Haoyang (Harry) Li

Hi!👋 My name is Harry Li, and I am a Robotics Engineer and Researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego, where I am advised by Prof. Hao Su.

During my undergraduate years, I received BS in Mechanical Engineering and led an entrepreneurial initiative focused on healthcare robotics (see here). After graduation, I joined Hillbot as an early team member, devoting myself to Embodied AI entrepreneurship. My work involved hardware development and innovative robotics solutions with VLA and world model, which also gave me hands-on experience in scaling emerging technologies within a startup environment 🏄🏻‍♂️

Research Interests:

• Neural Simulation & Physical Dynamics: Developing neural architectures for modeling complex physical dynamics and building foundation agent systems that can reason about physical interactions
• Physics-Informed Vision-Language Models: Enhancing VLMs with deeper physical understanding to enable more accurate scene interpretation and prediction
• Adaptive Human-Robot Interaction: Creating intuitive interfaces and interaction paradigms that enable seamless collaboration between humans and intelligent systems

My long-term vision is to expand the boundaries of AI's understanding of the physical world, developing embodied agents that can not only interact with complex real-world environments but also continuously learn and evolve through their experiences.

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