๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ Biography

Iโ€™m currently a Senior Researcher at Tencent Robotics X, focusing on Foundation Models for Embodied AI.

I received my Ph.D degree from Zhejiang University, supervised by Prof. Yue Wang, Yiyi Liao, and Rong Xiong. In my Ph.D. study, I also spent wonderful internship time at DAMO Academy, Alibaba Group. Before that, I received my B.Eng degree at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen.

๐Ÿ”ฅ News

  • 2026.07: ๐ŸŽ‰ RxBrain, an embodied cognition foundation model with joint languageโ€“visual reasoning and imagination, is released! [Website]
  • 2026.02: ๐ŸŽ‰ RynnBrain released with code, demo and models. [RynnBrain]
  • 2026.01: ๐ŸŽ‰ UnIRe is accepted to ICRA 2026.
  • 2026.01: ๐ŸŽ‰ $\pi$-BA is accepted to RAL 2026.
  • 2025.08: ๐Ÿš€ RynnEC: Bringing MLLMs into Embodied World is released. [RynnEC].
  • 2024.05: ๐Ÿ† Ngel-SLAM wins the ICRA 2024 Best Paper Award in Robot Vision.

๐Ÿ“ Publications

Technical Report
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RxBrain: Embodied Cognition Foundation Model with Joint Languageโ€“Visual Reasoning and Imagination

Tecent Robotics X x Futian Lab x Tencent Hy Team(Core Contributor)

Arxiv / Code / Demo / Website

Under Review
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Direction Matters: Learning Force Direction Enables Sim-to-Real Contact-Rich Manipulation

Yifei Yang, Anzhe Chen, Zhenjie Zhu, Kechun Xu, Yunxuan Mao, Yufei Wei, Lu Chen, Rong Xiong, Yue Wang

Arxiv / Video / Website

Technical Report
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RynnBrain: Open Embodied Foundation Models

Ronghao Dang*, Jiayan Guo*, Bohan Hou*, Sicong Leng*, Kehan Li*, Xin Li*, Jiangping Liu*, Yunxuan Mao*, Zhikai Wang*, Yuqian Yuan*, Minghao Zhu*, Xiao Lin, Yang Bai, Qian Jiang, Yaxi Zhao, Minghua Zeng, Junlong Gao, Yuming Jiang, Jun Cen, Siteng Huang, Liuyi Wang, Wenqiao Zhang, Chengju Liu, Jianfei Yang, Shijian Lu, Deli Zhao (*Equal contribution)

Arxiv / Code / Demo / Video / Website

Technical Report
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RynnEC: Bringing MLLMs into Embodied World

Ronghao Dang*, Yuqian Yuan*, Yunxuan Mao*, Kehan Li*, Jiangpin Liu, Zhikai Wang, Xin Li, Fan Wang, Deli Zhao (*Equal contribution)

Arxiv / Code / Demo / Video

TASE 2025
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Efficient Alignment of Unconditioned Action Prior for Language-conditioned Pick and Place in Clutter

Kechun Xu, Xunlong Xia, Kaixuan Wang, Yifei Yang, Yunxuan Mao, Bing Deng, Jieping Ye, Rong Xiong, Yue Wang

Arxiv / Code / Website

RAL 2026
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$\pi$-BA: Probabilistic Neural Bundle Adjustment with Iterative Cycle Optimization for Driving Scene Reconstruction

Yunxuan Mao, Dongkun Zhang, Lilu Liu, Rong Xiong, Yue Wang

Arxiv / Code

ICRA 2026
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UnIRe: Unsupervised Instance Decomposition for Dynamic Urban Scene Reconstruction

Yunxuan Mao, Rong Xiong, Yue Wang, Yiyi Liao

Arxiv / Code / Website

ICRA 2024
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Ngel-slam: Neural implicit representation-based global consistent low-latency slam system

Yunxuan Mao, Xuan Yu, Zhuqing Zhang, Kai Wang, Yue Wang, Rong Xiong, Yiyi Liao

Arxiv / Code

๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Winner of ICRA 2024 Best Paper Award in Robot Vision.

IROS 2024
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$\nu$-DBA: Neural Implicit Dense Bundle Adjustment Enables Image-Only Driving Scene Reconstruction

Yunxuan Mao, Bingqi Shen, Yifei Yang, Kai Wang, Rong Xiong, Yiyi Liao, Yue Wang

Arxiv

๐ŸŽ– Honors and Awards

  • 2024.05: ICRA 2024 Best Paper Award in Robot Vision
  • 2018.12: National Scholarship

๐Ÿ’ป Internships