cheng
    In submission
    PDF Video Project Page Live Demo

  2. IROS
    CEER: Compliant End-Effector and Root Control as a Unified Interface for Hierarchical Humanoid Loco-Manipulation
    Xinyuan Luo, Xingrui Chen, Xunjian Yin, Hongxuan Wu, Boxi Xia, Zhuoqun Chen, Jinzhou Li, Boyuan Chen, Xianyi Cheng
    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2026.
    PDF Video Project Page

  3. IROS
    An Intelligent Robotic System for Perceptive Pancake Batter Stirring and Precise Pouring
    Xinyuan Luo*, Shengmiao Jin*, Hung-Jui Huang, Wenzhen Yuan (*Equal contribution)
    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2024.
    PDF Video Project Page Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Finalist

  4. IROS
    A Perception-Manipulation Robotic System for Food Cutting
    Xinyuan Luo, Wenzhen Yuan
    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2026.
    PDF Video Project Page

Projects

  1. Course Project
    Grasping Frictions Prediction of Common Groceries Using Tactile Sensing
    Xinyuan Luo, Wenzhen Yuan
    Course Project at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    PDF Video Course Project

  2. Undergrad thesis
    Tendon-driven Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot Based on Double-position Closed-loop Detection
    Xinyuan Luo, Hongbing Li(Adviser)
    Undergraduate Thesis at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    PDF Undergrad Thesis

  3. Personal project
    Tanikaze Amane: AI Girlfriend Powered by LLM
    Xinyuan Luo
    Permanent memory/Understanding image/large ACG words database/likability system/State transfer model
    Project Page Sold 200+ copies on Taobao

  4. Startup Project
    Pix: An Intelligent Aircraft Acoustic Monitoring System
    Jia'an Chen, Qi Chen, Danyang Wang, Xinyuan Luo, Mingxiang Gu, Peiyun Hu, Muyun Ding, Ningxuan Gao, Le Liang, Zijun Liu, Xinyu Tu, Kaixin Wei, Siqi Xu, Ronghui Zhou, Yujing Zheng, Junpu Wang, Chunyu Zhao, Yuejun Wu, Manhua Liu, Zhenyu Huang
    The 9th China International College Students' Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
    PDF Silver Award

  5. Undergrad project
    Human and Aerial Robot Collaborate to Carry Object
    Xinyuan Luo, Mengxin Xu, Hesheng Wang(Adviser)
    Unfinished due to COVID
    PDF Personal First scientific project

  6. PRP project
    Unmanned Boat Charging System
    Xinyuan Luo*, Jiazhen Liu, Qiwen Chen, Ning Ma, Xiwen Min, Yuchao Liu, Chunyu Zhao(Adviser) (*group leader)
    Embedded Chip and System Design Competition 2021
    PDF (Chinese) Second Prize of the East China Area

  7. Course project
    Dormitory Bathroom Occupancy Monitoring System
    Xinyuan Luo*, Qiwen Chen, Qingyun Hu, Songquan Xie, Wei Xu (*group leader)
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University Engineering Innovation Project Exhibition 2019
    PDF (Chinese) Outstanding Project


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