Hello there! I am Zilin, a third-year PhD student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. I am co-advised by Prof. Zeynep Temel and Prof. Oliver Kroemer, and I am part of both the Zoom lab and the IAM lab. My research focuses on developing robotic hands and learning systems for dexterous manipulation. I am also passionate about designing and deploying tactile sensors on multi-finger hands to advance manipulation.
Recently, I completed a student researcher internship with Google DeepMind in London. Before that, I spent a summer of 2023 as a research intern working with Dr. Chuang Gan at MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab.
I earned my Master’s degree in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, where I had a great time working in the RoboTouch Lab (now affiliated with UIUC), advised by Prof. Wenzhen Yuan. My research there focused on example-based tactile simulation and its sim-to-real applications.
I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at ShanghaiTech University. As an undergraduate researcher, I worked with Prof. Laurent Kneip in Mobile Perception Lab; I also interned with Robot Perception Lab as part of the RISS program, advised by Prof. Michael Kaess.
Outside of work, I love dancing ballet, rock climbing, and spending time with my cat, Bobo.