Xiao Hu

I’m a second-year Ph.D. student at Northeastern University, focusing on robot learning, advised by Prof. Gilbert Ye.

I previously studied at the South China University of Technology, and have been advised by Lei Zhang as an external advisor since then.

Xiao Hu

Experience

Industry research & engineering roles in robotics

Robotics Algorithm Engineer Pudu Robotics — X Lab
2024 – 2025
Robotics algorithm R&D
Research Engineer Tencent — Robotics X
2023 – 2024
Research on robotic manipulation and learning
Robotic Arm Algorithm R&D Engineer Xpeng Robotics (Intern)
2022 – 2023
Mentor: Dr. Chen Xiangyu
Robotics Researcher IDEA — Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Research Institute (Intern)
2021 – 2022
Mentor: Dr. Zhang Lei (IEEE Fellow)

Publications

Self-Designed Competition Robot

Top 1% · First Prize

Built two complete robots from concept to competition

Independently completed mechanical design, manufacturing, system integration, and competition deployment.

Mechanical Design Assembly System Integration

Awards & Service

Recognition and academic contributions

Awards

  • 2018 China Robot Competition — Dance Group First Prize
  • 2018 National College Student Mathematical Modeling — Provincial First Prize
  • 2019 National College Student Electronic Design — Provincial First Prize
  • 2017 China Engineering Robot Competition — Narrow Foot Race Second Prize
  • Shenzhen University Graduate First-class Scholarship

Academic Service

  • Vice Chair of 2026 IEEE Summit
  • Reviewer: ICRA, CoRL, IROS
  • Reviewer: IEEE Trans. on Human-Machine Systems
  • Reviewer: ACM Intl. Conf. on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Reviewer: IEEE MIT Undergrad Research Technology Conf.
  • Reviewer: IEEE Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Reality