Jiarui Li
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PROJECTS & PRACTICE

Projects

My work in application development, visual perception, simulation validation and sensing integration. Each project starts with a specific problem and explains what I built and delivered.

Applications & spatial navigation

PATHFINDER indoor AR navigation

University of Liverpool
Final-year project · 2025.09 — 2026.05

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

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.

DeliveredAn integrated route-recording, segment-update and navigation workflow.

  • ARKit
  • CoreMotion
  • Firestore
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Computer vision & inference

Industrial & automotive visual detection

VIA Technologies, Inc.
Internship · 2024.06 — 2024.08

Adapted visual models for seatbelt, helmet and smoking detection and integrated them with embedded safety monitoring.

What I contributed
  • Reproduced and fine-tuned YOLOv8, SAM and Florence-v2.
  • Used augmentation and confidence fusion for small and occluded objects.
  • Optimized inference and connected model outputs to monitoring.

DeliveredModel adaptation and inference integration; evaluation details below.

  • YOLOv8
  • SAM
  • TensorRT
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Embodied intelligence & simulation

Vision-guided cloth folding simulation

VisionX LLC
Internship · 2026.07 — 2026.08

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

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.

DeliveredA local validation workflow and a reusable cloth component.

  • X-VLA
  • MuJoCo
  • Isaac Sim
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Embedded & sensing systems

Sonar detection & positioning system

University of Liverpool
Course project · 2025.02 — 2025.04

Connected ultrasonic ranging, actuators and a Python polar dashboard into a detection and positioning system.

What I contributed
  • Connected Arduino, sensors and actuators.
  • Implemented serial communication and Python polar visualization.
  • Calibrated sensors, interpolated positions and designed mounts.

DeliveredIntegrated communication, sensor calibration and visualization.

  • Arduino
  • PySerial
  • Fusion 360
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Embodied intelligence & simulation

Embodied AI with SO-101

Personal project
In progress · In progress

An ongoing exploration of embodied AI based on SO-101. More details coming soon.

What I contributed
  • Project in progress; details coming soon.
  • SO-101
  • Embodied AI
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