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Wentao Zhu is a leading researcher in robotics and mechanism design, with a primary focus on the kinematics and trajectory planning of hybrid robotic systems. His major contributions lie in developing advanced, multi-objective optimization methods for complex manipulators, particularly serial-parallel hybrid humanoid arms. Zhu’s most cited work, a 2021 study on multi-objective trajectory planning for a 7-DOF hybrid arm (50 citations), introduces a novel approach to balancing competing performance criteria under kinematic and dynamic constraints. This is complemented by his 2022 paper on an improved elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm for robot manipulators (41 citations), which addresses the challenge of finding optimal trajectories in high-degree-of-freedom systems. Additionally, his 2021 work on generalized kinematics analysis using screw theory and Lie groups (18 citations) provides a powerful, unified mathematical framework for analyzing hybrid mechanisms. Through these contributions, Zhu has significantly advanced the efficiency and precision of robotic motion planning, offering practical solutions for real-world applications in automation and humanoid robotics.