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Hanzhong Liu is a roboticist whose research focuses on tactile sensing, dexterous manipulation, and intelligent control for robotic hands. His work bridges the gap between theoretical grasp planning and real-world robotic interaction, particularly under uncertainty. Liu’s most cited paper, “Different Strokes and Different Folks” (2015, 22 citations), investigates how sensor motion, substrate, and coverings affect social touch gesture recognition on inviting surfaces, highlighting the potential of tactile communication in human-robot interaction. His 2022 work on “Multi-fingered Tactile Servoing for Grasping Adjustment under Partial Observation” (15 citations) introduces a feedback-driven strategy that uses sensorized fingertips to correct grasp failures caused by motion or pose uncertainties—a practical contribution to robust manipulation. More recently, Liu has advanced grasp planning for irregular objects using Gaussian process implicit surfaces (2024, 5 citations), offering a novel approach to modeling complex geometries. His additional work spans industrial robot motion planning with ROS and a real-time fuzzy-logic-controlled goalkeeper robot (2021). With a growing citation record and a focus on tactile feedback and adaptive grasping, Liu is establishing himself as a researcher dedicated to making robotic hands more perceptive, responsive, and reliable in unstructured environments.