2026 Annual Workshop
CLOVER Lab Annual Workshop
Overview
The Clover Lab Annual Workshop is an annual academic forum that brings together Clover Lab postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, research assistants, visiting scholars, and collaborators to share recent progress and discuss emerging directions in intelligent robotics.
The program typically features opening remarks, research talks, focused workshops, and dedicated discussion sessions. Each year, the workshop is hosted in a carefully chosen location so participants can experience local culture and spend time in nature—an atmosphere we believe fosters creativity, strengthens collaboration, and renews energy for research.
The Clover Lab Annual Workshop 2025-2026 was held in Huizhou, China, from June 23rd to June 25th, 2026.
Workshop Committee
Program Committee Xi WU Zixin TANG Zhelin YANG | Organization Committee Yuchen YAN Xueqian ZHAI |
Program
| June 23 (Tuesday) | |
| 12:00-18:00 | Check In |
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner |
| June 24 (Wednesday) | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome Remarks Organization Committee |
| 9:30-9:45 | Dr. Tao TENG Shared Control/Autonomy: Bilateral Teleoperation under Uncertainty and Interaction Safety |
| 9:45-10:00 | Dr. Quentin ROUXEL Unified Model for Generative Planning and Control with Inference-Time Computation |
| 10:00-10:15 | Zhihao LI Predicting 4D Robot-Object Interactions by Distilling Pre-trained Video World Models |
| 10:15-10:30 | Xi WU Effective Threshold Detection for Safe and Efficient Variable Resistance Training |
| 10:30-10:45 | Zixin TANG CaFe-TeleVision: A Coarse-to-Fine Teleoperation System with Immersive Situated Visualization for Enhanced Ergonomics |
| 10:45-11:00 | Dianxi LI Towards Efficient Robot Learning: Diffusion-style Skill Learning and Transfer on Platform with Multi-modal Perception and Force Feedback |
| 11:00-11:15 | Zhelin YANG Ego-Centric Loco-manipulation with Arm-mounted Quadruped |
| 11:15-11:30 | Wenrui LIU Long-horizon Consistency Industrial Manipulation World Model |
| 11:30-11:45 | Andrew LI Reasoning-Augmented Vision-Language-Action Models Latent Semantic Scaffolding (LSS): Injecting Physical Reasoning at Training Time |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:15 | Xueqian ZHAI Compliant and Cooperative Interaction Learning for Dual-Arm Robots |
| 13:15-13:30 | Yuchen YAN Decoupling Motion Priors from Control Strategies: Replicating and Refining Natural Gait in the Humanoid Robot Marathon |
| 13:30-13:45 | Issatay TOKMURZIYEV A Multi-point Wearable Fluidic Haptic Interface for Rendering Remotely Grasped Surfaces during Teleoperation Tasks |
| 13:45-14:00 | Mengjie JING Long-Horizon Humanoid Cylinder Manipulation via World Action Model Adaptation for Whole-Body Execution |
| 14:00-14:15 | Yuntian XIA Open Duck Mini Project: RL-based Biped Locomotion and Interactive Control |
| 14:15-14:30 | Hengyi SIM Soft Object World Model with In-Context Dynamics Identification |
| 14:30-14:45 | Zhihao LI Tutorial on Agents for Coding and Research |
| 14:45-15:00 | Dr. Chenzui LI The Road to a PhD: What to Do in the Last Six Months? |
| 15:00-15:15 | Yiming CHEN Adaptive Impedance Control Inspired by Neuromuscular Regulation |
| 15:15-15:30 | Zhuo LI Adapt as You Say: Online Interactive Bimanual Skill Adaptation via Human Language Feedback |
| 15:30-16:00 | Prof. Fei CHEN Annual Summary of CLOVER Lab & Workshop Closing Remarks |
| 16:00-21:00 | Banquet & Fireworks |
| June 25 (Thursday) | |
| 10:00-16:00 | Local Culture Experience Dinner arranged individually |
CLOVER Lab Annual Awards
Award Committee Prof. Fei CHEN Dr. Zhipeng DONG Dr. Tao TENG Dr. Quentin ROUXEL | Awardee of Year 2025 – 2026
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Workshop Swag
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Activity Gallery
Sponsor
The Clover Lab Annual Workshop 2024-2025 was held in DaLi, China, from June 1st to June 4th, 2025.
Workshop Committee
Program Committee Zhuo LI Xi WU Yiming CHEN | Organization Committee Yuchen YAN Minghao YU |
Program
| June 01 (Sunday) | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Local Culture Experience Yunnan Mushuihua Wild Mushroom Trading Center |
| 12:00-18:00 | Check In |
| June 02 (Monday) | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome Remarks Organization Committee |
| 9:30-9:45 | Dr. Tao TENG Shared Control/Autonomy in Human-humanoid Collaboration and Teleoperation |
| 9:45-10:00 | Dr. Quentin ROUXEL Multi-Contact and Play Data Imitation Learning with Flow Matching |
| 10:00-10:15 | Junjia LIU Cross-Embodiment Humanoid Robot Skill Transfer via Structured Policy Learning from Human Demonstration |
| 10:15-10:30 | Zhihao LI Foundation Model for Robot Ergodic Manipulation |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:15 | Hengyi SIM Learning Robot Dynamic Cloth Manipulation Based on Differentiable Dynamics Optimization and Motion Transfer |
| 11:15-11:30 | Mark Lester Francisco Padilla Design and Development of Wearable Fluid Haptics for Enhanced Teleoperation |
| 11:30-11:45 | Xi WU Personalized Variable Resistance Training Mode for Safe and Efficient Strength and Conditioning Training |
| 11:45-12:00 | Zheng SUN A Hyperspectral Imaging Guided Robotic Grasping System |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch Time |
| 13:00-13:15 | Zhuo LI Language-Guided Dexterous Functional Grasping by LLM Generated Grasp Functionality and Synergy for Humanoid Manipulation |
| 13:15-13:30 | Yiming CHEN Unified Model Predictive Interaction Control (MPIC) Impedance Matching and Constraint Optimization |
| 13:30-13:45 | Chenzui LI Ergonomics-Oriented Human Upper Limb Postural Optimization and Robot Motion Planning for pHRI in Logistics Scenarios |
| 13:45-14:00 | Zixin TANG TELE-LEARN: Human Tele-demonstration Based on Manipulation Skills Learning for Collaborative Dual-arm Mobile Robots |
| 14:00-14:15 | Zhelin YANG Legged Quadrupedal Loco-Manipulation—- In the aspect of Control |
| 14:15-14:30 | Yuchen YAN Localization and Planning of a UAV for Rapid Complete Coverage Bridge |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00-15:15 | Xueqian ZHAI Robot Compliant Skill Learning and Control Methods for Complex Force Interaction Tasks |
| 15:15-16:00 | Prof. Fei CHEN Annual Summary of CLOVER Lab & Workshop Closing Remarks |
| 16:00-21:00 | Banquet |
| June 03 (Tuesday) | |
| 10:00-18:00 | Local Culture Experience Dali Ancient Town |
| June 04 (Wednesday) | |
| 9:00-12:00 | Local Culture Experience Kunming Flower Market |
CLOVER Lab Annual Awards
Award Committee Prof. Fei CHEN Dr. Zhipeng DONG Dr. Tao TENG Dr. Quentin ROUXEL | Awardee of Year 2024 - 2025
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Workshop Swag
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Activity Gallery
Sponsor