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Jianfei Zhu

ROLE AUTHORAT MIDEA GROUPMENTIONS 2LAST SEEN JULY 26, 2026
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Jian Zhu is a researcher affiliated with the Midea AI Research Center (AIRC) at Midea Group, with collaborative ties to Tongji University. He is known for his work on Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for robotic garment manipulation, including the DeMaVLA model for folding multiple types of garments from random initial states. His research interests also encompass brain decoding, human activity recognition, and embodied reference understanding.

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product·arXiv Physical AI·JULY 26, 2026

DeMaVLA introduces a single Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model capable of folding multiple types of garments (shirts, skirts, pants, towels) from random initial states

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hire·arXiv Physical AI·JULY 26, 2026

Taiyi Su... Jian Zhu... Yi Xu... AIRC, Midea Group, Tongji University (Author affiliations)

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Jianfei Zhu · Author at Midea Group — 2 mentions on Teahose