Hi! I am Jianxiong Li, studying embodied AI and Reinforcement Learning (RL). I am a 4th-year PhD candidate at AIR, Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Xianyuan Zhan and Prof. Ya-Qin Zhang. I got my bachelor's degree in 2021 from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, where I did lots of projects on mechanical design and robotics.

My dream is to develop robots that are universally deployable across diverse real-world environments. Towards this goal, my current work primarily focused on:

  • (Efficient Pretrain) How to build robotic foundation models efficiently when robotics data are limited?
  • (Fast Post-train) How to fastly enhance robot peformance given limited budget?
  • (RL+X) How to use RL to reach super-human performance on diverse domains, like robots, VLMs or LLMs?
I am open to collaboration, feel free to reach me out!

I am actively looking for postdoc and full time research positions on robot learning. Weclome to drop me an email if interested.

Some links: Github / Twitter / Google Scholar / li-jx21@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

News

  • One paper (LBP) on efficient latent planning is accepted to ICML 2025.
  • One paper (UniAct) on cross-embodiment universal actions is accepted to CVPR 2025.
  • 🌟Diffusion-Planner is selected as oral presentation at ICLR 2025.
  • Two papers on fast post-train (PSEC) and autonomous driving (Diffusion-Planner) are accepted to ICLR 2025.
  • One paper (Robo-MUTUAL) on embodied representations is accepted to ICRA 2025.
  • 🌟One paper (RSP) on offline RL is accepted to AAAI 2025 as oral.
  • 🌟IVM and DecisionNCE are selected as Outstanding Paper at MFM-EAI workshop @ ICML 2024.
  • One paper (IVM) on embodied foundation multimodal models is accepted to NeurIPS 2024.
  • One paper (DecisionNCE) on embodied multimodal representations is accepted to ICML 2024.
  • 🌟QPA is selected as spotlight presentation at ICLR 2024.
  • Two papers on RLHF (QPA) and safe offline RL (FISOR) are accepted to ICLR 2024.
  • 🌟Three papers on offline RL (IVR, DOGE) and offline RL with imperfect rewards (RGM) are accepted to ICLR 2023, including one oral paper (IVR).
  • 🌟One paper (POR) on offline RL is accepted to NeurIPS 2022 as oral.

Publications (* marks equal contribution)

  • Universal Actions for Enhanced Embodied Foundation Models Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Dongxiu Liu*, Yinan Zheng, Zhihao Wang, Zhonghong Ou, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Xianyuan Zhan CVPR 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Robo-MUTUAL: Robotic Multimodal Task Specification via Unimodal Learning Jianxiong Li*, Zhihao Wang*, Jinliang Zheng*, Xiaoai Zhou, Guanming Wang, Guanglu Song, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Junzhi Yu, Xianyuan Zhan ICRA 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Skill Expansion and Composition in Parameter Space Tenglong Liu*, Jianxiong Li*, Yinan Zheng, Haoyi Niu, Yixing Lan, Xin Xu, Xianyuan Zhan ICLR 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • Instruction Guided Visual Masking Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Sijie Cheng, Yinan Zheng, Jiaming Li, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • DecisionNCE: Embodied Multimodal Representations via Implicit Preference Learning Jianxiong Li*, Jinliang Zheng*, Yinan Zheng*, Liyuan Mao, Xiao Hu, Sijie Cheng, Haoyi Niu, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Xianyuan Zhan ICML 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • Query-Policy Misalignment in Preference-Based Reinforcement Learning Xiao Hu*, Jianxiong Li*, Xianyuan Zhan, Qing-Shan Jia, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2024 (Spotlight, Top 5%) 2024 Paper | Code
  • Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning with Feasibility-Guided Diffusion Model Yinan Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Dongjie Yu, Yujie Yang, Shengbo Eben Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Jingjing Liu ICLR 2024 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • When Data Geometry Meets Deep Function: Generalizing Offline Reinforcement Learning Jianxiong Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Haoran Xu, Xiangyu Zhu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2023 2023 Paper | Code
  • Mind the Gap: Offline Policy Optimization for Imperfect Rewards Jianxiong Li*, Xiao Hu*, Haoran Xu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan, Qing-Shan Jia, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2023 2023 Paper | Code
  • Universal Actions for Enhanced Embodied Foundation Models Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Dongxiu Liu*, Yinan Zheng, Zhihao Wang, Zhonghong Ou, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Xianyuan Zhan CVPR 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Efficient Robotic Policy Learning via Latent Space Backward Planning Dongxiu Liu*, Haoyi Niu*, Zhihao Wang, Jinliang Zheng, Yinan Zheng, Zhonghong Ou, Jianming Hu, Jianxiong Li, Xianyuan Zhan ICML 2025 2025
  • Pushing the Limit of Sample-Efficient Offline Reinforcement Learning Peng Cheng, Zhihao Wu, Jianxiong Li, Haoran Xu, Wei Sun, Youfang Lin, Yunxin Liu, Xianyuan Zhan ICLR 2025 @ WWM Workshop 2025
  • Reachability-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Collision Avoidance in Human-Machine Shared Control Shiyue Zhao, Junzhi Zhang, Neda Masoud, Jianxiong Li, Yinan Zheng, Xiaohui Hou Under Review 2025
  • Diffusion-Based Planning for Autonomous Driving with Flexible Guidance Yinan Zheng*, Ruiming Liang*, Kexin Zheng*, Jinliang Zheng, Liyuan Mao, Jianxiong Li, Weihao Gu, Rui Ai, Shengbo Eben Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Jingjing Liu ICLR 2025 (Oral, Top 2%) 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Skill Expansion and Composition in Parameter Space Tenglong Liu*, Jianxiong Li*, Yinan Zheng, Haoyi Niu, Yixing Lan, Xin Xu, Xianyuan Zhan ICLR 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • Robo-MUTUAL: Robotic Multimodal Task Specification via Unimodal Learning Jianxiong Li*, Zhihao Wang*, Jinliang Zheng*, Xiaoai Zhou, Guanming Wang, Guanglu Song, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Junzhi Yu, Xianyuan Zhan ICRA 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Are Expressive Models Truly Necessary for Offline RL? Guan Wang*, Haoyi Niu*, Jianxiong Li, Li Jiang, Jianming Hu, Xianyuan Zhan AAAI 2025 (Oral, Top 5%) 2024 Paper | Code
  • xTED: Cross-Domain Adaptation via Diffusion-Based Trajectory Editing Haoyi Niu*, Qimao Chen*, Tenglong Liu, Jianxiong Li, Guyue Zhou, Yi Zhang, Jianming Hu, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2024 OWA Workshop 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • Instruction Guided Visual Masking Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Sijie Cheng, Yinan Zheng, Jiaming Li, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • DecisionNCE: Embodied Multimodal Representations via Implicit Preference Learning Jianxiong Li*, Jinliang Zheng*, Yinan Zheng*, Liyuan Mao, Xiao Hu, Sijie Cheng, Haoyi Niu, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Xianyuan Zhan ICML 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • Query-Policy Misalignment in Preference-Based Reinforcement Learning Xiao Hu*, Jianxiong Li*, Xianyuan Zhan, Qing-Shan Jia, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2024 (Spotlight, Top 5%) 2024 Paper | Code
  • Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning with Feasibility-Guided Diffusion Model Yinan Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Dongjie Yu, Yujie Yang, Shengbo Eben Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Jingjing Liu ICLR 2024 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • PROTO: Iterative Policy Regularized Offline-to-Online Reinforcement Learning Jianxiong Li, Xiao Hu, Haoran Xu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan, Ya-Qin Zhang Preprint 2023 Paper | Code
  • A Fully Data-Driven Approach for Realistic Traffic Signal Control Using Offline Reinforcement Learning Jianxiong Li, Shichao Lin, Tianyu Shi, Chujie Tian, Yu Mei, Jian Song, Xianyuan Zhan, Ruimin Li Preprint 2023 Paper
  • Offline RL with No OOD Actions: In-Sample Learning via Implicit Value Regularization Haoran Xu, Li Jiang, Jianxiong Li, Zhuoran Yang, Zhaoran Wang, Victor Wai Kin Chan, Xianyuan Zhan ICLR 2023 (Oral, Notable Top 5%) 2023 Paper | Code
  • Mind the Gap: Offline Policy Optimizaiton for Imperfect Rewards Jianxiong Li*, Xiao Hu*, Haoran Xu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan, Qing-Shan Jia, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2023 2023 Paper | Code
  • When data geometry meets deep function: Generalizing offline reinforcement learning Jianxiong Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Haoran Xu, Xiangyu Zhu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2023 2023 Paper | Code
  • A Policy-Guided Imitation Approach for Offline Reinforcement Learning Haoran Xu*, Li Jiang*, Jianxiong Li, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2022 (Oral, Top 2%) 2022 Paper | Code | Slides | Media
  • Vehicle Extreme Control based on Offline Reinforcement Leaning Shiyue Zhao, Jianxiong Li, Xiao Hu, Junzhi Zhang, Chengkun He CAC 2022 2022
  • Offline Reinforcement Learning with Soft Behavioral Regularization Haoran Xu, Xianyuan Zhan, Jianxiong Li, Honglei Yin NeurIPS 2021 Offline RL Workshop 2021 Paper | Code
  • Universal Actions for Enhanced Embodied Foundation Models Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Dongxiu Liu*, Yinan Zheng, Zhihao Wang, Zhonghong Ou, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Xianyuan Zhan CVPR 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Robo-MUTUAL: Robotic Multimodal Task Specification via Unimodal Learning Jianxiong Li*, Zhihao Wang*, Jinliang Zheng*, Xiaoai Zhou, Guanming Wang, Guanglu Song, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Junzhi Yu, Xianyuan Zhan ICRA 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Instruction Guided Visual Masking Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Sijie Cheng, Yinan Zheng, Jiaming Li, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • DecisionNCE: Embodied Multimodal Representations via Implicit Preference Learning Jianxiong Li*, Jinliang Zheng*, Yinan Zheng*, Liyuan Mao, Xiao Hu, Sijie Cheng, Haoyi Niu, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang, Xianyuan Zhan ICML 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • xTED: Cross-Domain Adaptation via Diffusion-Based Trajectory Editing Haoyi Niu*, Qimao Chen*, Tenglong Liu, Jianxiong Li, Guyue Zhou, Yi Zhang, Jianming Hu, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2024 OWA Workshop 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • Skill Expansion and Composition in Parameter Space Tenglong Liu*, Jianxiong Li*, Yinan Zheng, Haoyi Niu, Yixing Lan, Xin Xu, Xianyuan Zhan ICLR 2025 2025 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • Diffusion-Based Planning for Autonomous Driving with Flexible Guidance Yinan Zheng*, Ruiming Liang*, Kexin Zheng*, Jinliang Zheng, Liyuan Mao, Jianxiong Li, Weihao Gu, Rui Ai, Shengbo Eben Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Jingjing Liu ICLR 2025 (Oral, Top 2%) 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • PROTO: Iterative Policy Regularized Offline-to-Online Reinforcement Learning Jianxiong Li, Xiao Hu, Haoran Xu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan, Ya-Qin Zhang Preprint 2023 Paper | Code
  • Diffusion-Based Planning for Autonomous Driving with Flexible Guidance Yinan Zheng*, Ruiming Liang*, Kexin Zheng*, Jinliang Zheng, Liyuan Mao, Jianxiong Li, Weihao Gu, Rui Ai, Shengbo Eben Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Jingjing Liu ICLR 2025 (Oral, Top 2%) 2025 Paper | Code | Page
  • Are Expressive Models Truly Necessary for Offline RL? Guan Wang*, Haoyi Niu*, Jianxiong Li, Li Jiang, Jianming Hu, Xianyuan Zhan AAAI 2025 (Oral, Top 5%) 2024 Paper | Code
  • Instruction Guided Visual Masking Jinliang Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Sijie Cheng, Yinan Zheng, Jiaming Li, Jihao Liu, Yu Liu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2024 (Outstanding Paper @ ICML 2024 MFM-EAI Workshop) 2024 Paper | Code | Page | Dataset | Model
  • Query-Policy Misalignment in Preference-Based Reinforcement Learning Xiao Hu*, Jianxiong Li*, Xianyuan Zhan, Qing-Shan Jia, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2024 (Spotlight, Top 5%) 2024 Paper | Code
  • Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning with Feasibility-Guided Diffusion Model Yinan Zheng*, Jianxiong Li*, Dongjie Yu, Yujie Yang, Shengbo Eben Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Jingjing Liu ICLR 2024 2024 Paper | Code | Page
  • A Fully Data-Driven Approach for Realistic Traffic Signal Control Using Offline Reinforcement Learning Jianxiong Li, Shichao Lin, Tianyu Shi, Chujie Tian, Yu Mei, Jian Song, Xianyuan Zhan, Ruimin Li Preprint 2023 Paper
  • Offline RL with No OOD Actions: In-Sample Learning via Implicit Value Regularization Haoran Xu, Li Jiang, Jianxiong Li, Zhuoran Yang, Zhaoran Wang, Victor Wai Kin Chan, Xianyuan Zhan ICLR 2023 (Oral, Notable Top 5%) 2023 Paper | Code
  • Mind the Gap: Offline Policy Optimizaiton for Imperfect Rewards Jianxiong Li*, Xiao Hu*, Haoran Xu, Jingjing Liu, Xianyuan Zhan, Qing-Shan Jia, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2023 2023 Paper | Code
  • When data geometry meets deep function: Generalizing offline reinforcement learning Jianxiong Li, Xianyuan Zhan, Haoran Xu, Xiangyu Zhu, Jingjing Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang ICLR 2023 2023 Paper | Code
  • A Policy-Guided Imitation Approach for Offline Reinforcement Learning Haoran Xu*, Li Jiang*, Jianxiong Li, Xianyuan Zhan NeurIPS 2022 (Oral, Top 2%) 2022 Paper | Code | Slides | Media
  • Vehicle Extreme Control based on Offline Reinforcement Leaning Shiyue Zhao, Jianxiong Li, Xiao Hu, Junzhi Zhang, Chengkun He CAC 2022 2022
  • Offline Reinforcement Learning with Soft Behavioral Regularization Haoran Xu, Xianyuan Zhan, Jianxiong Li, Honglei Yin NeurIPS 2021 Offline RL Workshop 2021 Paper | Code

Professional Services

Reviewer for ICLR 24-25, ICML 24-25, NeurIPS 23-25 (Top Reviewer), AAAI 24-25, IJCAI 24, IROS, TMLR, ICLR 2025 Workshop @ World Models, ICLR 2024 workshop @ DMLR