Botao Zhang

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Botao Zhang is a researcher specializing in robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing, with a particular focus on thermal spray coating processes and trajectory planning for complex surface geometries. His most notable contribution, the 2018 paper "Automatic Robot Trajectory for Thermal‐Sprayed Complex Surfaces," addresses one of the most persistent challenges in modern automotive manufacturing: generating automated robot trajectories for free-form surfaces that ensure uniform coating distribution. This work tackles the intricate geometric complexities inherent in free-form surface processing, a problem that had previously resisted scalable automation solutions. By developing systematic approaches to automatic trajectory generation, Zhang's research has helped bridge the gap between theoretical robotics and real-world industrial application, making high-quality thermal spray coating more accessible and consistent in production environments. With 15 citations, this work has gained recognition within the manufacturing automation and surface engineering communities, demonstrating its relevance to researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of robotics and materials processing. Zhang's contributions reflect a commitment to solving practical, industry-driven engineering problems through intelligent automation and computational geometry.