MEng student in Electrical & Computer Engineering at UIUC

Jiarui Li

From visual perception, to working systems.

Working across computer vision, embodied simulation and sensing systems. These projects show my contributions to application development, model inference and system integration.

SELECTED WORK

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Internship2026.07 — 2026.08

Vision-guided cloth folding simulation

Connected X-VLA inference with simulation to inspect the integration from visual observations to policy actions.

  • X-VLA
  • MuJoCo
  • Isaac Sim
What I contributed
  • Deployed the model locally and connected client/server inference.
  • Visualized and replayed trajectories to isolate simulation issues.
  • Adjusted cloth configuration and handed over a reusable component.
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Final-year project2025.09 — 2026.05

PATHFINDER indoor AR navigation

Managed indoor paths as reusable route graphs and provided real-time AR navigation in an iOS application.

  • ARKit
  • CoreMotion
  • Firestore
What I contributed
  • Designed separate administration and navigation iOS apps.
  • Implemented heading estimation, step detection and route graphs.
  • Integrated cloud route management, AR guidance and starting-point initialization.
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