Junhao Gong

PhD Student at Tsinghua University

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Tsinghua SIGS

Shenzhen, China

gongjh24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

I am Junhao Gong (龚俊豪), a PhD student at the Smart Sensing and Robotics (SSR) Group, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, supervised by Prof. Wenbo Ding and Prof. Xiaojun Liang.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electronic Information (2024 - Present)
    Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
    Supervisors: Prof. Wenbo Ding and Prof. Xiaojun Liang

  • B.Eng. in Electronic Information Engineering (2020 - 2024)
    Harbin Institute of Technology

Research Interests

I aim to become a full-stack robotics engineer, building robotic systems that connect sensing, manipulation, control, hardware integration, and real-world deployment. My current research focuses on tactile perception and contact-rich robotic manipulation:

  • Tactile Perception: Developing tactile sensing methods that help robots perceive contact, force, and material interactions
  • Tactile-guided Manipulation: Using tactile feedback to improve grasping, suction-based manipulation, and other contact-rich robot operations

Internship

  • Robotic Manipulation Intern, Sharpa (Mar. 2026 - Present)
    Working on in-hand manipulation for robotic hands.

News

Mar 2026 Our paper FlexiCup has been accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL)!🎉
Feb 2026 🎉 Our paper MoiréTac was accepted to ICRA 2026! See you in Vienna!
Sep 2025 Our paper on magnetic field-enhanced soft robots was published as a Cover Article in Science Advances! 🎉
Jun 2025 🎉 Our paper UltraTac was accepted to IROS 2025! See you in Hangzhou!
Mar 2025 I will be visiting the United Kingdom from March to April 2025 for an academic exchange program funded by Tsinghua University.

Selected Publications

  1. RAL
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    FlexiCup: Wireless Multimodal Suction Cup with Dual-Zone Vision-Tactile Sensing
    Junhao Gong*, Shoujie Li*, K.-W. Sou, Changqing Guo, Hourong Huang, and et al.
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026 (IF: 5.3)
    Imitation Learning Diffusion Policy Tactile-Guided Manipulation Mechatronic End-Effector Design Real-Robot Deployment
    arXiv Website
  2. ICRA
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    MoiréTac: A Dual-Mode Visuotactile Sensor for Multidimensional Perception Using Moiré Pattern Amplification
    K.-W. Sou*, Junhao Gong*, S. Li, C. Guo, Y. Huang, and et al.
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026
    Tactile Perception 6-Axis Force/Torque Estimation Optomechanical Sensor Design Soft Material Fabrication Full-Stack Sensor Development
    arXiv Website
  3. IROS
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    UltraTac: Integrated Ultrasound-Augmented Visuotactile Sensor for Enhanced Robotic Perception
    Junhao Gong*, K.-W. Sou*, S. Li, C. Guo, Y. Huang, and et al.
    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
    Multimodal Robot Perception Real-Time Sensor Processing Proximity Sensing Ultrasound Sensing Hardware Embedded Sensor Electronics
    arXiv HTML Website