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Fang Jia’s research lies at the intersection of robotics, intelligent navigation, and sensor design, with a focus on solving real-world industrial and service challenges. His most influential work, a 2016 paper on a six-axis force/torque sensor with overload protection for polishing robots (16 citations), addresses a critical bottleneck in automated wheel hub polishing—enabling precise force control to boost manufacturing efficiency. In autonomous navigation, his 2023 study on Hybrid A* and TEB algorithms (11 citations) advances obstacle avoidance for driverless systems, from sweeping robots to rescue and inspection platforms. Jia also explores specialized applications, including wall-climbing robots for ship maintenance (7 citations), where he analyzes stability under varying adsorption and motor forces, and substation inspection robots (2 citations), improving mapping accuracy via Gaussian projection. Earlier work on biomimetic biped walking (3 citations) introduced a novel two-point gait inspired by human foot structure, while a 2018 review on soft-bodied robots (2 citations) surveys emerging flexible robotic technologies. With cumulative citations spanning sensor innovation, navigation, and field robotics, Jia’s contributions demonstrate a consistent drive to enhance robot autonomy and reliability in complex, real-world environments—from factories and ships to power substations.