Tong Xu

Tong Xu

PhD student for Robotics

George Mason University

RobotiXX Lab

I am currently a senior PhD student in RobotiXX Lab at George Mason University, advised by Prof. Xuesu Xiao. I received my master’s degree from University of Southern California and bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology.

My primary research interests include motion planning, reinforcement learning, and whole-body loco-manipulation. My current work focuses on kinodynamics adaptation across heterogeneous autonomous robot fleets and humanoid robot learning.

Interests

  • Robotics
  • Motion Planning
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Foundation Models

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2023

    George Mason University

  • M.S. in Computer Science, 2021

    University of Southern California

  • B.E. in Network Engineering, 2017

    Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology