Zewei Ye (叶泽玮)

Undergraduate Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Interests: Embodied AI , Robotics , Vision-Language-Action Model

About

Hello! I am Zewei Ye (叶泽玮), an undergraduate student at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, affiliated with the Global College (formerly the UM-SJTU Joint Institute).

My research focuses on embodied intelligence, with particular emphasis on vision-language-action (VLA) models and their deployment in real-world robotic systems. I am interested in improving the spatial reasoning and textual task understanding capabilities of VLA models, aiming to enhance their execution success rate, robustness, and generalization in practical applications. My work explores how multimodal representations and structured supervision can bridge the gap between high-level language instructions and low-level robotic control.

I am currently a research member of the MINT-SJTU Lab at the School of AI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, advised by Prof. Bo Zhao. My research centers on developing reliable and scalable embodied AI systems that integrate perception, language understanding, and action planning in unified frameworks.

Experience

2023-09 - Present UM-SJTU Joint Institute (Global College after 2025), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Undergraduate student, Major in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Publications / Preprints

[Preprint 2026] Evo-DexBench: Benchmarking Generalization across Related Tasks for Dexterous Manipulation
Bing Cheng, Yiran Mao, Zewei Ye, Yifan Jin, Xinyi Chen, Ruifeng Tu, Shuhuai Wang, Tao Lin, Zhimu Zhou, Yuxin Du, Fangwei Zhong, Junchi Yan, Bo Zhao [Paper] [Code]

[Preprint 2026] LA4VLA: Learning to Act without Seeing via Language-Action Pretraining
Tao Lin, Yuxin Du, Yiran Mao, Zewei Ye, Yilei Zhong, Bing Cheng, Yiming Wang, Jiting Liu, Yang Tian, Junchi Yan, Feiran Wu, Zenan Meng, Hu Wei, Yuqian Fu, Gen Li, Bo Zhao [Paper] [Code]

[NeurIPS 2026] Evo-Depth: A Lightweight Depth-Enhanced Vision-Language-Action Model
Tao Lin, Yuxin Du, Jiting Liu, Nuobei Zhu, Yunhe Li, Yuqian Fu, Yinxinyu Chen, Hongyi Cai, Zewei Ye, Bing Cheng, Kai Ye, Yiran Mao, Yilei Zhong, MingKang Dong, Junchi Yan, Gen Li, Bo Zhao [Paper] [Code]

[Preprint 2025] U-ARM : Ultra low-cost general teleoperation interface for robot manipulation
Yanwen Zou, Zhaoye Zhou, Chenyang Shi, Zewei Ye, Junda Huang, Yan Ding, Bo Zhao [Paper] [Code]

[WAIC Academic 2026] RoboFAC: A Comprehensive Framework for Robotic Failure Analysis and Correction
Zewei Ye, Weifeng Lu, Minghao Ye, Tao Lin, Shuo Yang, Junchi Yan, Bo Zhao [Paper] [Code]

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Projects

[2025-12 ~ Present] VLA Benchmarks Leaderboard Webpage [Page]
A continuously updated leaderboard website aggregating benchmark results from VLA research papers to facilitate transparent comparison and accelerate progress in vision-language-action models.

[2024-05 ~ 2025-05] Design of Multirotor UAV with Intelligent Path Planning and High-Precision Payload Delivery
Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. We developed a modular multirotor UAV system with a unified architecture that enables task and environment adaptation through rapid module replacement without redesigning the core platform.

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Awards

[2025-12] SJTU 2025 Undergraduate Merit Scholarship Grade B (上海交通大学 2023-2024 学年本科生B等优秀奖学金)

[2025-12] Yan Bao Scholarship (燕宝奖学金)

[2025-12] Sam & Daisy Wu Scholarship (吴贤铭崔德娴奖学金)

[2025-05] Meritorious Winner — Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (数模美赛)

[2024-12] Provincial Second Prize (上海市二等奖) — China University Mathematical Contest in Modeling (中国大学生数学建模竞赛)

[2024-12] SJTU 2024 Undergraduate Merit Scholarship Grade B (上海交通大学 2023-2024 学年本科生B等优秀奖学金)

[2024-12] Huatai Securities Technology Scholarship (华泰证券科技奖学金)

[2024-12] John Wu & Jane Sun Sunshine Scholarship (吴炯孙洁阳光奖学金)

[2024-08] Provincial First Prize (东部赛区一等奖) — China University Aircraft Design Competition (中国大学生飞行器创新设计大赛)

[2024-08] National First Prize (全国一等奖) — China Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Competition (中国机器人及人工智能大赛)

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