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Liu Ji-lin is a pioneer in mobile robotics, specializing in autonomous navigation, localization, and mapping. His foundational work on scan matching and map building has shaped how robots perceive and navigate both indoor and outdoor environments. In his highly cited 2004 paper on CLS-based scan matching (21 citations), he advanced position estimation for mobile robots, distinguishing between global and local localization—a critical step for reliable indoor navigation. He further refined global localization using corner-point matching and line-segment-based map merging, enabling robots to build consistent maps from 2D range scanner data. Expanding into outdoor and large-scale settings, Liu developed an enhanced ICP algorithm for 3D map building that avoids local minima (2007, 4 citations) and proposed a Rao-Blackwellised particle filter SLAM algorithm using stable landmarks and global constraints for robust data association in large environments (2007, 4 citations). His contributions bridge the gap between theoretical SLAM and practical deployment, offering efficient solutions for real-world autonomous navigation. With a career focused on making robots more self-reliant in unknown spaces, Liu’s work remains essential reading for researchers in robotics and intelligent systems.