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Publications (10)

cs.CV2025

TopoGaussian: Inferring Internal Topology Structures from Visual Clues

Xiaoyu Xiong, Changyu Hu, Chunru Lin +3

We present TopoGaussian, a holistic, particle-based pipeline for inferring the interior structure of an opaque object from easily accessible photos and videos as input. Traditional…

cs.CV2022

3D Concept Grounding on Neural Fields

Yining Hong, Yilun Du, Chunru Lin +2

In this paper, we address the challenging problem of 3D concept grounding (i.e. segmenting and learning visual concepts) by looking at RGBD images and reasoning about paired questi…

cs.RO2026

GS-Agent: Creating 4D Physical Worlds With Generative Simulation

Hongxin Zhang, Chunru Lin, Junyan Li +3

Creating dynamic and physically realistic 4D worlds from natural language descriptions is both fascinating and challenging. Traditional computer graphics methods rely on manual cre…

cs.CV2025

LuciBot: Automated Robot Policy Learning from Generated Videos

Xiaowen Qiu, Yian Wang, Jiting Cai +4

Automatically generating training supervision for embodied tasks is crucial, as manual designing is tedious and not scalable. While prior works use large language models (LLMs) or…

cs.RO2024

UBSoft: A Simulation Platform for Robotic Skill Learning in Unbounded Soft Environments

Chunru Lin, Jugang Fan, Yian Wang +6

It is desired to equip robots with the capability of interacting with various soft materials as they are ubiquitous in the real world. While physics simulations are one of the pred…

cs.RO2026

RoboWits: Unexpected Challenges for Robotic Creative Problem Solving

Chunru Lin, Hongxin Zhang, Fenghao Yu +5

The ability to reason, adapt, and creatively solve problems under unexpected challenges is essential for robots operating in real-world environments. However, current robotic bench…

cs.LG2023

DiffVL: Scaling Up Soft Body Manipulation using Vision-Language Driven Differentiable Physics

Zhiao Huang, Feng Chen, Yewen Pu +3

Combining gradient-based trajectory optimization with differentiable physics simulation is an efficient technique for solving soft-body manipulation problems. Using a well-crafted…

cs.CV2023

3D Concept Learning and Reasoning from Multi-View Images

Yining Hong, Chunru Lin, Yilun Du +3

Humans are able to accurately reason in 3D by gathering multi-view observations of the surrounding world. Inspired by this insight, we introduce a new large-scale benchmark for 3D…

cs.RO2026

DLO-Lab: Benchmarking Deformable Linear Object Manipulations with Differentiable Physics

Junyi Cao, Yian Wang, Ziyan Xiong +3

We address the challenge of enabling robots to manipulate deformable linear objects (DLOs), such as ropes, cables, and rubber bands. Prior work has primarily focused on narrow, tas…

cs.RO2025

RobotSmith: Generative Robotic Tool Design for Acquisition of Complex Manipulation Skills

Chunru Lin, Haotian Yuan, Yian Wang +7

Endowing robots with tool design abilities is critical for enabling them to solve complex manipulation tasks that would otherwise be intractable. While recent generative frameworks…