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Guoguang Du is a robotics and computer vision researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of visual perception and intelligent robotic manipulation. His research primarily focuses on vision-based robotic grasping, visual localization, and deep learning-driven odometry — areas that are fundamental to enabling autonomous robots to interact meaningfully with their environments. Du's most impactful contribution is his comprehensive 2019 survey on vision-based robotic grasping, which has garnered 53 citations and stands as a valuable reference for researchers entering the field. In this work, he systematically organized the robotic grasping pipeline into three essential components — object localization, pose estimation, and grasp estimation — providing a structured framework that clarifies a previously fragmented literature. This review has become a go-to resource for students and practitioners alike. Beyond grasping, Du has made meaningful strides in long-term robot navigation, proposing deep end-to-end networks that tackle the persistent drift problem in Visual Odometry through a novel fusion of global and relative learning strategies. With a growing body of work accumulating over 80 citations, Du's research demonstrates a consistent commitment to bridging the gap between visual intelligence and practical robotic autonomy, making him a noteworthy contributor to modern robotics research.