Zhen Luo
I am a third-year Ph.D. student jointly affiliated with the Shanghai Innovation Institute (SII) and the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), co-advised by Prof. Yanwei Fu and Prof. Feng Zheng.
My research focuses on generative simulation and multimodal world models for embodied intelligence.
Generative simulation for embodied AI: creating scalable, simulation-ready 3D environments and interactive assets for robot learning and evaluation.
Multimodal world models: developing predictive models of physical interactions from vision, touch, language, and action for contact-rich manipulation and planning.
Contact: Email / Google Scholar
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science @ SII & SUSTech, 2024βPresent
Advisors: Prof. Yanwei Fu and Prof. Feng Zheng - MSc by Research in Informatics @ University of Edinburgh, 2022β2023
Advisor: Prof. Chris Xiaoxuan Lu - B.Eng. in Internet of Things Engineering @ BUPT, 2017β2021
News
- 2026.07 π One paper, ArtiWorld, is accepted to ACM MM 2026.
- 2026.04 π One paper, STABLE, is accepted to ICML 2026.
- 2025.09 π Two papers, MesaTask and OptiScene, are accepted to NeurIPS 2025. MesaTask is selected as a Spotlight (Top 2%).
Publications
(* denotes equal contribution)

ArtiWorld: LLM-Driven Articulation of 3D Objects in Scenes
Yixuan Yang*, Luyang Xie*, Zhen Luo*, Zixiang Zhao, Tongsheng Ding, Mingqi Gao, Feng Zheng
ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2026
Yixuan Yang*, Luyang Xie*, Zhen Luo*, Zixiang Zhao, Tongsheng Ding, Mingqi Gao, Feng Zheng
ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2026

MesaTask: Towards Task-Driven Tabletop Scene Generation via 3D Spatial Reasoning
Jinkun Hao*, Naifu Liang*, Zhen Luo*, Xudong Xu, Weipeng Zhong, Ran Yi, Yichen Jin, Zhaoyang Lyu, Feng Zheng, Lizhuang Ma, Jiangmiao Pang
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025 (Spotlight)
Jinkun Hao*, Naifu Liang*, Zhen Luo*, Xudong Xu, Weipeng Zhong, Ran Yi, Yichen Jin, Zhaoyang Lyu, Feng Zheng, Lizhuang Ma, Jiangmiao Pang
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025 (Spotlight)

OptiScene: LLM-driven Indoor Scene Layout Generation via Scaled Human-aligned Data Synthesis and Multi-Stage Preference Optimization
Yixuan Yang*, Zhen Luo*, Tongsheng Ding*, Junru Lu, Mingqi Gao, Jinyu Yang, Victor Sanchez, Feng Zheng
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025
Yixuan Yang*, Zhen Luo*, Tongsheng Ding*, Junru Lu, Mingqi Gao, Jinyu Yang, Victor Sanchez, Feng Zheng
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025

LLplace: Embodied 3D Indoor Layout Synthesis Framework with Large Language Model
Yixuan Yang, Junru Lu, Zixiang Zhao, Zhen Luo, Wanxi Dong, Victor Sanchez, Feng Zheng
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
Yixuan Yang, Junru Lu, Zixiang Zhao, Zhen Luo, Wanxi Dong, Victor Sanchez, Feng Zheng
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025

RoboReflect: Robotic Reflective Reasoning for Grasping Ambiguous-Condition Objects
Zhen Luo, Yixuan Yang, Chang Cai, Yanfu Zhang, Feng Zheng
arXiv 2025
Zhen Luo, Yixuan Yang, Chang Cai, Yanfu Zhang, Feng Zheng
arXiv 2025




