About me

I am a Robot Learning Engineer focused on enabling generalizable dexterous manipulation across diverse humanoid robot embodiments (arms/hands), tasks and natural human instructions.

Previously, I studied the Elite Master of Science program in Neural Engineering at the School of Computation, Information and Technology of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) where I was mentored by Prof. Gordon Cheng. My thesis, "Neural Feature Fields for Language-Based Dexterous Robotic Manipulation," focused on language based dexterous grasping and was done at TUM and Agile Robots SE. This work was supervised by Qian Feng and Prof. Alois C. Knoll, with co-advisorship from Jianxiang Feng.

In general, my work combines visual, tactile, proprioceptive and semantic understanding of the real world with Deep Learning to allow robots to perform dexterous manipulation based on human instructions. I have developed deep foundation models for generative robotic grasping trained on massive-scale synthetic datasets from simulation, then integrated them with LLMs and VLMs for prompt based one-shot grasping. I have also combined imitation learning with dexterous grasp optimization from 3D vision-language features, to enable language and demonstration driven few-shot grasping, and applied deep reinforcement learning to train in-hand manipulation policies.

What i'm doing

  • ๐Ÿฆพ

    Dexterous Manipulation

    Generalizable dexterous grasping across humanoid robot embodiments, guided by natural language instructions.

  • ๐Ÿง 

    Robot Learning & Foundation Models

    Generative grasping models trained on massive synthetic datasets, integrated with LLMs/VLMs, plus imitation and reinforcement learning.

  • ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

    3D Computer Vision & Perception

    Object detection, instance segmentation, 3D pose estimation and scene reconstruction for robotic tasks.

  • ๐ŸŒ

    Simulation & Sim-to-Real Deployment

    Large scale robotic simulators, sim-to-real transfer, teleoperation, robot agent control and AI model deployment.

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Education

  1. Technical University of Munich, Germany

    2022 โ€” 2025

    Elite M.Sc. (Hons) in Neuro-Engineering โ€” Computational Neuroscience, AI & Robotics.

  2. Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia

    2017 โ€” 2021

    B.Sc. in Biomedical & Clinical Technology โ€” Bio-Mechatronics, Computational Imaging/Vision & ML.

  3. University of Coimbra, Portugal

    2019

    Erasmus+ Summer Exchange โ€” Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering.

Conferences & Presentations

  1. LensDFF: Language-enhanced Sparse Feature Distillation for Efficient Few-Shot Dexterous Manipulation

    IEEE/RSJ IROS 2025
  2. DexGANGrasp: Dexterous Generative Adversarial Grasping Synthesis for Task-Oriented Manipulation

    IEEE/RAS Humanoids 2024
    DexGANGrasp
  3. Automatic Workspace Calibration Using Homography for Pick & Place

    IEEE CASE 2023
  4. Control System of Lower-Extremity Exoskeleton Based on ANN

    pHealth 2020
  5. Universal Robotic Cell โ€” Demos and Presentations

    Universal Robotic Cell team Universal Robotic Cell demo
  6. 5G Edge Vision System โ€” Demos and Presentations

    Habeck visit Habeck visit Brno demo
  7. Talk: AI and Exoskeletons (Spanish) โ€” Robotic Minds 2021

    Robotic Minds talk

Awards

  1. Winner โ€” Porsche Engineering Autonomous Driving Contest

    Issued by Porsche Engineering ยท May 2022
    Porsche Engineering contest
  2. Finalist โ€” European Healthcare Hackathon 2021

    Issued by CEE Hacks ยท Jan 2021

    Developed a diabetic ulcer detection system prototype, DiaVision, using deep learning and computer vision techniques. It measures the temperature, size, area, and rotation of ulcers in real time and generates detailed reports.

    DiaVision ulcer detection
  3. Finalist โ€” Global Smart Health Hackathon Prague 2020

    Issued by CEE Hacks ยท Jan 2020

    Created a TensorFlow-based computer vision solution capable of detecting patients and doctors in an intensive care unit.

    ICU patient detection
  4. Finalist โ€” RobotCraft ROS Maze Solving Challenge 2019

    Issued by Ingeniarius and University of Coimbra ยท Jan 2019
    RobotCraft maze solving
  5. Special Purpose Scholarship Award

    Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, CTU Prague ยท Jan 2019 โ€“ 2020
  6. Infomatrix World Finals 2017, Bucharest, Romania

    Issued by Lumina Foundation ยท May 2017
    • Silver Medal โ€” Sumo Robotics
    • Bronze Medal โ€” Robotics Lego Line Follower
    • Bronze Medal โ€” Software Development
    Infomatrix World Finals
  7. Gold Medal โ€” Software Development, Infomatrix South America 2017

    Issued by SOLACYT ยท Jan 2017

    Developed "MedWeb", an Android app for managing health services and medical data, supporting Quito, Ecuador's health IT infrastructure. Implemented in Android Studio (Java) with SQLite, Google Maps, Gmail, and Skype APIs.

    MedWeb app
  8. Honor Roll Member

    Issued by Marie Clarac School

    Achieved the 4th highest GPA.

Research Interests

  • Deep Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics
  • Neural Engineering

Portfolio

  • LensDFF

    LensDFF: Language-enhanced Sparse Feature Distillation for Efficient Few-Shot Dexterous Manipulation

    Dexterous Manipulation

    Language-ENhanced Sparse Distilled Feature Field (LensDFF), which efficiently distills view-consistent 2D features onto 3D points using our novel language-enhanced feature fusion strategy, thereby enabling single-view few-shot generalization.

  • Neural Feature Fields

    Neural Feature Fields for Language-Based Dexterous Robotic Manipulation

    Dexterous Manipulation

    Image models trained with self-supervision and language supervision possess extensive world knowledge, yet they often fall short in providing the detailed 3D understanding necessary for robotic tasks. This research combines precise 3D geometry with rich semantic information from 2D foundation models, enabling few-shot learning for 6-DOF grasping with a dexterous hand.

  • DexGANGrasp

    DexGANGrasp: Dexterous Generative Adversarial Grasping Synthesis for Task-Oriented Manipulation

    Dexterous Manipulation

    DexGanGrasp is an AI model that uses cGANs to generate and evaluate robot grasps, achieving higher success rates than previous methods. By incorporating LLMs and VLMs through DexAfford-Prompt, it enables task-oriented grasping for more complex, real-world scenarios.

  • Universal Robotic Cell

    Universal Robotic Cell

    Robotic Vision

    An industrial robotic cell powered by Deep Learning and 3D Computer Vision to detect, track, optimally grasp and sort moving objects with complex geometries on a conveyor belt. Our developed pick and place architecture allows an industrial KUKA robot to be easily integrated with 3D computer vision methods and state of the art instance segmentation algorithms such as YOLACT for object detection. We showcase our solution on packets of different colors and sizes and contents.

  • 5G Edge Vision System

    5G Edge Vision System

    Robotic Vision

    An artificial vision system based on CNNs and 3D pose estimation for a collaborative delta robot using an internal campus 5G network and a GPU server. The project was sponsored by T-Mobile CZ (Deutsche Telekom) and Siemens.

  • TIAGo Humanoid

    Luggage Carrying Task with the TIAGo Humanoid Robotic Platform

    Humanoid Robots

    Integration of advanced robotic capabilities such as perception, manipulation, navigation, and human-robot interaction using ROS. Key achievements include autonomous detection and navigation to pick up luggage (bag) based on CNNs, obstacle avoidance via SLAM, and following the operator to a designated location based on Human-Robot Interaction.

  • NAO U NO

    NAO U NO: Teaching the NAO Humanoid to Play UNO Using AI

    Humanoid Robots

    The project aims to make the NAO Robot play the UNO card game. It uses ROS to integrate its different assets like sensing, deep learning based card detection, bipedal locomotion and decision-making based on a State Machine Agent.

  • Robotic Snake CPG

    Central Pattern Generator Neural Network for Robotic Snake Control

    Learning & Control

    Neuro inspired control of a Snake robot for locomotion and obstacle avoidance.

  • Soft-Exoskeleton

    Convolutional Neural Network Based Soft-Exoskeleton for Stroke Patient Rehabilitation

    Bio-Robotics

    This paper presents a soft robotic glove for stroke patients that incorporates a CNN-based computer vision system. This neural network allows the glove to intelligently recognize objects and automatically adjust the hand's opening for grasping.

  • 2-DoF upper-limb exoskeleton

    Design and Implementation of 2-DoF Upper-Limb Exoskeleton with Combined Force and Position Control for Rehabilitation

    Bio-Robotics

    The exoskeleton assists arm and wrist movements with both position and force control, and uses an "intention detection algorithm" to predict the user's desired motions. This allows for more natural and responsive assistance, which was evaluated by measuring muscle activity and tracking the accuracy of executed movements.

  • Lower-Extremity Exoskeleton

    Control System of a Lower-Extremity Exoskeleton Based on Artificial Neural Networks

    Bio-Robotics

    Design and implementation of a functional prototype of lower extremity brace actuation and its wireless communication control system. The design provides supportive torque and increases the range of motion after complications reducing muscular strength. The control system prototype facilitates elevating a leg, gradually followed by standing and slow walking. The main control modalities are based on an Artificial Neural Network (ANN).

  • Deep Q-Learning Snake Game

    Adversarial Multi-Agent Training Based on Deep Q-Learning Applied to the Snake Game

    Learning & Control

    Implementation of RL multi-agent training for the snake game using Deep Q-learning.

  • Soft micro robots fabrication

    Fabrication of Soft Milli, Micro and Nano Robots Based on Alginate Polymer Coating and Encapsulation

    Bio-Robotics

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