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Lanhui Cai is a rising researcher specializing in last-mile delivery logistics, autonomous technologies, and consumer behavior in the context of modern e-commerce and supply chain innovation. Their work sits at a compelling intersection of technology adoption, health psychology, and logistics systems, addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing contemporary retail and delivery ecosystems. Cai's most significant contributions include a widely recognized 2022 study examining how technological readiness and health belief factors — shaped notably by the COVID-19 pandemic — drive consumer acceptance of autonomous delivery robots (ADRs), which has garnered 32 citations. Complementing this, their 2023 comprehensive review of last-mile delivery transportation methods has quickly attracted 30 citations, filling a notable gap in the literature by synthesizing all modes of LMD transportation and their evolving challenges and opportunities. More recently, Cai has extended this research agenda to explore logistics operators' robot adoption through an integrated trust-formation and technology acceptance framework, targeting manufacturing and logistics employees in Vietnam. Collectively, Cai's body of work demonstrates a consistent commitment to understanding how emerging autonomous technologies are reshaping logistics systems globally, making their research highly relevant for academics, industry practitioners, and policymakers navigating the future of intelligent delivery infrastructure.