I’m Chendong Xin, an incoming Ph.D. student in Robotics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where I will work with Prof. Danfei Xu.
I received my B.Eng. in Automation from Tsinghua University, where I worked with Prof. Xiang Li in the Intelligent Robotic Manipulation Lab. I also worked with Prof. Shuran Song at the REALab at Stanford University as an undergraduate visiting researcher.
My research focuses on robot learning and robotic manipulation, with an emphasis on learning from diverse human data and enabling dexterous, contact-rich manipulation. I am particularly interested in building robotic systems that operate reliably in real-world environments.
My interest in robotics started when I participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition (Team 6907) during high school.
Research Interests
My work focuses on bridging the gap between human dexterity and robotic capabilities:
🧠 Learning from Diverse Data — Learning from diverse data sources: egocentric videos, robot data, and human interventions
🖐️ Dexterous Manipulation — Enabling robot hands to perform complex, contact-rich manipulation tasks
🧩 Vision-Language-Action Models — Building foundation models for generalizable robotic manipulation
🤖 Real-world Robotic Systems - Building full-stack robotic systems that operate reliably in the real world
Quick Links
🔬 Projects - Current and past research projects
📚 Publications - Journal and conference publications
📋 CV - Complete curriculum vitae
Latest Updates
- [2026.6.27] - I received my B.Eng. in Automation from Tsinghua University and was honored with the Outstanding Graduate Award and Outstanding Bachelor’s Thesis Award.
- [2026.1.15] - Our paper Analyzing Key Objectives in Human-to-Robot Retargeting for Dexterous Manipulation is accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice.
- [2025.6.21] - I start my internship at Stanford REALab as an undergraduate visiting student, working with Prof. Shuran Song.
- [2025.5.22] - We win the Picking-in-Clutter Track of the Robotics Grasping and Manipulation Competition (RGMC) at ICRA 2025.
- [2025.5.19] - I present our paper Analyzing Key Objectives in Human-to-Robot Retargeting for Dexterous Manipulation at ICRA 2025 Workshop “Handy Moves: Dexterity in Multi-Fingered Hands”.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D. in Robotics
Advisor: Danfei Xu
2026 – Present
Tsinghua University
B.Eng. in Automation
2022 – 2026
Research Experience
Stanford University
Undergraduate Visiting Researcher, REALab
Advisor: Shuran Song
2025
Tsinghua University
Research Assistant, Intelligent Robotic Manipulation Lab
Advisor: Xiang Li
2023-2026
Contact
I’m always interested in discussing robotics, AI, and potential collaborations. Feel free to reach out via email or connect with me on GitHub!