Hi, my name is Xuemin Chi. Iβm currently a PhD candidate at Zhejiang University.
My research interests include differentiable robot representations, manipulation planning, and data-driven methods for accelerating planning in robotics.
π₯ News
- 2025.06: Β ππ Two papers accepted by the IROS 2025. See you in Hangzhou!
- 2025.02: Β ππ One paper accepted by the IEEE TCST.
- 2024.07: Β ππ Best Paper Finalist at RSS 2024!
- 2024.05: Β ππ One paper accepted by RSS 2024.
- 2022.12: Started Visiting PhD at Robot Learning & Interaction group, supervised by Sylvain Calinon.
π Publications

Efficient and Real-Time Motion Planning for Robotics Using Projection-Based Optimization
Xuemin Chi1, Hakan Girgin, Tobias L¨ow, Yangyang Xie, Teng Xue, Jihao Huang, Cheng Hu, Zhitao Liu, and Sylvain Calinon
IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2025 (IROS 2025)

Safe Dynamic Motion Generation in Configuration Space Using Differentiable Distance Fields
Xuemin Chi, Yiming Li, Jihao Huang, Bolun Dai, Zhitao Liu, Sylvain Calinon
arXiv

Cheng Huβ, Jihao Huangβ, Wule Maoβ, Yonghao Fuβ, Xuemin Chi, Haotong Qin, Nicolas Baumann, Zhitao Liu, Michele Magno, and Lei Xie
IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2025 (IROS 2025)

Dynamic collision avoidance using velocity obstacle-based control barrier functions
Jihao Huang, Jun Zeng, Xuemin Chi, Koushil Sreenath, Zhitao Liu, Hongye Su
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
π Honors and Awards
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π Educations
- 2019.06 - 2022.04 (now), Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus ornare aliquet ipsum, ac tempus justo dapibus sit amet.
- 2015.09 - 2019.06, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus ornare aliquet ipsum, ac tempus justo dapibus sit amet.
π¬ Invited Talks
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π» Internships
- 2019.05 - 2020.02, Lorem, China.