Hui Li
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Americas
Biography
Hui Li is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Robotics Lab in Autodesk Research, where her research focus is at the intersection of machine learning and robotics, including topics such as reinforcement learning, sim-to-real transfer, and multimodal learning for robotic manipulation.
Prior to Autodesk, Hui led the R&D team at Airware, building computer vision and machine learning capabilities for commercial drones, and led robotics research at Boeing, building agile robotic platforms for airplane manufacturing. She holds a PhD in AI from MIT.
Publications (10)
2025
Flow-based Domain Randomization for Learning and Sequencing Robotic SkillsDevelops a method for robust sim to real transfer in highly complex…
2025
In-Context Imitation Learning via Next-Token PredictionThis robotics approach allows flexible and training-free execution of…
2024
Bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap with Dynamic Compliance Tuning for Industrial InsertionA novel framework for robustly learning manipulation skills…
Blog Articles
2023
Safe Self-Supervised Learning of Insertion Skills in the Real World using Tactile and Visual SensingExploring how to safely train robots how to perform industrial…