Dr. Haoran Li is an Assistant Professor in the School of Robotics at XJTLU, where he also serves as the Director of the XJTLU-ChangingTek Robotics Joint Lab.​

Education & Appointment ​

• Ph.D. in Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, UK (2025)
• M.Sc. in Robotics (Distinction), University of Bristol, UK (2020)
• B.Eng. in Vehicle Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology (2019)
• Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Bristol Robotics Laboratory & School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology, University of Bristol
• Awarded Joint PhD Scholarship by China Scholarship Council & University of Bristol (2020–2024)

Research Focus ​

My work centers on dexterous robotic hands and vision-based tactile sensors, with the goal of designing robotic hands that match or surpass human dexterity and tactile perception.

研究聚焦于机器人灵巧手与视触觉传感器，致力于开发具备人手、甚至超人手功能的触觉灵巧手系统。

I have published in leading robotics venues, including:

IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), Cyborg and Bionic Systems, Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), IEEE ICRA, IEEE/RSJ IROSetc.

Lab & Projects ​

Director of XJTLU–ChangingTek Robot Joint Laboratory (B-1022), equipped with 3 industrial robot arms, various grippers, tactile/force sensors, and RTX 5090 GPU servers.

1. XJTLU-ChangingTek Robot School-Enterprise Joint Laboratory (RDS10120250330, school-enterprise cooperation project, 2.1 million, host); 
2. Design of tactile dexterous mobile phone electrical system based on tendon antagonism mechanism (RDF-25-01-016, school-level project, 100k, host); 
3. Grasp ability beyond the human hand: AI-driven electromechanical system design of ultra-high degree of freedom dexterous robot hand (POC-25-03, Suzhou City project, 80k, host);

Join Us  加入课题组​

We welcome motivated undergraduate, master, and PhD students​ to join our Dexterous Robot Group. If you are passionate about robotics and hands-on research, let’s collaborate to push the boundaries of robotics—let’s achieve more, together.

课题组长期招收对机器人研究充满热情、具有自我驱动力的本科生、硕士生与博士生。如果你对灵巧手、触觉传感与机器人智能感兴趣，欢迎加入我们，一起做大做强，再创辉煌。

Contact 联系邮箱：haoran.li@xjtlu.edu.cn

Selected Supervisions & Awards 学生指导与奖项​

• 2025 SURF Outstanding Project (First Prize)
• IROS 2025 Best Student Paper Award (4th Workshop on Teleoperation)
• ICRA 2024 Best Poster Award (ViTac workshop)

Teaching 授课课程​

• RBE304TC – Principles of Intelligent Control
• RBE210TC – Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
• RBE311TC – Final Year Project (FYP)