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Dmytro Romanov is a researcher specializing in robotics, automation, and intelligent sensing systems applied to the meat processing industry. His work sits at the intersection of human-robot collaboration, computer vision, and smart tooling, addressing one of food manufacturing's most pressing challenges: automating labor-intensive, hazardous processes in abattoirs and meat processing facilities. Romanov's most influential contribution, "Towards Human-Robot Collaboration in Meat Processing" (2022, 52 citations), established a foundational framework for understanding the technical and practical challenges of introducing robotics into meat production. Complementing this, his "Smart Knife" series of publications introduced a novel sensor-integrated cutting tool leveraging radio-frequency sensing and machine learning, enabling robots to perform precise, adaptive cuts previously requiring skilled human hands. His development of the RoBUTCHER Meat Factory Cell platform and an RGB-D pig carcass cutting dataset further demonstrates his commitment to building end-to-end robotic solutions, providing both hardware infrastructure and the vision data necessary to train and validate autonomous systems. His 2025 review on vision-based food-cutting robotics signals his growing influence in the broader field of deformable object manipulation. With over 140 cumulative citations concentrated within just a few years, Romanov has rapidly emerged as a leading voice in agricultural and food robotics research.