👋 Hi there! My name is Chuyang(Vera) Xiao. I am a second-year Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) student at Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Currently, I have joined the RPAD Lab, under the mentorship of Prof. David Held. Previously, I finished my undergraduate study majoring in Computer Science at ShanghaiTech University where I was fortunate to join the 4DV Lab and work with Prof. Yuexin Ma. During 2023-2024 academic year, I was an exchange student at University of California Berkeley.
📝 Publications
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H2RBench: A Real-to-Sim Benchmark for Evaluating Human-to-Robot Transfer
Chuyang Xiao*, Haotian Zhan*, Sriram Krishna, Peilin Meng, Muhammad Zubair Irshad, Sergey Zakharov, David Held
Comparing human-to-robot (H2R) transfer methods is challenging since existing approaches are evaluated under different task suites, scene layouts, and amounts of robot supervision. H2RBench addresses this with a standardized Real2Sim benchmark built on real human video demonstrations and simulated robot demonstrations across four manipulation tasks reconstructed from real-world scenes. We systematically characterize how representative H2R methods scale with human demonstration data, and show that simulation performance is broadly predictive of real-world performance, with an overall Pearson correlation of r = 0.89, Spearman correlation of ρ = 0.85, and Mean Maximum Rank Violation (MMRV) of 0.06 across method-task configurations.
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FreqPolicy: Frequency Autoregressive Visuomotor Policy with Continuous Tokens
Yiming Zhong, Yumeng Liu, Chuyang Xiao, Zemin Yang, Youzhuo Wang, Yufei Zhu, Yujing Sun, Xinge Zhu, Yuexin Ma†
This paper proposes FreqPolicy, a frequency-domain autoregressive visuomotor policy that progressively models hierarchical frequency components with continuous latent representations, achieving superior accuracy and efficiency in robotic manipulation tasks.
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DexH2R: A Benchmark for Dynamic Dexterous Grasping in Human-to-Robot Handover
Youzhuo Wang*, Jiayi Ye*, Chuyang Xiao, Yiming Zhong, Heng Tao, Hang Yu, Yumeng Liu, Jingyi Yu, Yuexin Ma†
This paper introduces DexH2R, a real-world dataset for human-to-robot handovers featuring dexterous motions, diverse objects, and rich annotations. Using teleoperation, it captures natural human-like behaviors for robotic learning. We also propose DynamicGrasp, a handover solution, and benchmark state-of-the-art methods, providing key insights for future work.
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Chuyang Xiao*, Daiwei Wang*, Xinzheng Tang, Jia Pan, Yuexin Ma†
This paper presents three main contributions to mixed traffic control: (1) the first large-scale real-world benchmark with 444 scenarios from 20 countries; (2) a model-free RL method using Robot Vehicles to optimize traffic flow; (3) superior performance demonstrated in intersections and roundabouts. The benchmark enables realistic policy evaluation in diverse environments.
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- 06/2025 Outstanding Graduate of ShanghaiTech University
- 12/2024 Triple Excellence Student 2023-2024 of ShanghaiTech Unversity (TOP 2%)
- 10/2024 National Scholarship for the 2023-2024 Academic Year(TOP 0.4% Student in China)
- 06/2024 ShanghaiTech International Exchange Program Scholarship 100,000 RMB (≈13,700 USD)
- 12/2023 Merit Student 2022-2023 of ShanghaiTech Unversity (Top 10%)
🌲 Experience
- 02/2025 ~ 06/2025 Teaching Assistant for CS182 "Introduction to Machine Learning" at ShanghaiTech University
📖 Educations

Carnegie Mellon University
August 2025 - August 2027 (Expected)
Major: Master of Science in Robotics

ShanghaiTech University
September 2021 - June 2025
Major: B.E. in Computer Science

University of California, Berkeley
August 2023 - May 2024
Major: Computer Science (Exchange student in EECS Department)
🎨 Hobbies
I enjoy a variety of activities, including dancing💃, swimming🏊, playing the piano🎹, playing the flute🪈, and staying active through exercising🏋️. In my spare time, I also love to travel🌍 and explore new places! By the way, I’m also a fan of discovering different desserts🍰 and cozy cafes☕️!