Ray Song is a researcher focusing on Multimodal Sensing, Digital Fabrication and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Ray is a graduate student at MIT Media Lab Multisensory Intelligence research group, advised by Prof. Paul Liang(Media Lab) and Prof. Wojciech Matusik(EECS). Ray received his B.S. in Computer Science at the University of Washington (UW), working with Prof. Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prof. Maya Cakmak, Prof. Yiyue Luo.
News. More
[2025 Sep] We will show a tool-centric manipulation demo at CoRL 2025.
[2025 Sep] One paper submitted to ICRA 2025.
[2025 Sep] We’re seeking motivated UROPs and MEngs to contribute to innovative glove design and large-scale data collection efforts. Email me with your background if you are interested.
[2025 Aug] LocoTouch and a demo(no offical name so far) got accepted to CoRL 2025.
Projects. More
Academic:
[2025] LocoTouch: Learning Dexterous Quadrupedal Transport with Tactile Sensing
[2024 - Now] Open-source Tactile Skin Toolkit
[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,Prof. Tivon Rice, Prof. Afroditi Psarra, Prof. Esteban Agosin, Prof. Jeff Nivala, Dr. Taylor Kessler Faulkner, Dr. Amal Nanavati, Dr. Nick Walker.
Contact.
Email: rayxsong(at)mit(dot)edu
Linkedin: rayx
Image credit: Shufan
