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Ji Ma | 马骥

I am currently a third-year Ph.D. student in ArcLab at the University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Peng LU. Previously, I obtained my B.Eng. degree from Jilin University (2019-2023), majoring in Information Engineering.

My research interests center on reinforcement learning, legged robotics, and motion planning.

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Featured Research

Research -1 MGDP: Mastering a Generalized Depth Perception Model for Quadruped Locomotion
Yinzhao Dong*, Ji Ma*,Yidan Lu, Jiahui Zhang, Wanyue Li, Yeke Chen, Xuechao Chen, Zhangguo Yu, Wanyue Li, Peng Lu,
Under review, 2026
Paper / Video / Page

Research 1 MASH: MAstering Safe and High-Speed Quadruped Planning and Tracking with Adaptive Gait Transitions
Ji Ma*, Yinzhao Dong*, Wanyue Li, Peng Lu,
Under review, 2025
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Research 1 MARG: MAstering Risky Gap Terrains for Legged Robots with Elevation Mapping
Yinzhao Dong*, Ji Ma*, Liu Zhao, Wanyue Li, Peng Lu,
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2025
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Research 1 Like Playing a Video Game: Spatial-Temporal Optimization of Foot Trajectories for Controlled Football Kicking in Bipedal Robots
Wanyue Li*, Ji Ma*, Minghao Lu, Peng Lu,
Best RoboCup Paper Award IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
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Research 2 Learning Autonomous and Safe Quadruped Traversal of Complex Terrains Using Multi-Layer Elevation Maps
Yeke Chen, Ji Ma, Zeren Luo, Yimin Han, Yinzhao Dong, Bowen Xu, Peng Lu,
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2025
IEEE Spectrum / Paper / Video

Academic Honors and Awards

  • • Best RoboCup Paper Award, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
  • • ICRA Quadruped Robot Challenges, 2nd Place, 2024
  • • ICRA RoboMaster University AI Challenge (RMUA), 3rd Place, 2022
  • • ICRA RoboMaster University Sim2Real Challenge (RMUS), 2nd Place, 2022
  • • Robomaster AI Challenge Open Source Outstanding Prize, 2022

Academic Service

Reviewer of:

  • • Journals: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
  • • Conferences: IROS / ICRA