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Education, research, industry experience, and technical skills.
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Xun Kyrie Yang
Education
University of Oxford · Oxford Robotics Institute — Oxford, UK
Visiting Student, ARG · August–December 2026
Supervisor: Prof. Ioannis Havoutis
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) — Guangzhou, China
M.Phil. in Artificial Intelligence, Information Hub · August 2024–October 2026
Supervisor: Prof. Junwei Liang
Harbin Institute of Technology — Shenzhen, China
B.Eng. in Automation, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation · September 2020–June 2024
- Exchange: Innobay Bootcamp, Division of Integrative Systems and Design, HKUST · June–July 2024
- Exchange: Oxford Prospects Program, Pembroke College, University of Oxford · January–February 2024
Research experience
CatchItMan: Perception-Driven Humanoid Bimanual Catching · Ongoing
- Developing a whole-body RL framework for dynamic single-handed and bimanual ball catching on humanoid robots.
- Integrating depth-based perception / MoCap, ball trajectory prediction, policy distillation, and sim-to-real transfer.
MultiMimic: Multi-Robot Collaborative Loco-Manipulation via Differentiable World Model · Ongoing
- Learning coordinated multi-humanoid behaviors through multi-agent motion imitation for collaborative loco-manipulation tasks.
APOLLO: Adaptive Perception-driven cOntrol for Long-horizon Loco-manipulation
- Developed a hierarchical RL framework integrating exteroceptive vision with whole-body control for autonomous humanoid loco-manipulation tasks.
A Human-Centric Whole-Body Teleoperation Framework for Unitree G1
- Built a whole-body teleoperation system for the Unitree G1 humanoid using Apple Vision Pro.
Undergraduate Research in Bio-Sensing / Robotic Mechanism Design
Research Assistant · October 2023–May 2024
Supervisors: Prof. Zhiyong Wang / Prof. Yangkun Zhang
Work experience
Kinetix AI — Shenzhen, China
Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Intern · May–August 2026
- Developed Flow Matching policies for whole-body control on full-size humanoid robots.
- Built a policy distillation pipeline to compress multiple expert robot policies into a single deployable model.
Guangdong Robot Storm Co., Ltd. — Shenzhen, China
Robot Algorithm Engineer Intern · March–June 2024
- Developed an LLM-powered whole-body massage robot using tactile sensors and hybrid force/position control.
- Demonstrated the system at Miracle Plus in Beijing, contributing to securing a major investment round.
Shenzhen Novoage Energy Technology Co., Ltd. — Shenzhen, China
Embedded Software Engineer Intern · July–October 2023
- Optimized communication protocols among BMS, ARM boards, and PCs.
Publications
See the full publication list for papers and project links.
Technical skills
Programming & frameworks: Python, C++, C, PyTorch, Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, MJLab, ROS, Isaac Gym, Genesis.
Methods: PPO, AMP, DAgger, Teacher–Student Distillation, DeepMimic, SuperMimic, GVHMR, GMR, IK, FK.
Robotics hardware: Unitree G1/Go2/H2, Dex3 Hands, UFactory xArm, Vicon/OptiTrack, Livox Mid-360, RealSense D455, 6D F/T Sensors, Apple Vision Pro.
Awards & professional communication
- Outstanding MPhil Graduation Project · 2026
- Full Postgraduate Studentship · 2024–2026
- Innovation Special Prize · 2025
- Best Oral Presentation Award (Top 2%) · 2025
- Most Innovative Award, Innobay · 2024
- Producing Isaac Lab tutorials on Bilibili: 3k subscribers and 100k+ views.
- Delivered simulation tutorials during HKUST Orientation · 2025
Extracurricular life
President, English Association of HIT · July 2021–September 2023
Led a club with over 400 members, organized more than 20 English Corners, and co-founded a regional English Association League with THU and PKU graduate clubs.