Jie Wang
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Blog & Writing

Research notes, course reflections, and essays on things I'm thinking about — from robot learning to coffee philosophy.

Substack

Substack — Essays on Robotics, AI, and Ideas

I write on Substack about research intuitions, robotics philosophy, and things I find interesting at the intersection of intelligence and machines.

Research Blog2025

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.

Course Notes2025

Course Blogs of CIS7000: Real-World Robot Learning

A comprehensive collection of paper reading notes and algorithm reproductions for ESE6800/CIS7000 at UPenn. Learning from Prof. Antonio Loquercio and Prof. Dinesh Jayaraman on cutting-edge robotics research.

Course Notes2025

EAS5450: Engineering Entrepreneurship

Course notes and reflections from EAS5450 at UPenn, exploring the intersection of engineering, startups, and product thinking.

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 of my long-form writing lives on Substack. Short thoughts go on X / Twitter.

© 2026 Jie Wang.

I am a big fan of Philosophy and Coffee! I founded PhiloCoffee Club(哲咖社) at international ZJU Campus. Here is the club website: philocoffee.github.io

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