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Zizhe Zhang

张 Zhang /d͡ʒɑːŋ/ 子哲 Zizhe /ˌd͡ziːˈd͡ʒə/
Robotics Researcher

I’m currently a first-year Robotics MSE student at the GRASP Lab, advised by Prof. Nadia Figueroa. I also work as a research assistant at Figueroa Robotics Lab@Penn. Previously, I received my bachelor’s degree in Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments from Southeast University, advised by Prof. Yuan Yang.

My research interests encompass Control Theory, Robot Learning, Human-Robot Interaction, and Task/Motion Planning.

News

Jun 21, 2025 I will serve as a volunteer in RSS 2025, Los Angeles.
Apr 09, 2025 Joined the DexLab at Duke University as a Visiting Scholar till August, under the supervision of Prof. Xianyi Cheng.
Feb 10, 2025 My first journal paper has been accepted to IEEE RA-L today!
Nov 14, 2024 Joined Figueroa Robotics Lab@Penn, under the supervision of Prof. Nadia Figueroa.

Selected Publications

  1. VLMgineer: Vision Language Models as Robotic Toolsmiths
    George Jiayuan Gao*, Tianyu Li*, Junyao Shi, Zizhe Zhang† , Yihan Li†, Nadia Figueroa, and Dinesh Jayaraman
    Oral Spotlight:sparkles: at RSS Workshop on Robot Hardware-Aware Intelligence, 2025
    Under Review, 2025
    pdf / Website
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    Image-Based Visual Servoing for Enhanced Cooperation of Dual-Arm Manipulation
    Zizhe Zhang, Yuan Yang, Wenqiang Zuo , Guangming Song, Aiguo Song , and Yang Shi
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025
    Also to be presented at IROS, 2025
    arXiv / Website

Professional Services

Reviwer: TRO, TIE

Volunteer: RSS 2025

Miscellaneous

🎮 Love playing CS2 and Football Manager.

⚽️ Love playing soccer, used to be a player of the varsity soccer team. Huge fan of Leicester City and Inter.