Embodied intelligence · Robotics · Learning agents

Wenyuan Xie 谢文远

Building agents that can perceive, reason, and act in the physical world.

I am a third-year master's student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Paris Elite Institute of Engineering, preparing applications for 2027 Fall. My research studies vision-language-action models, embodied navigation, robot manipulation, and post-training methods that make intelligent agents more reliable.

I completed both my bachelor's and master's studies at the Paris Elite Institute of Engineering, and I enjoy fitness and thoughtful conversations about robots and learning.

Embodied Policies and Agent SystemsWorld Models and Vision Foundation ModelsReinforcement Learning Algorithms and Systems
Selected work

Publications & projects

My research connects structured geometric representations with learning-based agents, so they can adapt from experience and execute long-horizon tasks robustly.

RSS 2026 · First author

MVP-Nav: Multi-layer Value Map Planner Navigator

A multi-layer value-map planner that combines VGGT, Grounded-SAM and vision-language models for robust 3D navigation.

Paper

Under review · First author

Navi-Agent: Unlocalized Monocular Navigation Agent

A coordinate-free visual anchor graph for place recognition, progress verification, and recovery in continuous environments.

Paper

ECCV 2026

RelAfford6D: Relational 6D Affordance Graphs

Language-grounded relational affordances become kinematic constraints and closed-loop SE(3) trajectories for articulated-object manipulation.

Paper

CVPR 2026

Dejavu: Towards Experience Feedback Learning

An experience feedback network augments a frozen VLA policy with retrieved trajectories, enabling post-deployment learning without rewriting the base model.

Paper | Project

ICML 2026

Recovering Hidden Reward in Diffusion-Based Policies

Learning reward signals hidden inside diffusion-policy behavior to improve reliable action generation.

Paper

EMNLP 2026 · Co-author

TRUST: Uncertainty-Aligned Tool-Calling Decisions

Reinforcement learning with uncertainty-aware rewards for more reliable decisions in multi-turn agent tool use.

Paper · Code

Education

Education

2024.09 - present - Master's student (third year), Paris Elite Institute of Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - preparing 2027 Fall applications

2020.09 - 2024.06 - Bachelor's student, Paris Elite Institute of Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Before 2020 - Hangzhou Xuejun High School

Internships

Internships

2026.03 - 2026.07 - Research intern, Agibot Robotics - reinforcement learning post-training for long-horizon phone packaging and whole-body control for wheeled-legged robots

2024.06 - 2024.09 - Research intern, Alibaba Cloud - visual navigation fine-tuning with ViNT and NoMaD; addressed straight-motion bias with turning-data augmentation and a turn-misclassification penalty

2022.06 - 2022.08 - Product intern, Alibaba Cloud - product carbon-footprint certification for the Hangzhou Asian Games mascot plush toy, the Games’ first zero-carbon licensed product; supported the China Academy of Art low-carbon platform

A few more things

Skills

Tools: Python, PyTorch, JAX, C++, Java, MATLAB · Topics: VLA, VLN, agents, world models, reinforcement learning

Let's connect. I am open to research collaborations and robotics opportunities. Reach me at wenyuan.xie2002@gmail.com or download my CV / resume.