Xianyi Cheng
· Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials ScienceDuke University · Civil & Environmental Engineering
About
I’m interested in everything about robotic manipulation. Manipulation is hard. Many manual tasks that are simple and repetitive for humans remain extremely difficult to automate. Manipulation is intriguing. There’s still so much we don’t fully understand — from contact mechanics, the complexity of motions, controlling these complex motions, interactive perception, to problem solving for complex physical tasks. Manipulation is the intelligence of motion evolved over hundreds of millions of years. Manipulation is the art of nature, now becoming the art through engineering and science. Manipulation is the future. Human-level dexterity in robotics will transform industries and people’s lives. I aspire to help bring a future where robotic manipulation enables more people to pursue lives of dignity, creativity, and fulfillment.
Research topics
- Mathematics
- Computer science
- Artificial intelligence
- Algorithm
- Combinatorics
Frequent coauthors
- 16 shared
Qiang Qiu
- 14 shared
Guillermo Sapiro
Duke University
- 14 shared
Yuval Kluger
Yale University
- 13 shared
Yao Xie
- 13 shared
Yao Xie
Georgia Institute of Technology
- 13 shared
Gal Mishne
University of California, San Diego
- 12 shared
Stefan Steinerberger
University of Washington
- 10 shared
Alexander Cloninger
University of California, San Diego
Education
- 2024
Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University
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