Kailin Li | 李恺林

I am currently a researcher at the Embodied AI Center, Shanghai AI Laboratory. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in June 2024, where I worked in the MVIG Lab under the supervision of Prof. Cewu Lu.

I now collaborate closely with Lixin Yang, Jingbo Wang, and Weinan Zhang, and previously gained valuable experience at the General Vision Lab, BIGAI. My research aims to build robot intelligence that can understand, learn, and act through physical interaction. I develop data-driven methods for dexterous manipulation and humanoid loco-manipulation, drawing on egocentric interaction data and embodied foundation models, with a focus on contact-rich skills, whole-body coordination, tool use, sim-to-real transfer, cross-embodiment generalization, and emerging VLA/WAM manipulation models.

I am looking for self-driven candidates to join us at Shanghai AI Lab. Researchers Engineers Jointly supervised Ph.D. students Interns Hands-on robot experience and strong ownership are especially welcome. Please reach out if you are interested in building embodied AI systems on real robots.