Research
(* indicates equal contribution)

EMPM: Embodied MPM for Modeling and Simulation of Deformable Objects
Yunuo Chen*, Yafei Hu*, Lingfeng Sun, Tushar Kusnur, Laura Herlant, Chenfanfu Jiang.
Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). 2026. [Paper] | [Project Page]
Yunuo Chen*, Yafei Hu*, Lingfeng Sun, Tushar Kusnur, Laura Herlant, Chenfanfu Jiang.
Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). 2026. [Paper] | [Project Page]

AnimaMimic: Imitating 3D Animation from Video Priors
Tianyi Xie*, Yunuo Chen*, Yaowei Guo*, Yin Yang, Bolei Zhou, Demetri Terzopoulos, Ying Jiang, Chenfanfu Jiang.
ArXiv. 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]
Tianyi Xie*, Yunuo Chen*, Yaowei Guo*, Yin Yang, Bolei Zhou, Demetri Terzopoulos, Ying Jiang, Chenfanfu Jiang.
ArXiv. 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]

Birth of a Painting: Differentiable Brushstroke Reconstruction
Ying Jiang*, Jiayin Lu*, Yunuo Chen*, Yumeng He, Kui Wu, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.
ArXiv. 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]
Ying Jiang*, Jiayin Lu*, Yunuo Chen*, Yumeng He, Kui Wu, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.
ArXiv. 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]

Towards Physical Understanding in Video Generation: A 3D Point Regularization Approach
Yunuo Chen, Junli Cao, Vidit Goel, Sergei Korolev, Chenfanfu Jiang, Jian Ren, Sergey Tulyakov, Anil Kag
Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]
Yunuo Chen, Junli Cao, Vidit Goel, Sergei Korolev, Chenfanfu Jiang, Jian Ren, Sergey Tulyakov, Anil Kag
Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]

GRIP: A General Robotic Incremental Potential Contact Simulation Dataset for Unified Deformable-Rigid Coupled Grasping
Siyu Ma*, Wenxin Du*, Chang Yu*, Ying Jiang*, Zeshun Zong, Tianyi Xie, Yunuo Chen, Yin Yang, Xuchen Han, Chenfanfu Jiang
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]
Siyu Ma*, Wenxin Du*, Chang Yu*, Ying Jiang*, Zeshun Zong, Tianyi Xie, Yunuo Chen, Yin Yang, Xuchen Han, Chenfanfu Jiang
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]

Dress-1-to-3: Single Image to Simulation-Ready 3D Outfit with Diffusion Prior and Differentiable Physics
Xuan Li*, Chang Yu*, Wenxin Du*, Ying Jiang*, Tianyi Xie, Yunuo Chen, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH). 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]
Xuan Li*, Chang Yu*, Wenxin Du*, Ying Jiang*, Tianyi Xie, Yunuo Chen, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH). 2025. [Paper] | [Project Page]

Atlas3D: Physically Constrained Self-Supporting Text-to-3D for Simulation and Fabrication
Yunuo Chen*, Tianyi Xie*, Zeshun Zong*, Xuan Li, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Ying Nian Wu, Chenfanfu Jiang
Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 2024. [Paper] | [Code] | [Project Page]
Yunuo Chen*, Tianyi Xie*, Zeshun Zong*, Xuan Li, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Ying Nian Wu, Chenfanfu Jiang
Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 2024. [Paper] | [Code] | [Project Page]

Multi-Layer Thick Shells
Yunuo Chen, Tianyi Xie, Cem Yuksel, Danny Kaufman, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Minchen Li
ACM SIGGRAPH. 2023. [Paper] | [Supplementary] | [Video]
Yunuo Chen, Tianyi Xie, Cem Yuksel, Danny Kaufman, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Minchen Li
ACM SIGGRAPH. 2023. [Paper] | [Supplementary] | [Video]

Midas: A Multi-Joint Robotics Simulator with Intersection-Free Frictional Contact
Yunuo Chen, Minchen Li, Wenlong Lu, Chuyuan Fu, Chenfanfu Jiang
ArXiv. 2022. [Paper]
Yunuo Chen, Minchen Li, Wenlong Lu, Chuyuan Fu, Chenfanfu Jiang
ArXiv. 2022. [Paper]


An Efficient B-Spline Lagrangian/Eulerian Method for Compressible Flow, Shock Waves, and Fracturing Solids
Yadi Cao, Yunuo Chen, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Mridul Aanjaneya, Chenfanfu Jiang
ACM Transactions on Graphics (presented at SIGGRAPH). 2022. [Paper]
Yadi Cao, Yunuo Chen, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Mridul Aanjaneya, Chenfanfu Jiang
ACM Transactions on Graphics (presented at SIGGRAPH). 2022. [Paper]

