📖 Personal Profile

Shilong Mu received his B.S. degree in Electronic Information Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology in 2022. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree in Data Science and Information Technology at the Smart Sensing and Robotics group (SSR Group) at Tsinghua University. His research focuses on robotic sensing and embodied AI, under the guidance of Professor Wenbo Ding in the SSR Group.

During his studies, Shilong received national scholarships for both graduate students (THU) and undergraduates (CUMT).

📝 Research Interests

Shilong Mu’s academic and research endeavors are centered around the cutting-edge domains of:

Tactile sensing
Human-machine interfaces
Embodied AI

Feel free to reach out for collaboration or discussions about research ideas.

Email: msl22 [AT] mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

🔥 News

[2024/10] Shilong was awarded the National Scholarship for graduate students at Tsinghua University!

[2024/08] Our work, “HandySense: A Multimodal Collection System for Human Two-Handed Dexterous Manipulation,” has been accepted by MobiCom PICASSO 2024.

[2024/07] Shilong, Henry, Xinyue, and Runze won the first prize at TBSI RETREAT 2024, receiving a prize of ¥30,000 for their project Robocare!

[2024/06] The SSR Group 2021 Graduation Party was held in Shenzhen!

[2024/05] Shilong attended ICRA 2025 in Yokohama, Japan!

[2024/04] Shilong received the third prize at the National Outstanding Graduate Students Workshop, hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen!

[2024/04] Shilong participated in the first China Humanoid Robot Industry Conference held in Beijing!

[2024/03] Shilong’s ICRA 2024 RAS Travel Support Application was accepted!

[2024/01] SSR Group had four papers accepted by ICRA 2024. Congratulations to Shilong, Xiaosa, Ziwu, and Chenchang! The research covers tactile duplexing, tactile reconstruction, multi-modal visual-tactile sensing, and flexible operations!

[2024/01] Our work on bidirectional human-robot interaction e-skin was accepted by ICRA 2024 in Yokohama, Japan.

[2024/01] SSR Group held the 2023 Annual Summary Meeting and conducted academic exchanges with the laboratory of Professor Zhong Junwen at the University of Macau, in Macau, China.

[2023/10] Shilong received an internship offer from Tencent Robotics X lab and will continue his research on robot tactile sensing!

[2023/10] Shilong received the Tsinghua University second-class scholarship!

[2023/10] Shilong participated in the 8th “Fundamental Theories and Key Technologies of Soft Robotics” Symposium in 2023.

[2023/09] Shilong participated in the 2023 Guangdong Provincial Graduate Student Academic Forum and delivered an academic presentation.

[2023/09] Our work on hybrid embedded systems for continuous monitoring of bird flight was accepted by UbiComp 2023, Session: CPD.

[2023/08] Our work on a platypus-inspired electro-mechanosensory finger for remote control and tactile sensing was accepted by Nano Energy (IF: 19.06).

[2023/01] SSR Group held the 2022 Annual Summary Meeting in Shenzhen, China!

📝 Publications

Nano-Energy 2023

A Platypus-inspired Electro-mechanosensory Finger for Remote Control and Tactile Sensing
Shilong Mu*, Shoujie Li*, Hongfa Zhao*, Zihan Wang, Xiao Xiao, Zenan Lin, Ziwu Song, Huaze Tang, Qinghao Xu, Dongkai Wang, Wang Wei Lee†, Changsheng Wu†, Wenbo Ding†.
Nano Energy, 2023, 116: 108790. (JCR:Q1; IF:17.6)
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ICRA 2024

Dual-modal Tactile E-skin: Enabling Bidirectional Human-Robot Interaction via Integrated Tactile Perception and Feedback
Shilong Mu*, Runze Zhao*, Zenan Lin, Yan Huang, Shoujie Li, Chenchang Li, Xiao-Ping Zhang, Wenbo Ding†.
ICRA 2024, Yokohama, Japan
Link | PDF | Project page

MobiCom Picasso 2024

HandySense: A Multimodal Collection System for Human Two-Handed Dexterous Manipulation
Shilong Mu*, Jingyang Wang*, Xinyue Chai, Xingting Li, Tong Wu, Wenbo Ding†.
MobiCom Picasso 2024, Washington D.C., USA
PDF

ICRA 2024

SATac: A Thermoluminescence Enabled Tactile Sensor for Concurrent Perception of Temperature, Pressure, and Shear
Ziwu Song*, Ran Yu*, Xuan Zhang, Kit Wa Sou, Shilong Mu, Wenbo Ding†.
ICRA 2024, Yokohama, Japan
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IEEE Sensors Journal 2024

TacTID: High-performance Visuo-Tactile Sensor-based Terrain Identification for Legged Robots
Ziwu Song∗, Chenchang Li∗, Zhentan Quan, Shilong Mu, Xiaosa Li, Ziyi Zhao, Wanxin Jin, Chenye Wu, Wenbo Ding, Xiao-Ping Zhang, Fellow, IEEE.
IEEE Sensors Journal 2024
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UbiComp 2023

Multimodal Surface Sensing based on Hybrid Flexible Triboelectric and Piezoresistive Sensor
Zenan Lin*, Kai Chong Lei*, Shilong Mu, Ziwu Song, Yuan Dai, Wenbo Ding†, Xiao-Ping Zhang.
UbiComp 2023, [Location]
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🥇 Honors and Awards

National Scholarship (Top 2%), China University of Mining and Technology (October 2021)
National Scholarship (Top 2%), Tsinghua University (October 2024)
First Prize at the TBSI Retreat, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (Team Leader, Ranked 1/18) (July 2024)
Outstanding Presentation Award, National Graduate Academic Symposium (CUHKSZ) (June 2024)
IEEE Travel Grant 2024 (May 2024)