DeformMaster: An Interactive Physics-Neural World Model for Deformable Objects from Videos
Can Li, Zhoujian Li, Ren Li, Jie Gu, Lei Lei, Jingmin Chen, Lei Sun
NeurIPS, 2026.
I am a Ph.D. student in Robotics at Nankai University, Tianjin, China. I will soon join Shanghai AI Lab as a research intern. I am a research intern at A4x (Rightly Robotics).
My current research interests focus on world models, including visual reconstruction, differentiable physics simulation, and generation from videos/images. My earlier research interests were in robotics, particularly contact-rich manipulation.
Publications
DeformSmith: Physics Harness-Guided Hierarchical Generation of Deformable Assets for Robot Manipulation
Can Li, Jie Gu, Zishun Deng, Jingmin Chen, Lei Sun
arXiv, 2026.
RaCo-SLAM: A Physics-Informed 4D Radar SLAM with Co-Visibility Consistency Factor
Zishun Deng, Wanbiao Lin, Can Li, Teng Wang, Chao Guo, Jiawei Shen, Lei Sun
IEEE ICRA, 2026.
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FTSplat: Feed-forward Triangle Splatting Network
Jinlin Xiong, Can Li, Jiawei Shen, Zhigang Qi, Lei Sun, Dongyang Zhao
arXiv, 2026.
Research & Development
Interactive Physics-driven 4D World Models (DeformMaster, DeformSmith)
2025.09 -- 2026.09
Research Intern
A4x, Hangzhou, China
Foundational Physical World Models for Embodied Interaction
2026.09 -- Present
Physical AI Algorithm Intern
Shanghai AI Lab, Shanghai, China
Self-evolving Agents for Parametric 3D Reconstruction (Mesh-to-CAD)
2026.08 -- Present
Visiting Student
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
4D Gaussian Reconstruction from Monocular Dynamic Videos
2025.02 -- 2025.08
Research Intern
A4x, Hangzhou, China
Deformable-object Perception and Modeling for Robotic Vascular Intervention
2023.10 -- 2024.12
Ph.D. Student
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Multi-sensor Localization and Mapping in Challenging Environments
2023.09 -- 2023.12
3D Vision Algorithm Intern
Tianjin Shanshi Robotics / Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Vision- and Force-guided Robotic Manipulation for Intelligent Assembly
2019.10 -- 2022.04
Master's Student
Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Experience
Research Intern, Shanghai AI Lab
2026.09 -- Now
Research Intern, A4x
2025.09 -- 2026.09
Research Intern, A4x
2025.02 -- 2025.08
Misc
Outside of research, I enjoy playing football.
