Blog & Writing

Research notes, course reflections, and essays — from robot learning to the philosophy of intelligence.

Essays

Long-form writing on research, AI, and ideas.

Essays on Robotics, AI, and Ideas

Long-form writing on research intuitions, the philosophy of embodied intelligence, and what it means to build machines that act in the physical world.

Research Notes

Blog posts and reports from research projects.

Evaluating pi0 in the Wild: Strengths, Problems, and the Future of Generalist Robot Policies

We vibe-check pi0 across 300 trials on various manipulation tasks, summarize the insights and our observations in this blog.

2025

Course Notes

Reading logs, reproductions, and reflections from graduate courses.

CIS7000: Real-World Robot Learning — Paper Reading Notes

Reading notes and algorithm reproductions from ESE6800/CIS7000 at UPenn, covering cutting-edge robot learning research with Prof. Antonio Loquercio and Prof. Dinesh Jayaraman.

2025

EAS5450: Engineering Entrepreneurship

Notes from UPenn's engineering entrepreneurship course — covering venture formation, go-to-market strategy, and what it takes to turn deep-tech research into a company.

2025

Life & Misc

PhiloCoffee Club (哲咖社)

A student club I founded at ZJU International Campus exploring philosophy through coffee. We read Nietzsche, debate consciousness, and share espresso.

Most long-form writing lives on Substack. Short thoughts on X / Twitter.