Shilin Shan

Dr. Shan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, working with Prof. Jianfei Yang. His research interests include force- and tactile-aware robot learning, multimodal vision-language-action models, generalizable manipulation, robotic dynamics modeling, contact-aware manipulation, and embodied AI. More information can be found on his personal webpage

Education

• Ph.D. in Robotics, 2021-2026
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, 2017-2021
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Award

• NTU Ph.D. Research Scholarship
• Dean’s List, Mechanical Engineering, 2017-2019
• NTU Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship (SM2)
• MOE Tuition Grant

Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2026-present
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
• Research Assistant, 2025-2026
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Publications

• Fine Robotic Manipulation without Force/Torque Sensor Shilin Shan, Quang-Cuong Pham IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023

• Fast Payload Calibration for Sensorless Contact Estimation Using Model Pre-training Shilin Shan, Quang-Cuong Pham IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024

• Sensorless Estimation of Contact Using Deep-Learning for Human-robot Interaction Shilin Shan, Quang-Cuong Pham IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024

For the full publication list, please refer to Shilin’s Google Scholar.