Huailiang Ma

Huailiang Ma

Ph.D. student at Southeast University, studying embodied intelligence, world models, and vision-language-action models.

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Biography

I am Huailiang Ma, a student in the combined M.S./Ph.D. program at Southeast University, with joint research training at Shanghai Innovation Institute. My research focuses on embodied intelligence and robot learning, particularly world models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, robot data generation, and robotic manipulation.

I received my B.Eng. in Automation from the School of Control Science and Engineering at Shandong University, where I was advised by Prof. Guoteng Zhang. My graduate advisors are Prof. Aiguo Song and Prof. Lifeng Zhu.

Education

  • 2024 - Present, Ph.D. Student, Southeast University & Shanghai Innovation Institute
  • 2020 - 2024, Bachelor of Engineering in Automation, Shandong University

Research Interests

  • Embodied intelligence and robot learning
  • World models and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models
  • Imitation learning and robot data generation
  • Robotic teleoperation and dexterous manipulation
  • Humanoid robot odometry and control

Selected Publications

Overview of ObjDream's object-level vision-language-action framework

Ma, H., Li, Y., Zhao, Z., Wang, X., Li, M., Guo, X., Zhu, L., Song, A., Lu, C., Sun, J.
ObjDream: Guiding Vision-Language-Action Models with Object-Level Understanding and Future State Prediction.
Under review. Project Page

Overview of the LAWA architecture

Li, X.*, Zheng, Y.*, Gu, S.*, Ma, H.*, Yu, F., Zheng, Y., et al.
Latent Action as Intention Enables Efficient Future Imagination for World Action Models.
Under review. *Equal contribution.

AI-generated conceptual illustration of robust robot control

Anonymous authors.
Compact and Robust Robot Policies.
Under review.

AutoTrialGen

Ma, H., Song, A., He, M., Yan, Y., Li, M., Wei, L., et al.
AutoTrialGen: Automated Data Generation from Few Human Demonstrations via Trajectory Annotation and Simulation Trials.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2026. Accepted.

SkillComposer

Ma, H., Song, A., Xu, B., et al.
SkillComposer: Automated Segmentation and Robot Skill Composition for Scalable Data Generation.
International Conference on Bio-inspired System and Robotics (ICBSR 2026), 2026. Accepted.

Humanoid robot odometry

Ma, H., Song, A., Li, J., Zhang, G., et al.
Legged Odometry Based on Fusion of Leg Kinematics and IMU Information in a Humanoid Robot.
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2025. Accepted.

Three-arm space robot

He, M., Song, A., Yan, Y., Ma, H., et al.
A Multimodal Shared Telerobotic System of Three-arm Space Robot for Extravehicular Activities.
Proceedings of the 23rd IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace (ACA 2025), Harbin, China, 2025. Accepted.

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Contact

I welcome opportunities to discuss and collaborate on embodied intelligence, world models, VLA models, robot data generation, teleoperation, and dexterous manipulation.

Email: huailiangma@163.com