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Wenkai Han is a leading researcher at the forefront of agricultural robotics, specializing in intelligent harvesting systems for complex orchard environments. His work addresses the critical challenge of labor shortages in agriculture through innovative robotic solutions. Han’s major contributions include the design and experimental validation of a dual-arm apple harvesting robot system, which has garnered 30 citations for its practical approach to unstructured orchard environments. He has significantly advanced computer vision for agriculture, developing the SGW-YOLOv8n model for apple detection and segmentation in occluded settings (17 citations) and the lightweight LGVM-YOLOv8n model for efficient instance segmentation (4 citations). His pioneering work in dynamic task planning for multi-arm harvesting robots, utilizing an LSTM-PPO reinforcement learning algorithm (16 citations), represents a notable achievement in optimizing robotic coordination and efficiency. With over 67 total citations across his key publications, Han’s research is driving the transition from manual to automated fruit harvesting, making him a pivotal figure in precision agriculture and robotics.