Zheng LI (李铮)
M.Phil. in Robotics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Hi! I am Zheng LI, a Ph.D. candidate in Robotics at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), supervised by Prof. Jun MA. Prior to this, I completed my B.Eng. in Automation at Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University in 2019. In addition to my research, I serve as a reviewer for ICRA, RA-L, and other robotics conferences and journals.

My research interests centers on robot learning, multimodal perception for manipulation, and interpretable representation learning. My work aspires to establish a principled framework that fuses heterogeneous sensory streams (e.g., vision, proprioception, and tactile sensing) through structured attention and semantically consistent alignment, with the ultimate goal of unlocking generalizable intelligence that transcends task-specific engineering and empowers robots to operate robustly in the open world over extended timescales.


Education
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    Upcoming Ph.D. Student
    Sep. 2026 -
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    M.Phil. in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
    Sep. 2024 - Oct. 2026
  • Zhejiang University
    Zhejiang University
    B.Eng. in Automation
    Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2023
Experience
  • Wuji Technology (舞肌科技)
    Wuji Technology (舞肌科技)
    Algorithm Intern
    Jun. 2026 - Present
  • Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University
    Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University
    Research Intern
    Sep. 2025 - Dec. 2025
  • National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore
    Graduate Researcher
    Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2024
  • College of William & Mary
    College of William & Mary
    Summer Research Intern
    Mar. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Honors & Awards
  • 3rd prize, IROS 2025 Robot Dancing Competition
    Oct. 2025
  • Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang University
    Jun. 2023
  • Certificate of Chu Kochen Honors Program
    Jun. 2023
News
2026
Start an internship at an outstanding dexterous robotic hand company: Wuji Technology.
Jun 25
Three papers (OmniDP , FILIC , TactileReflex ) are accepted to IROS 2026! See you in Pittsburgh!
Jun 17
UniLab is now open-source! Give it a try for ultra-fast robot policy training on your own computer!
Jun 01
GS-Playground is accepted to RSS 2026! Congratulations to Dr. Jia !
Apr 27
My first paper ManiVID-3D is accepted to RA-L 2026! Many thanks to all collaborators!
Jan 27
2025
Start an internship at AIR, Tsinghua University.
Sep 10
Selected Publications (view all )
ManiVID-3D: Generalizable View-Invariant Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation via Disentangled 3D Representations
ManiVID-3D: Generalizable View-Invariant Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation via Disentangled 3D Representations

Zheng Li*, Pei Qu*, Yufei Jia*, Shihui Zhou, Haizhou Ge, Jiahang Cao, Jinni Zhou, Guyue Zhou, Jun Ma (* equal contribution)

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2026

ManiVID-3D: Generalizable View-Invariant Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation via Disentangled 3D Representations

Zheng Li*, Pei Qu*, Yufei Jia*, Shihui Zhou, Haizhou Ge, Jiahang Cao, Jinni Zhou, Guyue Zhou, Jun Ma (* equal contribution)

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2026

OmniDP: Beyond-FOV Large-Workspace Humanoid Manipulation with Omnidirectional 3D Perception
OmniDP: Beyond-FOV Large-Workspace Humanoid Manipulation with Omnidirectional 3D Perception

Pei Qu*, Zheng Li*, Yufei Jia, Ziyun Liu, Liang Zhu, Haoang Li, Jinni Zhou, Jun Ma (* equal contribution)

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2026

OmniDP: Beyond-FOV Large-Workspace Humanoid Manipulation with Omnidirectional 3D Perception

Pei Qu*, Zheng Li*, Yufei Jia, Ziyun Liu, Liang Zhu, Haoang Li, Jinni Zhou, Jun Ma (* equal contribution)

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2026

FILIC: Dual-Loop Force-Guided Imitation Learning with Impedance Torque Control for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks
FILIC: Dual-Loop Force-Guided Imitation Learning with Impedance Torque Control for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks

Haizhou Ge*, Yufei Jia*, Zheng Li*, Yue Li*, Zhixing Chen*, Ruqi Huang, Guyue Zhou (* equal contribution)

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2026

FILIC: Dual-Loop Force-Guided Imitation Learning with Impedance Torque Control for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks

Haizhou Ge*, Yufei Jia*, Zheng Li*, Yue Li*, Zhixing Chen*, Ruqi Huang, Guyue Zhou (* equal contribution)

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2026

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