Research Focus Areas

Active

Robot Perception & State Estimation

Developing robust multi-sensor fusion algorithms (LiDAR-Inertial-Camera) for accurate robot localization and mapping in challenging environments

Visual-Inertial Odometry LiDAR SLAM Multi-Sensor Fusion +1 more
Active

3D Vision & Spatial AI

Advancing 3D scene understanding through neural radiance fields, Gaussian splatting, and foundation model integration for holistic scene representation

Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) 3D Gaussian Splatting Dense 3D Reconstruction +1 more
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Embodied AI & Human-Robot Interaction

Enabling robots to understand, interact with, and manipulate objects in open environments through vision-language-action models and hand-object interaction

Hand-Object Interaction Mobile Manipulation Vision-Language-Action (VLA) +1 more

Team

Principal Investigators

Xingxing Zuo

Xingxing Zuo

Assistant Professor & Lab Director

Leading the Robotics Cognition and Learning (RCL) Group at MBZUAI, focusing on robot perception, 3D vision, and embodied AI.

Robot Perception 3D Computer Vision Visual-Inertial Learning

Postdoctoral Researchers

Hongjia Zhai

Hongjia Zhai

Postdoctoral Researcher

3D Computer Vision Embodied AI

PhD Students

Huajian Zeng

Huajian Zeng

PhD Student

Robot Manipulation 3D Vision Multi-modal Perception
Yuantai Zhang

Yuantai Zhang

PhD Student

Multi-sensor Fusion SLAM Robotics Navigation
Han Zhou

Han Zhou

PhD Student

Haoran Zhang

Haoran Zhang

PhD Student

Robot Manipulation Dexterous Hands Game AI
Lei Cheng

Lei Cheng

PhD Student

My research focuses on embodied AI, robot locomotion and control, and 3D computer vision, with the goal of building intelligent robotic systems that can perceive, move, and collaborate naturally in complex physical environments.

Embodied AI Robot Locomotion & Control 3D Computer Vision
Roman Voronov

Roman Voronov

PhD Student

Yasser Ashraf Saleh Attia

Yasser Ashraf Saleh Attia

PhD Student

Robotics Teleportation Egocentric Vision Embodied AI

Master Students

Chenru Wen

Chenru Wen

M.Sc. Student

SLAM Embodied AI Robot Navigation
Haokai Ding

Haokai Ding

M.Sc. Student

Visiting Students

Kaijie Yin

Kaijie Yin

Visiting PhD Student

Mingkai Liu

Mingkai Liu

Visiting Master Student

Recent Publications

Find the full publication list on Google Scholar.

News

Flying Co-Stereo Accepted by T-RO

Our work Flying Co-Stereo has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)! Flying Co-Stereo is a cross-agent collaborative stereo vision system that leverages the …

Zhaoying Wang

Workshop on Multi-Modal Spatial AI Accepted at ICRA 2026

Our full-day workshop Multi-Modal Spatial AI for Robust Navigation and Open-World Understanding has been accepted at ICRA 2026! The workshop will be held on June 1, 2026 in Vienna, …

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Xingxing Zuo

Prof. Zuo Appointed as Area Chair for RSS 2026

Prof. Xingxing Zuo has been appointed as an Area Chair for the top conference RSS 2026.

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Xingxing Zuo

Prof. Zuo Appointed as Associate Editor for T-RO

Prof. Xingxing Zuo has been appointed as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO).

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Xingxing Zuo

PG-SLAM Accepted by T-RO

Our work PG-SLAM has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)! PG-SLAM is a photo-realistic and geometry-aware RGB-D SLAM method for dynamic environments built upon …

Haoang Li

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Robotics Department

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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