I am a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. My research focuses on leveraging force and touch for dexterous manipulation. I earned my PhD in Robotics from the University of Michigan and previously interned at FAIR Robotics, NVIDIA Robotics, and Amazon Robotics AI.
University of Michigan, PhD canditate ,2021-2026
NVIDIA Seattle Robotics Lab, Research Intern, 2024
University of Michigan, MS , 2019-2021
KAIST, BSc, 2014-2019
Meta FAIR, Research Intern, 2024-2025
Amazon Robotics A.I., Applied Scientist Intern, 2022
Georgia Institue of Technology, Exchange Student, 2017
Youngsun Wi, Jessica Yin, Elvis Xiang, Akash Sharma, Jitendra Malik, Mustafa Mukadam, Nima Fazeli*, Tess Hellebrekers*
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2026
Jessica Yin, Haozi Qi*, Youngsun Wi*, Sayantan Kundu, Mike Lambeta, William Yang, Changhao Wang, Tingfan Wu, Jitendra Malik, Tess Hellebrekers
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2026
Neural Inverse Source Problem
Youngsun Wi, Jayjun Lee, Miquel Oller, Nima Fazeli
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2024
CALAMARI: Contact-Aware and Language conditioned spatial Action MApping for contact-RIch manipulation
Youngsun Wi, Mark Van der Merwe, Andy Zeng, Pete Florence, Nima Fazeli
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2023
Integrated Object Deformation and Contact Patch Estimation from Visuo-Tactile Feedback
Mark Van der Merwe, Youngsun Wi, Dmitry Berenson, Nima Fazeli
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2023
VIRDO++: Real-World, Visio-Tactile Dynamics And Perception of Deformable Objects
Youngsun Wi, Andy Zeng, Pete Florence, Nima Fazeli
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2022
VIRDO: VISIO-TACTILE Implicit Representations of Deformable Objects
Youngsun Wi, Andy Zeng, Pete Florence, Nima Fazeli
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2022
2025 Oct: Invited talk at KAST Mechanical Engineering (hosted by prof. Haewon Park)
2025 Sep: Invited talk at RLLAB@Yonsei (hosted by prof. Youngwoon Lee)
2025 Feb: Invited talk at Real@Stanford (hosted by prof. Shuran Song)
2023 Nov: Volunteering "Workshop on leveraging models for contact-rich manipulation" workshop at 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023)
2023 Mar: Invited as a speaker for UTokyo workshop -- presented VIRDO and VIRDO++.
2022 May: Earned PhD Candidacy at the Robotics Department, University Michigan, Ann Arbor!
2024 Aug: Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship
2021 Dec: Rackham International Student Fellowship
2021 Sep: Robotics Department First Year Fellowship
2018: Outstanding Achievement Award, the highest honor by Department of ME at KAIST for distinguished academic excellence
2017: Cho-Chun-Shik Graduate School of Green transportation Research scholarship
2016 Mar -2017 Dec : Korea National Science and Engineering Scholarship
2014 Mar - 2015 Dec: Korea National Scholarship