Robotics机器人
Learning how to explore by touch机器人该怎样触摸？
How do touch speed and exploratory movements change what people and robots learn about texture?触摸速度和探索动作，会怎样改变人和机器人对纹理的感知？
Open to robotics research & engineering roles正在寻找机器人研究与工程研发岗位
PhD Researcher · University of Bristol布里斯托大学 · 博士研究生
Ao Li李敖
How can robots learn through touch?机器人如何通过触觉理解世界？
I study how human exploration can inform robotic touch, and develop sensing and learning methods for contact-rich tasks. My work centres on neuromorphic tactile perception, with ongoing projects in robot manipulation and composite inspection.我研究人如何通过触摸探索物体，并从中寻找机器人感知与学习的方法。我的工作以神经形态触觉感知为基础，也在推进机器人操作和复合材料检测项目。
Exploring robotic touch探索机器人的触觉
- Contact接触
- Motion动作
- Events事件
- Decision判断
Portrait illustration肖像插画
Selected projects精选项目
Research in practice从研究问题到实验系统
Published work on how to explore by touch, alongside ongoing projects in robot manipulation and composite inspection.已发表的触觉探索研究，以及正在推进的机器人操作与复合材料检测项目。
Robotics机器人
Touch for robot manipulation让触觉参与机器人操作
Investigating how tactile feedback can inform a robot’s next action during pick-and-place tasks.研究机器人在抓取、放置物体时，如何利用触觉信息决定下一步动作。
Industry产业
Touch for composite inspection用触觉检测复合材料
Developing event-based tactile sensing to detect surface defects in composite manufacturing.开发事件驱动触觉检测方法，用于发现复合材料制造中的表面缺陷。
Technical expertise技术能力
What I build and study我能承担的工作
My experience spans robot hardware, learning systems and experimental research. I am looking for research and engineering roles in robot learning and tactile sensing.我的工作横跨机器人硬件、模型训练和实验研究。目前希望寻找机器人学习、触觉感知方向的研究或工程研发岗位。
Core tools常用工具
- Python · C++ · CPython · C++ · C
- ROS · robot systemsROS · 机器人系统
- Fusion 360 · hardware prototypingFusion 360 · 硬件原型
Robot systems机器人系统
I build teleoperation setups for robot demonstrations and data collection, and deploy adapted models for local inference.搭建机械臂遥操平台，完成操作示教与数据采集，再把适配后的模型部署到本地运行。
Learning & evaluation模型训练与评估
My work includes fine-tuning an existing VLA model on robot task data and contributing to the evaluation of pruning and quantisation methods for spiking networks.用机器人任务数据微调已有 VLA 模型；也参与脉冲神经网络的剪枝与量化研究，评估压缩后的模型表现。
Tactile hardware & experiments触觉硬件与实验
I design and prototype neuromorphic tactile sensor structures, analyse tactile signals, and study exploration strategies through human and robot experiments.设计和迭代神经形态触觉传感器结构，制作原型、分析触觉信号，并通过人类和机器人实验研究探索策略。
Research questions研究主线
Two connected questions我关心的两个问题
Human exploration informs how a robot touches. Manipulation and inspection put those ideas to work.从人的探索方式出发，研究机器人该怎样触摸；再把这些方法带到操作和检测任务中。
Scientific question科学问题
How can a robot recreate the way people touch?机器人怎样复刻人的触摸？
Touch is an action, not just a sensor reading. I study how people choose speed and movement, then turn those choices into robotic exploration strategies.触摸不只是读取传感器，人会先决定用多快的速度、以什么动作去摸。我研究这些选择，再把它们变成机器人的探索策略。
Applied question应用问题
Where can tactile sensing make a practical difference?触觉感知能在哪些实际问题里派上用场？
The second strand moves touch beyond controlled texture experiments. I am building a tactile VLA manipulation pipeline and an autonomous inspection system for composite manufacturing.另一条主线把触觉带出受控的纹理实验。我正在搭建双机械臂 VTLA 操作系统，也在开发面向复合材料制造的自主检测系统。
Selected publications精选论文
Papers behind the work研究背后的论文
Studies of human exploration speed and robotic movement strategies, and a review of neuromorphic touch.关于人类探索速度、机器人探索动作的两项研究，以及一篇神经形态触觉综述。
- 01
Velocity Modulation in Robotic Texture Exploration Based on Human Perceptual Dimensions
- 02
Exploratory Movement Strategies for Texture Discrimination with a Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor
- 03
Neuromorphic touch for robotics — A review
Personal route个人路径
Beyond the workbench工作台之外
Away from the lab, I travel with a camera, play Dota 2, and make time for basketball, table tennis and hiking.不做实验的时候，我会带着相机去旅行，也会打 Dota 2、打篮球、打乒乓球，或者去徒步。
01 / About01 / 关于
A little background关于我的一些背景
I am pursuing a PhD in Engineering Mathematics at Bristol, following an MSc in Robotics. My experience also includes university teaching and engineering support at Dobot.我在布里斯托大学攻读工程数学博士，此前完成了机器人学硕士。我也做过大学课程助教，以及越疆机器人的技术支持。
About关于View experience →查看经历 →02 / Journeys02 / 足迹
Travels with a camera带着相机去旅行
Places I have visited, from European cities and the Swiss Alps to North America and China.去过的城市、山野和海岸，从欧洲、瑞士阿尔卑斯到北美与中国，慢慢记录在这里。
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