Li Mingyu 李明宇

Research focus

Robotic manipulation

Low-cost dexterous grasping systems designed around real hardware constraints.

Edge intelligence

Efficient perception and control deployed on resource-constrained embedded platforms.

Hardware–software co-design

Mechanical, electronic, and algorithmic decisions developed as one complete system.

I am a junior undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at Tongji University. At the Vision4Robotics (V4R) Lab, I lead a zero-shot visual grasping project for dexterous hands and contribute to robotic-arm control and intelligent-manufacturing simulation. My work has resulted in a first-author and corresponding-author paper accepted by IEEE ICARM 2026 and a CNIPA-accepted utility model patent application.

I maintain a 4.28/5.0 GPA and received Tongji University’s First-Class Scholarship and Outstanding Student Award in 2025. I am currently seeking master’s and direct Ph.D. opportunities in practical robotic manipulation and embodied intelligence.

Research Experience

Vision4Robotics (V4R) Lab · Tongji University

2025 – Present

Dexterous robotic manipulation and edge-native perception, including a dual-vision infinite-roll hand and a cross-domain Edge-AI snake robot.

Intelligent Vehicle Lab · Tongji University

2024 – 2026

Precision robotic-arm grasping under 2D-camera and embedded-system constraints; National Intelligent Vehicle Competition regional second prize.

Featured projects

Dual-Vision Infinite-Roll Hand for Edge-Native Grasping

Panoptic Grasp

Dual-vision, infinite-roll dexterous grasping with edge-native perception.

Edge-AI Snake Robot for Cross-Domain Operations

Modular snake robot with composite-metal skeleton, 6-gait locomotion, and an edge-native embodied AI stack — exh...

Precision Grasping with 2D Camera and Embedded System

5-DOF robotic arm achieving ≥98% grasp success and ±0.5 mm positioning accuracy under strict constraints: 2D-onl...

emaWD Manual Work Simulation in Smart Manufacturing

emaWD–based simulation and optimization of manual reducer assembly, covering workstation layout, ergonomics (RUL...

Selected honors

National Second Prize, Higher Education Cup (Team Event)

National Third Prize, BMHRI Cup Logistics Technology Contest

Municipal First Prize, 14th Shanghai Mech Innovation (Team)

Municipal First Prize, 14th Shanghai Mech Innovation (Individual)

Provincial First Prize & National Third Prize, Mechanical Design Innovation

University Silver Award, China International College Students' Innovation Competition (2025)

Track 3 National First Prize, 9th National Innovation Experience Competition

Tongji University Outstanding Student Award

Sanguo Rural English Teaching Volunteer Certificate

National First Prize, Higher Education Cup (Additive Manufacturing)

First-Class Scholarship, Tongji University (2024–2025)

Individual Second Prize, Shanghai Graphics Cup (3D Modeling)

Team Second Prize, Shanghai Graphics Cup (3D Modeling)

Beyond engineering

From October to December 2023, I volunteered with Sanguo’s Rural Online English Education Service, providing weekly remote English teaching and companionship to students in Yunnan. The ten-week experience strengthened my patience, empathy, and communication beyond engineering work.

news

May 16, 2026	Won Provincial First Prize and National Third Prize in the 15th Shanghai College Student Mechanical Engineering Innovation Competition & 12th National College Student Mechanical Design Innovation Competition (Smart Shrimp Peeling / 智械解虾).
Apr 03, 2026	Submitted a first-author and corresponding-author paper to IEEE ICARM 2026: “Hardware-Software Co-Design of a Dual-Vision, Infinite-Roll Hand for Edge-Native Grasping.”
Aug 23, 2025	Won National Third Prize in BMHRI Cup Logistics Technology Creativity Contest
Jul 23, 2025	Won Regional Second Prize in 20th National University Students Intelligent Car Race - Baidu Smart Transportation Track
Jul 07, 2025	Won National First Prize in Higher Education Cup National College Student Advanced Graphics Technology and Product Information Modeling Innovation Competition - Additive Manufacturing Track
Jun 10, 2025	Utility model patent application “Folding Cane Chair” accepted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration. Application No. 202521174680.9.
May 16, 2025	Won Municipal First Prize in 14th Shanghai College Student Mechanical Engineering Innovation Competition

selected publications

ICARM
Hardware-Software Co-Design of a Dual-Vision, Infinite-Roll Hand for Edge-Native Grasping

Mingyu Li, Zhixian Gao, and Zhangchi Guo

In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), Paris, France, Tongji University , 2026

Accepted. Mingyu Li is the first author and corresponding author.

Abs Bib PDF

Conventional robotic grasping in semi-structured service and workstation environments is often constrained by two physical bottlenecks: visual blind spots in rearward coverage and the bounded rotational range of traditional wrists. This paper presents an edge-native hand-wrist platform that addresses these coupled limitations through electromechanical co-design. We integrate a dorsal-ventral dual-camera relay for complementary front-rear perception with a direct-drive slip-ring mechanism enabling infinite continuous wrist roll. To support real-time operation on resource-constrained edge processors, the system features a reparameterized zero-shot detector that supports language-guided grasping while removing online text-encoding overhead via offline feature reparameterization. Kinematic and spatial validations in a predefined workstation-style setup indicate that the integrated platform can execute task-prior-driven grasp acquisitions for both forward and rearward targets entirely on the edge, without additional task-specific fine-tuning or cloud offloading.
@inproceedings{li2026icarm, title = {Hardware-Software Co-Design of a Dual-Vision, Infinite-Roll Hand for Edge-Native Grasping}, author = {Li, Mingyu and Gao, Zhixian and Guo, Zhangchi}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM)}, location = {Paris, France}, year = {2026}, note = {Accepted. Mingyu Li is the first author and corresponding author.}, keywords = {Robotic grasping, Dexterous hand, Edge AI, Embedded vision, Hardware-software co-design, Zero-shot detection}, }