Anxing Xiao (肖åēļ星), Robotics Researcher & Engineer

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the National University of Singapore, advised by Prof. David Hsu. I also work closely within the Smart Systems Institute to advance human-centered AI research.

My research focuses on developing autonomous systems for service robots in human-centered environments, particularly planning algorithms that allow them to adaptively perform assistive tasks in open-world settings. Check Research for more details. I have had the opportunity to work with Prof. Koushil Sreenath at UC Berkeley and Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng at SUSTech/CUHK.

I love playing basketball 🏀 and table tennis 🏓 in my free time. I am also open to collaborating with people to explore the possibilities of service robots in various fields. If you are interested in join our lab and work with me, check out Join Us.
Seeking for Research Scientist Intern Opportunities (US Remote / Europe Onsite) starting after Mar. 2026.

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Highlights

Robi Butler: Multimodal Remote Interactions with a Household Robot Assistant

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025.
Anxing Xiao, Nuwan Janaka, Tianrun Hu, Anshul Gupta, Kaixin Li, Cunjun Yu, David Hsu

TL;DR: The robot should be able to understand and execute multimodal instructions that combine language and gesture.
Paper Video Website

Robotic Autonomous Trolley Collection with Progressive Perception and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2022.
Anxing Xiao*, Hao Luan*, Ziqi Zhao*, Yue Hong, Jieting Zhao, Jiankun Wang, Max Q-H Meng

TL;DR: A compact mobile robot that can collect unmarked trolleys in dynamic and complex environments.
Paper Video

Robotic Guide Dog: Leading a Human with Leash-Guided Hybrid Physical Interactions

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2021.
Anxing Xiao*, Wenzhe Tong*, Lizhi Yang*, Jun Zeng, Zhongyu Li and Koushil Sreenath

TL;DR: The world's first robotic guide dog that can lead visually impaired to safely travel in a confined space.
Paper Video

Honors and Awards

  • Best Service Robot Paper Finalist in ICRA 2021
  • Dean's Award at HIT Shenzhen, 2021.4
  • National Scholarship, 2018.10
  • First-class Undergraduate Academic Scholarship at HIT Shenzhen, 2018-2021

Academic Services

    Journal Reviewer:

  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), 2021~2024
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2022~2025
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice (RAP), 2025
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE), 2024~2025
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE), 2024
  • Advanced Robotics, 2024

    • Conference Reviewer:

  • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022, 2024
  • Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2025

    • Volunteering:

  • Conference Organization Volunteer, CoRL'25
  • Student Area Search Committee, School of Computing, NUS

    • Teaching Assistant:

  • NUS CS6244 Advanced Topics in Robotics (25 Spring)
  • NUS CS2109S Introduction to AI and Machine Learning (24 Spring)

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