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Congqi Xu is a leading researcher in micro-robotics and underwater vision systems, whose work bridges precision mechanics and advanced optical sensing. Dr. Xu’s foundational research on micro in-pipe robots introduced a novel creeping mechanism and provided critical kinetic drag force analysis, directly influencing robot velocity, load capacity, and travel distance. This work, cited over 5 times, established a framework for motion stability under frictional contacts, enabling more reliable autonomous inspection in confined industrial pipelines. More recently, Dr. Xu has pioneered underwater imaging technologies, developing an adaptive interpolation and 3D reconstruction algorithm (2024, 5 citations) and a laser-assisted depth detection method for monocular vision (2024, 4 citations). These contributions address fundamental challenges in underwater perception—enhancing depth accuracy and 3D scene recovery in turbid environments. With a career spanning foundational micro-robot mechanics to cutting-edge underwater computer vision, Dr. Xu’s research demonstrates a consistent focus on enabling precise, autonomous operation in challenging physical environments. Their work is essential reading for engineers and scientists advancing pipeline inspection robotics and underwater autonomous systems.