Yan Ma

Yan Ma

Yan Ma / 马彦

I am Yan Ma, a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Hongliang Ren and Prof. Jiewen Lai.

Research Interest: robot vision and robot learning, with applications to autonomous medical/industrial examination.

Education

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering   01/2023 - 01/2027 (expected)

Shanghai Jiaotong University
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering   09/2018 - 07/2022

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. S. Su, S. Yuan, Z. Li, Y. Ma, M. Ma and H. Ren, “A Wearable, Reconfigurable, and Modular Magnetic Tracking System for Wireless Capsule Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (T-II), 2024 [Paper]

Conference Papers

  1. Y. Wang, Y. Ma (co-first author) and H. Ren, “Navigational Augmented Reality for Robotic Drilling,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO), 2024 [Paper]

Manuscripts Under Review

  1. Y, Ma et al., Manuscript under review, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2025. (Title and full author list omitted to comply with double-anonymous review.)

Skills

Programming: C/C++, Python, MATLAB, Vibe Coding

Robot Learning: MuJoCo, CoppeliaSim; Gymnasium; PyTorch, Stable-Baselines3

Robotics Software: ROS & ROS2, MoveIt, ros_control

Robotics Hardware: Manipulators (Franka, UR, KUKA iiwa, Kinova, Cobotta, RealMan), Motion Capture (OptiTrack, fusionTrack, NOKOV)

Geometry Processing: trimesh, libigl, Open3D

Computer Vision: SLAM, Gaussian Splatting, Sensor Calibration

Mechanical: CAD, 3D Printing

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