Minlong Lu

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Minlong Lu is a pioneering researcher in the emerging field of animal-robot hybrid systems, with a primary focus on rat cyborgs and brain-computer interfaces. His most influential work, "Visual Cue-Guided Rat Cyborg for Automatic Navigation [Research Frontier]" (2015), which has garnered 41 citations, represents a landmark contribution to the development of bio-robotic systems. In this study, Lu demonstrated how electrical stimuli delivered via a brain-computer interface could guide a rat's behavior using visual cues, effectively creating a remotely controlled "rat cyborg" capable of automatic navigation. This work showcases his innovative approach to leveraging animals' natural sensory and motor abilities for robotic applications. His subsequent research, "Visual Cue-Guided Rat Cyborg" (2017), further refined these techniques, though with fewer citations. Lu's major contributions lie in advancing the integration of biological systems with machine interfaces, opening new possibilities for search-and-rescue operations, environmental monitoring, and neurological research. His work has been recognized as a frontier in the field, bridging neuroscience and robotics to create functional animal-machine hybrids.