Brief Bio: I am currently an Associate Professor at the Shanghai Innovation Institute (SII) 上海创智学院 in China. Before that I was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. I lead the Legged AI Lab. My research focuses on advancing physical intelligence in robotic systems, bridging theoretical and mathematical principles with practical applications, in the fields of legged and humanoid robots, hybrid mobile robots, robot design, and nonlinear control theory. I currently serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).

Academic trajectory: I joined SII in 2026. Before that, I stayed at UW-Madison for three years. I obtained my PhD from Caltech in 2021, working with Aaron Ames on nonlinear control and bipedal locomotion. After my PhD, I stayed as a postdoc in the same lab prior to joining UW-Madison. Before coming to Caltech, I worked with Daniel Goldman at Georgia Tech on locomotion on graular terrain, where I was a PhD student in their Robotics program. I finished my BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tongji University in 2013 and MS degree from Northwestern University in 2015. During my MS study, I worked with Paul Umbanhowar and Kevin Lynch on robotic manipulation.

中文简介: 熊晓滨，国家高层次青年人才，上海市海外高层次人才。2026年加入上海创智学院做全职导师、副教授，2023年至2025年曾为美国威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校助理教授。2021年于加州理工学院博士毕业，师从Aaron Ames，2015年于美国西北大学获得硕士学位，师从Kevin Lynch与Paul Umbanhowar；2013年获同济大学学士学位。

科研领域: 机器人物理智能，移动与操控，腿足式、人形等移动机器人，本体设计

科研品味: 从新的角度探索系统层面的解决方案，喜欢做理论与算法、也喜欢做硬件，理论主义多于实用胜利主义

Contact:

• Primary Email: xiaobin.xiong@sii.edu.cn
• Personal Email: xiaobinxiong@outlook.com
• Wisc Email: xiaobin.xiong@wisc.edu
• 办公室：创智学院，1205-1