Zhemeng Zhang

Hi, I'm Zhemeng, a Ph.D. student in Computing and Data Science at OpenDriveLab @ MMLab, The University of Hong Kong, and a Research Intern at Archon Robotics, advised by Prof. Hongyang Li. Previously, I received my B.Eng. in Automation from Southwest University and worked as a Research Intern at Xense Robotics and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, advised by Prof. Daolin Ma. I am honored to closely collaborate with my friend Dr. Yiran Qin at NeoteAI.

My research focuses on Robot Learning, Manipulation, and Humanoid Loco-Manipulation.


News
2026
Our paper ComSim is accepted to CoRL 2026! See you in Austin!
Sep 04
Our paper LiveSearchBench is accepted to EMNLP 2026 Findings! See you in Budapest!
Aug 20
We are organizing the MARS Workshop at ICRA 2026! See you in Vienna!
May 02
We are organizing the MARS Workshop at CVPR 2026! See you in Denver!
Apr 30
Our paper TouchGuide is accepted to RSS 2026! See you in Sydney!
Apr 28
Publications (Selected papers are Highlighted)
Building Scalable Real-World Robot Data Generation via Compositional Simulation
Building Scalable Real-World Robot Data Generation via Compositional Simulation

Yiran Qin*, Jiahua Ma*, Li Kang*, Wenzhan Li*, Yihang Jiao, Xin Wen, Xiufeng Song, Heng Zhou, Zhemeng Zhang, Zhenfei Yin, Xihui Liu, Philip Torr, Ruimao Zhang‡ (*Equal Contribution, ‡Corresponding Author)

Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2026

Building Scalable Real-World Robot Data Generation via Compositional Simulation

Yiran Qin*, Jiahua Ma*, Li Kang*, Wenzhan Li*, Yihang Jiao, Xin Wen, Xiufeng Song, Heng Zhou, Zhemeng Zhang, Zhenfei Yin, Xihui Liu, Philip Torr, Ruimao Zhang‡ (*Equal Contribution, ‡Corresponding Author)

Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2026

An Automated Pipeline for Snapshot-Grounded Benchmark Construction over Dynamic Knowledge
An Automated Pipeline for Snapshot-Grounded Benchmark Construction over Dynamic Knowledge

Heng Zhou*, Ao Yu*, Yuchen Fan*, Li Kang, Jianing Shi, Yongting Zhang, Yutao Fan, Tiancheng He, Yibing Lin, Hejia Geng, Yuhao Wu, Xiufeng Song, Zhemeng Zhang, Songtao Huang, Yiran Qin, Wenlong Zhang, Lei Bai‡, Zhenfei Yin‡ (*Equal Contribution, ‡Corresponding Author)

Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) Findings 2026

An Automated Pipeline for Snapshot-Grounded Benchmark Construction over Dynamic Knowledge

Heng Zhou*, Ao Yu*, Yuchen Fan*, Li Kang, Jianing Shi, Yongting Zhang, Yutao Fan, Tiancheng He, Yibing Lin, Hejia Geng, Yuhao Wu, Xiufeng Song, Zhemeng Zhang, Songtao Huang, Yiran Qin, Wenlong Zhang, Lei Bai‡, Zhenfei Yin‡ (*Equal Contribution, ‡Corresponding Author)

Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) Findings 2026

$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-Foundation: Towards the Age of Tactile Intelligence
$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-Foundation: Towards the Age of Tactile Intelligence

NeoteAI Team, Zhemeng Zhang† (†Core Contributor)

Technical Report 2026

$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-Foundation: Towards the Age of Tactile Intelligence

NeoteAI Team, Zhemeng Zhang† (†Core Contributor)

Technical Report 2026

$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-VTLA: Scaling Vision-Tactile-Language-Action Model with Latent Tactile Tokens
$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-VTLA: Scaling Vision-Tactile-Language-Action Model with Latent Tactile Tokens

NeoteAI Team, Zhemeng Zhang† (†Core Contributor)

Technical Report 2026

$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-VTLA: Scaling Vision-Tactile-Language-Action Model with Latent Tactile Tokens

NeoteAI Team, Zhemeng Zhang† (†Core Contributor)

Technical Report 2026

$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-TWAM: Scaling Tactile-Native World Action Model for Contact-Rich Manipulation
$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-TWAM: Scaling Tactile-Native World Action Model for Contact-Rich Manipulation

NeoteAI Team, Zhemeng Zhang† (†Core Contributor)

Technical Report 2026

$\mathcal{N}_{0}$-TWAM: Scaling Tactile-Native World Action Model for Contact-Rich Manipulation

NeoteAI Team, Zhemeng Zhang† (†Core Contributor)

Technical Report 2026

TouchGuide: Inference-Time Steering of Visuomotor Policies via Touch Guidance
TouchGuide: Inference-Time Steering of Visuomotor Policies via Touch Guidance

Zhemeng Zhang*, Jiahua Ma*, Xincheng Yang*, Xin Wen, Yuzhi Zhang, Boyan Li, Yiran Qin♮, Jin Liu, Can Zhao, Li Kang, Haoqin Hong, Zhenfei Yin, Philip Torr, Hao Su, Ruimao Zhang, Daolin Ma‡ (*Equal Contribution, ♮Project Lead, ‡Corresponding Author)

Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2026

TouchGuide: Inference-Time Steering of Visuomotor Policies via Touch Guidance

Zhemeng Zhang*, Jiahua Ma*, Xincheng Yang*, Xin Wen, Yuzhi Zhang, Boyan Li, Yiran Qin♮, Jin Liu, Can Zhao, Li Kang, Haoqin Hong, Zhenfei Yin, Philip Torr, Hao Su, Ruimao Zhang, Daolin Ma‡ (*Equal Contribution, ♮Project Lead, ‡Corresponding Author)

Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2026

A Robust Fault Detection Filter for Linear Time-Varying System with Non-Gaussian Noise
A Robust Fault Detection Filter for Linear Time-Varying System with Non-Gaussian Noise

Zhemeng Zhang, Yifei Nie, Le Yin‡ (‡Corresponding Author)

Chinese Control Conference (CCC) 2025

A Robust Fault Detection Filter for Linear Time-Varying System with Non-Gaussian Noise

Zhemeng Zhang, Yifei Nie, Le Yin‡ (‡Corresponding Author)

Chinese Control Conference (CCC) 2025