Pengwei Zhang张鹏伟
Ph.D. Student · Robot Learning & Tactile Intelligence · CASIA
I am Pengwei Zhang (张鹏伟), a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA). I am fortunate to be supervised by Prof. Long Cheng.
I received my Bachelor's degree in Automation from Beijing Jiaotong University. I am also a joint-training student at Zhongguancun Academy (ZGCA), working with Prof. Ce Hao.
My research focuses on building tactile-aware learning systems for reliable real-world robotic interaction, with particular interests in contact-rich manipulation, vision-tactile multimodal learning, force-aware imitation learning, and precision assembly.
Updates
News
- IEEE Spectrum featured ResTacVLA in “Robots Are Learning to Feel,” highlighting our surprise-aware approach to tactile intelligence for contact-rich manipulation.
- Beijing Zhongguancun Academy spotlighted our ResTacVLA work in an official feature on frontier advances in vision–tactile embodied intelligence.
- ResTacVLA was accepted to IROS 2026.
- Third Prize at the ManiSkill-ViTac 2026 Challenge at CVPR 2026.
- Our rehabilitation assessment work was published in SCIENCE CHINA Technological Sciences.
Research
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed & Accepted
Published research
Preprints & Under Review
Latest work
Selected Recognition
- MediaIEEE Spectrum 专题报道｜Robots Are Learning to Feel：ResTacVLA 迈向触觉驱动的 Physical AI
- ChallengeThird Prize Winner of the ManiSkill-ViTac 2026 Challenge at CVPR 2026
- Media北京中关村学院官方聚焦｜ResTacVLA：迈向更可靠的视觉–触觉具身智能新范式
- ProfileZhixing Scholarship · Xiaomi Special Scholarship · Beijing Jiaotong University “Star of Self-Strengthening”
- Media北京日报人物报道｜在学习与成长中寻找自己的方向