Hi there!
I'm currently a PhD candidate with the Perceptual Science Group at MIT CSAIL. I'm advised by Professor Edward H. Adelson. Below is a short summay of what I've been up to in recent years:
2022 - now:
Cambridge, MA
Working towards my PhD at MIT CSAIL and MechE. I build tactile sensors to bring touch sensing to robots, and I research ways to teach robots to interact with things, or the world.
2021 - 2022:
Mountain View, CA
Worked on planning & prediction for self-driving cars at Nuro Inc. Very much enjoyed having real cars running on real streets in the city of Mountain View with my own algorithms. It felt crazy (and maybe a bit uneasy:) when I also sat in that car. Also enjoyed the California sunshine.
2018 - 2020:
Pittsburgh, PA
Worked towards my Master in Robotics degree at The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. Had the great pleasure to work with Prof. Oliver Kroemer at the IAM lab. Focused mostly on robot learning for robot manipulation.
2017 - 2018:
Berkeley, CA
Worked on building & optimizing exoskeletons with Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy at UC Berkeley HART Lab as an undergrad researcher.
Out of work & school, I enjoy software and hardware robotics DIY. I recently started filming some of my hardware DIYs. Check out my YouTube channel Crafted by JZ or my BiliBili channel 试作间 if interested. Check out the #hobby section for released projects. Recently I'm working on an ambitious software project called tpvortex.org. Stay tuned.
News
- 2023 Oct: My paper on GelSight Svelte was nominated for the best paper award at IROS 2023!
- 2023 May: My paper FingerSLAM was presented at ICRA in London.
- 2023 May: I passed my qualification exam, so I'm officially a PhD candidate now:)
Research
...more on my Google Scholar page.
Hobby Corner
Neptune MIDI
A 3d printed MIDI controller that can be used for video and photo editing (Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, etc.) It contains mechanical switches, rotary encoders, sliders, a joystick, and a small oled screen. Solidworks source files, STL files, BOM are fully open source.
RS-Slider
A mostly 3d printed, motorized, 2-axis camera slider that is Really Solid (R.S.). Tested with a 15lbs cinema camera setup. Software and hardware W.I.P. Details to be added.
RPI AirPlay HiFi
AirPlay + DAC + AMP, using a Raspberry Pi Zero W and HiFiBerry. Source files & instructins can be found in
2" Filter drawer for astrophotography
A filter drawer that houses a single 2" filter which be used between a telescope and a Nikon or Canon camera