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Lingfeng Deng is a pioneering researcher in the field of robot visual servoing, whose work has fundamentally shaped how robots interact with their environments through vision-based control. His primary research areas encompass visual servoing methodologies, robot manipulation, and sensor fusion, with a particular focus on comparing and improving image-based (IBVS) and position-based (PBVS) control systems. Deng’s most impactful contribution is his landmark 2010 paper, "Comparison of Basic Visual Servoing Methods," which has garnered 188 citations and provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating system stability, robustness, and dynamic performance in both Cartesian and image spaces. This work, building on his earlier foundational studies from 2003 and 2004, established a systematic comparison that had long been missing in the field. Deng also advanced hybrid control strategies to address image constraints and local minima problems, and explored combined vision/force control for robot manipulators, integrating impedance-based force control with visual servoing. His research has been instrumental in enhancing the flexibility and reliability of industrial and service robots, making him a key figure in modern robotics.