CV

Xiping Sun

sxp22@seas.upenn.edu
6268619358

Education

  • M.S.E. in Robotics, Grasp Lab
    May, 2027 (expected)
    University of Pennsylvania
    GPA: 4.0
  • B.S. in Computer Science
    May, 2025
    University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    GPA: 3.87

Work Experience

  • software engineering intern
    May, 2023 - August, 2023
    LifeFoundry, Inc.
    Research on fabric-based tactile sensing for social human-robot interaction (spHRI).

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • SQL

Software Packages

  • ROS
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch

Publications

  • Social Gesture Recognition in spHRI: Leveraging Fabric-Based Tactile Sensing on Humanoid Robots
    IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025
  • A Modularized Design Approach for GelSight Family of Vision-based Tactile Sensors
    The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2025

Teaching

  • CIS5210: Artificial Intelligence
    2025
    University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science
    Role: Teaching Assistant
  • CS101: Intro to Programming for Scientists and Engineers
    2022
    University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Computer and Information Science
    Role: Course Assistant

Languages