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Xianliang Mu is a researcher focused on the intersection of human cognition and robotics, specifically in the domain of spatial cognition interaction. His work explores how robots can be designed to understand and respond to human spatial reasoning, aiming to make human-robot collaboration as intuitive as human-human interaction. Mu’s major contributions include the design of intelligent robotic systems capable of interpreting spatial cues and the systematic analysis of how multiple perspectives influence human spatial cognition during collaborative tasks. His most cited paper, “The Design of Human-Robot Spatial Cognition Interaction System” (2016, 6 citations), lays foundational groundwork for this field. A subsequent review, “Recent Development of Human-Robot Natural Interaction in Spatial Cognition Tasks” (2016, 4 citations), synthesizes progress in making these interactions more natural and efficient. Mu’s research is particularly notable for its focus on the cognitive characteristics of human partners, as seen in his study on multiple perspectives (2016, 2 citations). While his citation counts are modest, his work represents a critical early step toward creating robots that can seamlessly share and understand spatial information with humans, a key challenge in collaborative robotics.