About

I am currently working as a VLA model researcher at Lumos Robotics, where I focus on robot manipulation and long-horizon tasks. My recent work includes depth-modality integration for VLA models, mask-guided object-centric manipulation, and improving non-Markovian long-horizon task execution through subtask decomposition and high-level memory modules. More broadly, I am interested in physical world models, VLA models, and robot learning that can understand and interact with the physical world.

I am seeking PhD opportunities in robotics, especially around physical world models, VLA models, and other related areas.

Education

2023/09-2025/10

MSc Robotics, Delft University of Technology

2019/09-2023/06

BEng Aircraft Design and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2022/07-2022/08

Robotics Summer School, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

Selected Projects

UMI-Bench 1.0: An Open and Reproducible Real-World Benchmark for Tabletop Robotic Manipulation with UMI Data

2026 · Robotic manipulation / UMI / Benchmark

Shi Jin, Yuntian Wang, Yuhui Duan, Di Wu, Gaoqi Dong, Xiaohang Liu, Xiaotong Li, Hongfei Jia, Zehao Zhang, Tianyu Wang, Zhongjie Jia, Yuanqi Yao, Chenjia Bai, Zhaxizhuoma, Siao Liu, Nieqing Cao, Jin Wang, Chao Yu, Yan Ding

An open and reproducible real-world benchmark for tabletop robotic manipulation with UMI data.

Working Experience and Internships

2025/12-now

Embodied AI Researcher, Lumos Robotics, Suzhou

2024/08-2024/12

Research Intern, TU Delft Autonomous Multi-Robots Lab, Delft

2023/07-2023/08

ROS Engineer, Bayer Crop Science, Shanghai

Awards

Competitions

  • RoboMaster 2021 National, third prize
  • RoboMaster 2021 Central Division, second prize
  • RoboCup China Open 3D Detection, third prize
  • RoboCup China Open Medical Robots Track, third prize
  • Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Training Competition, second prize
  • RoboMaster 2020 Online, second prize

Academic Honors

  • First-Class Academic Scholarship, 3 times
  • Second-Class Excellent Student Scholarship, 2 times
  • Merit Student Honor, 2 times

Contact

Email: xiaotongli0105@gmail.com · GitHub: Bojack-BJ