I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I have worked with Michael Gleicher and Yin Li. I received my BS and MS degrees from UC San Diego, where I worked with Pamela Cosman and Xinyu Zhang.
My research is in robotics and computer vision. I develop perception methods that work across diverse robots, i.e., robots with varied embodiments and operating environments.
I also research AI agents. Previously, I was a research intern at Nokia Bell Labs, where I worked on multi-agent LLM systems with Thomas Woo. I was an AI/ML PhD intern at Sigma Computing, where I worked on agentic memory systems with Marwan Mattar.
Publications
William Sun, Shuoqi Wang, Wei Wang, Yin Li
In review
We support soft gripper manipulation with contact feedback after observing the gripper move only in free space.
William Sun, Carter Sifferman, Michael Gleicher
In review
We recover planar surfaces robustly using low-level time-of-flight data.
Carter Sifferman, William Sun, Mohit Gupta, Michael Gleicher
RA-L, ICRA 2025
project page / bibtex
We detect deviations in a planar surface over a wide field of view using an off-the-shelf proximity sensor.
Other Projects
William Sun, Srivatsa P, Marwan Mattar
Aug 2026. Internship work at Sigma Computing
blog post
We explore how data agents can learn from past tasks to perform better on future ones.
William Sun, Thomas Woo
Aug 2025. Internship work at Nokia Bell Labs
code / pdf
We present a method for constructing reliable multi-agent workflows for software engineering tasks.
William Sun, Michael Gleicher
Aug 2024
project page
We improve mobile manipulator control with exteroception from a miniature proximity sensor.
William Sun, Wenqing Wei, Nian Lu
Dec 2023
code / pdf