Publications

Journal Articles


Enhancing Dexterous Diffusion Policy with Predictive 3D Representations

Published in Under review at IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2025

Under review at IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. Chenwei Wang led the real-world robotic experiments.

Recommended citation: S. Yang, Y. Zhang, C. Bai, C. Wang, O. Lu, and X. Li. "Enhancing Dexterous Diffusion Policy with Predictive 3D Representations." Under review at IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics.

Conference Papers


Align-Then-stEer: Adapting the Vision-Language Action Models through Unified Latent Guidance

Published in The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2026

A data-efficient, plug-and-play framework for adapting vision-language-action models across tasks and robot embodiments through unified latent guidance.

Recommended citation: Y. Zhang†, C. Wang†, O. Lu†, Y. Zhao, Y. Ge, Z. Sun, X. Li, C. Zhang, C. Bai*, and X. Li*. (2026). "Align-Then-stEer: Adapting the Vision-Language Action Models through Unified Latent Guidance." ICLR. † Equal contribution; * corresponding author.
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Towards Fully Autonomous Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for Superficial Organs

Published in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025

A fully autonomous ultrasound-guided biopsy system integrating image analysis, 3D reconstruction, registration, robot control, and reinforcement learning.

Recommended citation: C. Wang†, C. Qian†, Q. Gao, X. Ji, and Z. Sun. (2025). "Towards Fully Autonomous Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for Superficial Organs." IEEE/RSJ IROS. † Equal contribution.

Robotic Assistance for Standardized Compression Ultrasound Elastography

Published in IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2024

A robot-assisted quantitative compression elastography framework for accurate elasticity measurement. Best Conference Paper Finalist nominee.

Recommended citation: C. Wang, Q. Gao, D. Zhang, Z. Wang, and Z. Sun. (2024). "Robotic Assistance for Standardized Compression Ultrasound Elastography." IEEE RCAR. Best Conference Paper Finalist nominee.