Chuchu Chen
Assistant Professor · Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at
The George Washington University, where I lead the
EPIC LAB.
I completed my Ph.D. in the Robot Perception and Navigation Group (RPNG) at the University of Delaware, advised by Prof. Guoquan (Paul) Huang ✦ Best advisor in the universe; reviewed by me, my dog, and at least three aliens.
I completed my Ph.D. in the Robot Perception and Navigation Group (RPNG) at the University of Delaware, advised by Prof. Guoquan (Paul) Huang ✦ Best advisor in the universe; reviewed by me, my dog, and at least three aliens.
Research
I work on state estimation and perception for robotics and extended reality (XR), with the goal of helping
machines understand their motion and surroundings well enough to interact reliably with the physical world.
My research combines probabilistic sensing, multi-sensor fusion, and real-time perception, with an emphasis on consistency, physical grounding, and long-term reliability. At a foundational level, I study embodied intelligence and physical AI, exploring how sensing, computation, and physical motion jointly define what an intelligent system can infer in practice.
My research combines probabilistic sensing, multi-sensor fusion, and real-time perception, with an emphasis on consistency, physical grounding, and long-term reliability. At a foundational level, I study embodied intelligence and physical AI, exploring how sensing, computation, and physical motion jointly define what an intelligent system can infer in practice.
Embodied Intelligence and Physical AI
Multi-modal Sensing and Perception
Nonlinear State Estimation and Optimization Theory
Information Fusion, Sensor Calibration, and System Identification
Contact:
chuchu.chen@gwu.edu
News
Nov 2025
I am co-organizing the Physical Intelligence Initiative (PI²) Workshop, an international
workshop on physical AI, robotics, and autonomous systems.
Oct 2025
Our latest ultrafast sqrt-VINS is published on TRO and open sourced
(Demo 1, Demo 2).
Aug 2025
I joined The George Washington University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Jul 2025
Successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation,
Rethinking the Foundations of Visual-Inertial State Estimation, at the University of Delaware.
May 2025
Two papers will be presented at ICRA; see you in Atlanta!
2024
Square-Root Filter-based VINS won the ICRA 2024 Best Paper Award Finalist (Robot Vision).
2023
Our paper won the RSS 2023 Best Student Paper Finalist.
Talk / Meet
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