Zhenjun Yu

My name is Zhenjun Yu. I'm a robotics researcher at X Square Robot, working on dexterous manipulation for everyday tasks. I obtained my master's and bachelor’s degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), advised by Prof. Cewu Lu and Dr. Wenqiang Xu. My educational experiences include:

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.Art) @ French, minor in Information Engineering,
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2023;
  • Master of Engineering (M.Eng) @ Information Engineering,
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Sep. 2023 - Mar. 2026.
My research interest lies in Robotics, Tactile Sensing, 3D Reconstruction, and Reinforcement Learning.

My hobbies include basketball, debates and Model United Nations. I was a member of the basketball team and debate team of our institute.

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Research
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[Feb. 2026] 2 papers accepted by ICRA 2026!
[Aug. 2025] 1 paper accepted by CoRL 2025!
[Jun. 2025] 1 paper accepted by ICCV 2025!
[Dec. 2024] 1 paper accepted by RA-L!
[Sept. 2024] 1 paper accepted by Nature Communications!
[July. 2024] 1 paper accepted by RA-L!
[Feb. 2024] 1 paper accepted by CVPR 2024!
[Jan. 2024] 1 paper accepted by RA-L!
[Aug. 2023] 1 paper accepted by CoRL 2023!
[Apr. 2023] 1 paper accepted by RSS 2023!
[Feb. 2023] 1 paper accepted by CVPR 2023!

Research
* indicates equal contribution.

Precise Robotic Needle-Threading with Tactile Perception and Reinforcement Learning

Zhenjun Yu*, Wenqiang Xu*, Siqiong Yao, Jieji Ren, Tutian Tang, Yutong Li, Guoying Gu, Cewu Lu
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2023

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Visual-Tactile Sensing for In-Hand Object Reconstruction

Wenqiang Xu*, Zhenjun Yu*, Han Xue, Ruolin Ye, Siqiong Yao, Cewu Lu.
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2023

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Dynamic Reconstruction of Hand-Object Interaction with Distributed Force-aware Contact Representation

Zhenjun Yu*, Wenqiang Xu*, Pengfei Xie, Yutong Li, Cewu Lu
IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2025

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AgentWorld:An Interactive Simulation Platform for Scene Construction and Mobile Robotic Manipulation

Yizheng Zhang*, Zhenjun Yu*, Jiaxin Lai, Cewu Lu, Lei Han
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2025

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Offline reinforced finetuning for chunk-based VLA via real-world RL policy distillation with vision-guided copilot

Yihao Wu*, Zhenjun Yu*, Shun Yin, Zhihao Wang, Xueqian Wang
IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 2026

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FBI: Learning Dexterous In-hand Manipulation with Dynamic Visuotactile Shortcut Policy

Yijin Chen*, Wenqiang Xu*, Zhenjun Yu, Tutian Tang, Yutong Li, Siqiong Yao, Cewu Lu
IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 2026

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DexTOG: Learning Task-Oriented Dexterous Grasp with Language Condition

Jieyi Zhang, Wenqiang Xu, Zhenjun Yu, Pengfei Xie, Tutian Tang, Cewu Lu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2024

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TacIPC: Intersection-and Inversion-free FEM-based Elastomer Simulation For Optical Tactile Sensors

Wenxin Du, Wenqiang Xu, Jieji Ren, Zhenjun Yu, Cewu Lu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2024

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Capturing forceful interaction with deformable objects using a deep learning-powered stretchable tactile array

Chunpeng Jiang*, Wenqiang Xu*, Yutong Li, Zhenjun Yu et al.
Nature Communications 2024

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DiPGrasp: Parallel Local Searching for Efficient Differentiable Grasp Planning

Wenqiang Xu*, Jieyi Zhang*, Tutian Tang, Zhenjun Yu, Yutong Li, Cewu Lu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2024

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Rfuniverse: A Multiphysics Simulation Platform for Embodied AI

Haoyuan Fu*, Wenqiang Xu*, Ruolin Ye*, Han Xue, Zhenjun Yu, Tutian Tang, Yutong Li, Wenxin Du, Jieyi Zhang, Cewu Lu
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2023

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MS-MANO: Enabling Hand Pose Tracking with Biomechanical Constraints

Pengfei Xie*, Wenqiang Xu*, Tutian Tang, Zhenjun Yu, Cewu Lu
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2023

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Professional Service

Reviewer: ICCV 25', CoRL 25'.


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