Kun Song

Kun Song

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The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
kunsonghku@connect.hku.hk

About Me

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), advised by Jia Pan. Before that, I obtained my master's degree in RCMVL (Robot Control and Machine Vision Lab) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) advised by Prof. Zhenhua Xiong in 2025. I received my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with honors from SJTU in 2022.

From May 2024 to January 2025, I was a research intern in MSC-Lab at UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Masayoshi Tomizuka and Prof. Mingyu Ding.

I am interested in enabling robots to learn, adapt, and interact with the physical world intelligently and safely. My recent research focuses on humanoid robot learning and tactile perception and manipulation, particularly efficient policy adaptation in real-world environments.

  • Humanoid Robot Learning: Whole-body VLA, Loco-manipulation, Real-World Reinforcement Learning;
  • Tactile Manipulation: VTLA, Failure Reasoning, Diffusion-Guided Adaptation;
  • Multi-Robot Systems: Navigation, Cooperative Manipulation, Motion Planning, Relative Localization;
  • Perception and Planning: Scene Understanding, SLAM, Lightweight Mapping, Autonomous Exploration.

I am open to collaboration. Feel free to contact me if there is anything I can help with.

Experience

LimX Dynamics · Shenzhen

Oct. 2025 – Sept. 2026

Reinforcement Learning Intern

Real-world reinforcement learning for humanoid robots. Developed RAPID for efficient policy adaptation through distillation and online reinforcement learning.

Xense Robotics · Shanghai

Mar. 2026 – Sept. 2026

Project Lead, Tactile Real-World Reinforcement Learning

Developed PEARS for contact-rich tactile manipulation, combining physics-guided force reasoning, vision-language failure diagnosis, and tactile-conditioned diffusion steering.

News and Updates

  • Jan. 2026: Our paper (A Novel Dynamic Localization Graph for Efficient Relative Localization) was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM).
  • Octo. 2025: Our paper (CollaBot) was accepted by IROS 2025 CIM Workshop
  • Jun. 2025: Our paper (P2 Explore) was accepted by IROS 2025
  • Mar. 2025: Our paper (planning for mobile manipulators) was accepted by RA-L
  • Jan. 2025: Our paper (containmen control) was accepted by TRO, congratulations for Ren
  • Aug. 2024: Our paper (multi-robot rendezvous) was accepted by RA-L
  • May 2024: Our paper (RHAML) was accepted by RA-L
  • Apr. 2024: Our paper (FHT-Map) was accepted by RA-L
  • Jan. 2024: Create this website

Publications

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Academic Services

  • Conference Reviewer: ICRA, AAAI, IROS, AIM.
  • Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS).

Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant: COMP7308 Introduction to Unmanned Systems
    Fall 2025 · The University of Hong Kong
  • Teaching Assistant: ME4409 Multi-robot System and Control
    Fall 2024 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Teaching Assistant: ME3403 Introduction to Robotics
    Spring 2024 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University