Xiangqi Li is a PhD student in the Department of Engineering, King’s College London, supervised by Dr. Oya Celiktutan. Her research focuses on multimodal socially aware navigation, with the goal of enabling autonomous robots to understand, predict, and adapt to human group behaviours in dynamic indoor environments.

Prior to joining King’s, she obtained an MSc in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence from University College London (UCL) and a BEng in Robotics through a joint programme between Heriot-Watt University and Ocean University of China.

Research Interests

• Human–Robot Interaction
• Intelligent and Socially Aware Robotics
• Multimodal Perception and Learning

Thesis Title

Multimodal Socially Aware Navigation in Indoor Dynamic Environments with Human Group Social Behavior Modeling

Supervisor Team

First Supervisor: Dr Oya Celiktutan

Second Supervisor: Dr Shan Luo