Qisheng Zhao

Qisheng Zhao (赵祺晟)

Embodied Manipulation Algorithm Engineer
Manifold AI

Personal Email:qishengzhao66@gmail.com Work Email:kevin@manifoldai.cn

About

My current focus is pre-training VLA and WAM foundation models for embodied manipulation. My earlier work spans vision-language navigation (VLN), autonomous exploration and navigation, and multi-robot collaborative planning.

At Peking University, I worked with Prof. Zhongkui Li (李忠奎) and Prof. Meng Guo (国萌).

Education

Sep 2023–Jun 2026

Peking University

College of Engineering (CoE)

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Sep 2019–Jun 2023

Tongji University

Sino-German College of Applied Sciences (CDHAW)

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering

Experience

Current

Manifold AI

Embodied Manipulation Algorithm Engineer

Nov 2025–Mar 2026

Galbot

Large Model Algorithm Intern

Apr 2025–Oct 2025

CogLeap.AI

Autonomous Exploration & Navigation Algorithm Intern

Publications

* Equal contribution

UMBRELLA framework: conformal trajectory prediction, temporal-logic task decomposition, CP-MCTS assignment, and reactive replanning.

UMBRELLA: Uncertainty-aware Multi-robot Reactive Coordination under Dynamic Temporal Logic Tasks

Qisheng Zhao, Meng Guo, Hengxuan Du, Lars Lindemann, Zhongkui Li

ICRA 2026

arXiv Video bibtex

SPAN-Nav spatial awareness for vision-language, urban, and point-goal navigation.

SPAN-Nav: Generalized Spatial Awareness for Versatile Vision-Language Navigation

Jiahang Liu^*, Tianyu Xu^*, Jiawei Chen^*, Lu Yue^*, Jiazhao Zhang^*, Zhiyong Wang^*, Minghan Li, Qisheng Zhao, Anqi Li, Qi Su, Zhizheng Zhang, He Wang

CoRL 2026

arXiv Project bibtex

Projects

SAFE-Toumai surgical robotics exhibition.

Autonomous Surgical Robotics

Task planning and VLA-based skill execution for autonomous laparoscopic manipulation.

Fast Task Allocation & Online Replanning

Constraint-aware task allocation and online replanning for heterogeneous robot teams.

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