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Songxiao Cao is a leading researcher in agricultural and industrial robotics, with a focus on intelligent perception and autonomous manipulation. Their work centers on three key areas: robotic path planning for fruit harvesting, 3D vision-guided picking strategies, and volumetric reconstruction for object handling. Cao’s major contributions include developing an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for apple-picking robots, which significantly reduces collisions with branches and obstacles in complex orchard environments (31 citations). They also pioneered a method for calculating optimal apple picking direction using 3D vision, addressing a critical bottleneck in robotic harvesting efficiency and fruit damage prevention (19 citations). More recently, Cao has advanced industrial automation with a six-dimensional pose estimation technique for grasping irregular objects like molecular sieve drying packages, leveraging RGB-D cameras for precise robotic manipulation. Their work on 3D reconstruction and volume measurement of irregular objects using point cloud data (7 citations) further demonstrates their versatility. With a growing citation impact, Cao’s research bridges the gap between agricultural robotics and industrial automation, offering practical solutions for real-world challenges in food production and packaging.