Jinzhou Li

I'm an incoming Robotics Ph.D. student at Duke University. Currently, I'm a Visiting Research Student at the Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies (CFCS) in the School of Computer Science at Peking University, supervised by Prof. Hao Dong.

Previously, I received my Master's degree from Cornell University, where I was advised by Prof. Maha Haji and work closely with Prof. Daniel Hastings. Prior to this, I studied Computer Science at the University of Vermont.

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Publications

My research focuses on enabling robots to achieve human-level dexterity in complex environments. I work on bridging the gap between human and robotic capabilities through dexterous manipulation, tactile sensing, and machine learning approaches.

* Equal Contribution

TwinAligner: Visual and Physical Real2Sim2Real All-in-one for Robotic Manipulation

Hongwei Fan*, Hang Dai*, Jiyao Zhang*, Jinzhou Li, Qiyang Yan, Yujie Zhao, Yuxuan Lai, Hao Tang, Hao Dong
Preprint, 2025
Coming Soon!

A novel Real2Sim2Real system addressing both visual and physics gaps.



ClutterDexGrasp: A Sim-to-Real System for General Dexterous Target Grasping in Cluttered Scenes

Zeyuan Chen*, Qiyang Yan*, Yuanpei Chen*, Tianhao Wu, Jiyao Zhang, Zihan Ding, Jinzhou Li, Yaodong Yang, Hao Dong
Preprint, 2025
website

We propose the first close-loop sim-to-real system for general dexterous grasping in cluttered scenes.



Adaptive Visual-Tactile Fusion with Predictive Force Attention for Dexterous Manipulation

Jinzhou Li*, Tianhao Wu*, Jiyao Zhang**, Zeyuan Chen**, Haotian Jin, Mingdong Wu, Yujun Shen, Yaodong Yang, Hao Dong
Preprint, 2025
arXiv, website, code

A future force-guided attention fusion module that adaptively adjusts the weights of visual and tactile features.



SimLauncher: Launching Sample-Efficient Real-world Robotic Reinforcement Learning via Simulation Pre-training

Mingdong Wu*, Lehong Wu*, Yizhuo Wu*, Weiyao Huang, Hongwei Fan, Zheyuan Hu, Haoran Geng, Jinzhou Li, Jiahe Ying, Long Yang, Yuanpei Chen, Hao Dong
Preprint, 2025
arXiv, website

We combine the strengths of real-world RL and real-to-sim-to-real approaches to accelerate policy learning.



Canonical Representation and Force-Based Pretraining of 3D Tactile for Dexterous Visuo-Tactile Policy Learning

Tianhao Wu, Jinzhou Li*, Jiyao Zhang*, Mingdong Wu, Hao Dong
ICRA 2025
arXiv, website, code

A novel 3D tactile data representation and force-based pretraining to enhance dexterous manipulation learning.



Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant - Meta CS 4/5782: Intro to Deep Learning, Fall 2023, Cornell University

Professional Activities

  • Conference Reviewer: ICRA 2024, 2025


Oct, 2024.

Design and source code from Jon Barron's website.