people
Members of our Robotics Cognition and Learning (RCL) group at MBZUAI
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Prof. Xingxing Zuo
We conduct cutting-edge research on robust spatial intelligence for mobile robots to advance open-world autonomy.
Our long-term research vision is to enable natural interaction and seamless collaboration between robots and humans in open environments through precise understanding of robot states, surrounding 3D scenes, and action execution.
PhD Students
PhD Student
Huajian Zeng
Research Interests: Robot Manipulation, 3D Computer Vision, Multi-modal Perception
Education:
- PhD student in Robotics @ MBZUAI
- M.S. in Computer Science @ TU Munich
- B.S. in Computer Engineering @ TU Berlin
PhD Student
Yuantai Zhang
Research Interests: Multi-sensor Fusion, SLAM, Robotics Navigation
Education:
- PhD student in Robotics @ MBZUAI
- M.S. in Navigation, Guidance and Control @ Wuhan University
- B.S. in Navigation Engineering @ Wuhan University
PhD Student
Yasser Ashraf Saleh Attia
Research Interests: Robotics teleportation, Egocentric Vision, Embodied AI
Education:
- PhD student in Machine Learning @ MBZUAI
- M.S. in Machine Learning @ MBZUAI
- B.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering @ E-JUST
Visiting Students
Visiting PhD Student
Jiaqi Yang
Research Interests: Event-based Vision, SLAM, Object Pose Estimation, Embodied AI
Education:
- PhD student @ ShanghaiTech
- B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology @ ShanghaiTech
MSc Students
M.Sc. Student
Chenru Wen
Research Interests: SLAM, Embodied AI, Robot Navigation, 3D Detection/Reconstruction
Education:
- M.S. Student in Robotics @ MBZUAI (Co-Advised with Prof. Dezhen Song)
- B.S. in Computer Science @ Tsinghua University
Former Students Supervised by Prof. Xingxing Zuo
Prof. Xingxing Zuo also supervised many other students before joining MBZUAI, including:
- Xiaolei Lang (PhD, ZJU; Co-advised with Porf. Yong Liu), 2020.09 – now.
- Kevin Do (B.Sc, Caltech), 2024.06 – 2025.03.
- Peilun Guo (M.Sc, TUM), 2023.06 – 2023.01.
- Juan Galvis (M.Sc, TUM), 2023.04 – 2023.01.
- Jens Naumann (M.Sc, TUM), 2023.04 – 2023.12.
- Hanfeng Wu (M.Sc, TUM), 2023.04 – 2023.11.
- Yixin Mai (M.Sc, TUM), 2023.02 – 2023.11.
- Chuanlong Zang (M.Sc, TUM), 2023.02 – 2023.10.
- Yining Ma (M.Sc, TUM), 2022.10 – 2023.04.
- Yingye Xin (M.Sc, TUM), 2022.10 – 2023.11.
- Dongyue Lu (M.Sc, TUM), 2022.09 – 2023.05.
- Zhijie Ye (M.Sc, TUM), 2021.12 – 2022.08.
- Jingyuan Ma (M.Sc, ETH), 2020.02 – 2020.08.
- Jiajun Lv (PhD, ZJU; Co-advised with Porf. Yong Liu), 2018.09 – 2023.06.
- etc.
We wish all of them the best of success!