TDCR hardware and RGB-D capture · Figure 1
ROBOTICS · LEARNING · CONTROL
Jinchen
Ruan.
Learning to move.
Moving to understand.
I study robot self-modeling
and action-conditioned 3D generation.
Ph.D. student · Columbia UniversityCreative Machines Lab · Prof. Hod Lipson
01 / SELECTED WORK
Ideas, in motion.
Robot self-modeling. Controllable 3D generation.
2026 / RSS + CoRL
Shape interpolation × kinematic control · Figure 2
* Equal contribution. Full manuscripts are available via Paper PDF.
JR / OFF THE CLOCKA LITTLE CURIOSITY GOES A LONG WAY.
02 / BEHIND THE RESEARCH
Curiosity,
made physical.
I’m a Ph.D. student at Columbia University, advised by Prof. Hod Lipson in the Creative Machines Lab. I received my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia in May 2026.
My research focuses on robot self-modeling, action-conditioned generative models, and continuum robots. Previously, I received my B.Eng. in Robotics Engineering from Beijing University of Technology and worked on robotic control and perception in academia and industry.
RESEARCH FOCUS
The longer story, in my English CVRobot self-modelingAction-conditioned generationContinuum robotics
03 / LET’S CONNECT