PhD Researcher · National University of Singapore

LI Peizhuo李培卓

I study how legged robots can perceive, decide, and work in complex environments.

My research sits at the intersection of reinforcement learning and active perceptive whole-body control — building adaptive robotic systems that work reliably beyond the lab.

Research focus
  • Legged robotics
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Active perceptive whole-body control

02 / Research

Building robots that work in the real world.

I build learning-based control systems that connect perception to action, with an emphasis on reliability, adaptability, and deployment beyond controlled settings.

01

Active Perceptive Whole-Body Control

Integrating vision, proprioception, and active sensing so robots can coordinate their whole body around terrain and tasks.

02

Adaptive Robot Learning

Developing reinforcement learning methods that remain robust, responsive, and adaptable when transferred to real robots.

03

Loco-Manipulation

Coordinating mobility and manipulation through hierarchical policies so legged robots can complete whole-body tasks.

03 / Publications

Selected research

Recent work on humanoid and quadruped locomotion, reinforcement learning, and whole-body control.

Featured work

Research project preview for TAGA: Terrain-aware Active Gaze Learning for Generalizable Agile Humanoid Locomotion

Under review · 2026

TAGA: Terrain-aware Active Gaze Learning for Generalizable Agile Humanoid Locomotion

LI Peizhuo*, Hongyi Li*, Mingfeng Fan*, et al.

Terrain-aware active gaze lets humanoids anticipate footholds and retain agile locomotion across unfamiliar terrain.

Research project preview for KiVi: Kinesthetic-Visuospatial Integration for Dynamic and Safe Egocentric Legged Locomotion

IEEE/RSJ IROS · 2026

KiVi: Kinesthetic-Visuospatial Integration for Dynamic and Safe Egocentric Legged Locomotion

LI Peizhuo*, Hongyi Li*, Yuxuan Ma*, et al.

Kinesthetic and visuospatial cues are fused for dynamic, safe, and egocentric quadruped locomotion.

Research project preview for HeLoM: Hierarchical Learning for Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation by a Hexapod Robot

Under review · 2026

HeLoM: Hierarchical Learning for Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation by a Hexapod Robot

Xinrong Yang*, LI Peizhuo*, Hongyi Li, et al.

Hierarchical learning unifies locomotion and manipulation for coordinated whole-body interaction with a hexapod robot.

All publications

13 papers · Scroll

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01

TAGA: Terrain-aware Active Gaze Learning for Generalizable Agile Humanoid Locomotion

LI Peizhuo*, Hongyi Li*, Mingfeng Fan*, et al.

Under review · 2026

02

KiVi: Kinesthetic-Visuospatial Integration for Dynamic and Safe Egocentric Legged Locomotion

LI Peizhuo*, Hongyi Li*, Yuxuan Ma*, et al.

IEEE/RSJ IROS · 2026

03

LATS: Large Language Model Assisted Teacher-Student Framework for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Traffic Signal Control

Yifeng Zhang, LI Peizhuo, Tingguang Zhou, Mingfeng Fan, Guillaume Sartoretti

arXiv preprint · 2026

04

GPO: Growing Policy Optimization for Legged Robot Locomotion and Whole-Body Control

Shuhao Liao, LI Peizhuo, Xinrong Yang, et al.

arXiv preprint · 2026

05

FARE: Fast-Slow Agentic Robotic Exploration

Shuhao Liao, Xuxin Lv, Jeric Lew, et al., LI Peizhuo, et al.

arXiv preprint · 2026

06

Unicorn: A Universal and Collaborative Reinforcement Learning Approach Toward Generalizable Network-Wide Traffic Signal Control

Yifeng Zhang, Yilin Liu, Ping Gong, LI Peizhuo, Mingfeng Fan, Guillaume Sartoretti

IEEE T-ITS · 2026

07

HeLoM: Hierarchical Learning for Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation by a Hexapod Robot

Xinrong Yang*, LI Peizhuo*, et al.

Under review · 2026

08

HEADER: Hierarchical Robot Exploration via Attention-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning with Expert-Guided Reward

Yuhong Cao, Yizhuo Wang, Jingsong Liang, et al., LI Peizhuo, Guillaume Sartoretti

arXiv preprint · 2025

09

SATA: Safe and Adaptive Torque-Based Locomotion Policies Inspired by Animal Learning

LI Peizhuo*, Hongyi Li*, Ge Sun, et al.

Robotics: Science and Systems · 2025

10

CoordLight: Learning Decentralized Coordination for Network-Wide Traffic Signal Control

Yifeng Zhang, Harsh Goel, LI Peizhuo, Mehul Damani, Sandeep Chinchali, Guillaume Sartoretti

IEEE T-ITS · 2025

11

HeteroLight: A General and Efficient Learning Approach for Heterogeneous Traffic Signal Control

Yifeng Zhang, LI Peizhuo, Mingfeng Fan, Guillaume Sartoretti

IEEE/RSJ IROS · 2024

12

DecAP: Decaying Action Priors for Accelerated Imitation Learning of Torque-Based Legged Locomotion Policies

Shivam Sood, Ge Sun, LI Peizhuo, Guillaume Sartoretti

IEEE/RSJ IROS · 2024

13

Learning-based Hierarchical Control: Emulating the Central Nervous System for Bio-Inspired Legged Robot Locomotion

Ge Sun, Milad Shafiee, LI Peizhuo, Guillaume Bellegarda, Auke Ijspeert, Guillaume Sartoretti

IEEE/RSJ IROS · 2024

04 / Journey

Research shaped by learning and practice.

Education

Experience

Aug 2026 — Present

Algorithm Intern

EngineAI

Shenzhen · On-site

Dec 2025 — Aug 2026

Algorithm Intern

Galbot

Beijing · Hybrid