I am an M.S. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, specializing in Intelligent Systems, Robotics & Control. Previously, I received my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore.

My interests lie broadly in embodied AI, with a current focus on robot learning and dexterous manipulation. My experience spans manipulation benchmarks, learning-based methods, and real-world robot experiments. I am interested in building robotic systems that can perform tasks reliably in everyday environments and are intuitive for people to work with.

I am exploring PhD, research, and internship opportunities in robotics, and I welcome opportunities to collaborate. Please feel free to reach out!

Email: zhmu@ucsd.edu

News

• [Sep 2026] T(R,O) Grasp++ was accepted to CoRL 2026!
• [Sep 2026] ManiLadder was accepted to the IROS 2026 Workshop on Rethinking Bimanual Manipulation Beyond Single-Arm Policies and received the Outstanding Paper Award!
• [Sep 2026] A new chapter in San Diego⛵️🌵☀️! I began my M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, focusing on Intelligent Systems, Robotics & Control.
• [Jun 2026] Graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science), Honours (Highest Distinction), and a Minor in Mathematics! 🦁🎓

Publications & Preprints

T(R,O) Grasp++: Cross-Embodiment Dexterous Grasping in Cluttered Environments at Scale

Xin Fei , Zhixuan Xu , Huaicong Fang , Fangjun Chen , Zhaoyu Mu , Rui Yang , Zhexi Luo , Lin Shao

Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2026

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ManiLadder : Benchmarking Manipulation Intelligence Frontier via a Categorized and Multi-Level Task Ladder

Chongkai Gao ^* , Jieao Shi ^* , Zhaoyu Mu ^* , Yudi Lin , Xuanwei Liu , Wei Ken Ng , Baiye Cheng , Anqi Chen , Kerun Liu , Zhuoran Li , Xuchuan Huang , Shengjia Zhu , Nga Teng Chan , Xingyu Chen , Lin Shao

IROS 2026 Workshop on Rethinking Bimanual Manipulation Beyond Single-Arm Policies

Outstanding Paper Award

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Functional D(R,O) Grasp: A Language-Guided Cross-Embodiment Functional Dexterous Grasping

Wanqi Zhong ^* , Zhixuan Xu ^* , Chongkai Gao , Zhaoyu Mu , Yunfan Low , Lin Shao

In Submission

paper Website