Ray Song, a researcher from China and currently based in Seattle. Ray is focusing on Multimodal Sensing, Digital Fabrication, Soft Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Ray is currently doing reserach in Personal Robotics Lab and Wearable Intelligence Lab at the University of Washington. Ray will join Multisensory Intelligence research group at MIT Media Lab in Fall 2025.
Ray is pursuing a major in Computer Science (CSE) and a minor in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS). Ray is the founder of the DXARTS Collective, a community of student artists advocating for the advancement of experimental media at the UW. Ray's creative/art work explores the creation of interactive systems that have multiple layers of meanings. His installations are not only playful on the surface but also thought-provoking, inviting viewers to and uncover hidden messages.
News. More
[2025 May] Committed to join MIT Media Lab in Fall 2025.
[2025 Apr] One paper submitted to CoRL 2025.
[2025 Apr] SODA(Spotlight) and TacFab were presented at Robosoft 2025.
[2025 Apr] Got awarded UW’s The Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award.
Projects. More
Academic:
[2024 - Now] Open-source Tactile Skin Toolkit
[2025] TacFab: Tactile Sensors Fabrication for Any Robots (Robosoft 2025 Extended Abstract)
[2024] SODA: a Soft Origami Dynamic utensil for Assisted Feeding (Robosoft 2025 Spotlight)
[2024] Human-Robot Interaction Soft Interface (HRI Pioneers 2025 Honorable Mention)
Art:
[2024] Alage Arcology
[2023] Contammunication
[2022] White Model
Acknowledgements. More
Ray is deeply grateful to the following individuals who have supported, inspired, or guided me in his academic and art journey.
Prof. Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prof. Maya Cakmak, Prof. Yiyue Luo
Dr. Taylor Kessler Faulkner, Dr. Amal Nanavati, Dr. Nick Walker
Prof. Tivon Rice, Prof. Afroditi Psarra, Prof. Esteban Agosin, Prof. Jeff Nivala
In the same spirit, Ray is happy to pay it forward by sharing thoughts with students doing research in Robotics or related fields, please feel free to reach out!
Contact.
Email: yuxin_song (at) outlook.com
Ins: @rayxsong
Linkedin: rayx
Image credit: Shufan
