Xuanlin Li
Research Scientist & Tech Lead at Sudo AI
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXuanlin Li is a research scientist and tech lead based in San Diego with eight years of experience building generalist robotic and vision-language algorithms and systems. A founding member at Sudo AI, he focuses on generalizable robotic manipulation, navigation, and multimodal interaction, drawing on internships at Qualcomm, Hillbot, and The AI Institute where he worked on real-time LLM conditioning and contact-rich bimanual manipulation. His academic background includes a PhD in Computer Science from UC San Diego and a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, and he conducted early research under Prof. Trevor Darrell at BAIR. Xuanlin blends deep research rigor with product-minded engineering to push systems from lab prototypes toward real-world deployment, often emphasizing generalization across tasks and sensors. He maintains an active portfolio of publications and projects on his personal site, signaling a commitment to reproducible, impactful research beyond typical lab outputs.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, San Diego
Github Skills (51)
simulation10
robotics10
reinforcement-learning10
robotics-simulation10
computer-vision10
high-resolution9
segmentation9
gpu9
transformer-architecture9
deep-reinforcement-learning9
language-model8
python8
deep-learning8
regularization8
few-shot-learning8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
haosulab/ManiSkill2-Learn
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2 reviews, 45 commits, 5 PRs in 6 months
simpler-env/SimplerEnv
Mar 2024 - Dec 2025
Evaluating and reproducing real-world robot manipulation policies (e.g., RT-1, RT-1-X, Octo) in simulation under common setups (e.g., Google Robot, WidowX+Bridge) (CoRL 2024)
Contributions:5 reviews, 6 PRs, 51 pushes in 1 year 9 months
simulationcomputer-visionembodied-aireal2simreinforcement-learning
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