Shuzhen Yang

Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai University

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Shuzhen Yang is a researcher in agricultural robotics, with a primary focus on automating the harvesting of *Agaricus bisporus* mushrooms. Her work addresses a critical gap in industrialized mushroom cultivation: while fertilization, feeding, and humidity control have been automated, the delicate, human-like picking process has remained a manual bottleneck. Yang’s major contributions center on the design and control of a three-arm picking robot, where she developed novel collision-avoidance algorithms to prevent the arms from interfering with each other during simultaneous operation—a key challenge for improving picking efficiency. Her most cited paper, “Research on Three Picking Arm Avoidance Algorithms for Agaricus Mushroom Picking Robot” (2020, 8 citations), introduces these algorithms, while her foundational study on the robot’s control system (2019, 2 citations) outlines the system architecture. Though her citation counts are modest, Yang’s work is notable for tackling a practical, industry-relevant problem in agricultural automation, offering a pathway to fully automated mushroom harvesting. Her research is valuable for students and engineers interested in robotics, collision avoidance, and precision agriculture.