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Qicong Wang’s research lies at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and precision agriculture, with a focus on enabling autonomous systems to perceive and navigate complex environments. His work spans three key areas: sky region detection for ground robot navigation, monocular vision SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping), and deep learning-based fruit detection for agricultural robotics. Wang’s most cited paper, “Sky Region Detection in a Single Image for Autonomous Ground Robot Navigation” (2013, 41 citations), introduced a gradient- and energy-based algorithm that provides critical horizontal and background cues for vision-guided robots—a foundational contribution to outdoor autonomous navigation. In SLAM, his 2010 paper on key feature points selection (7 citations) and 2009 work on large-scale outdoor SLAM (3 citations) advanced efficient, odometer-free mapping using Structure from Motion. Most recently, his 2024 study on cherry tomato detection (14 citations) leverages an improved YOLOv7-Tiny neural network and multimodal perception to boost harvesting accuracy and efficiency, addressing real-world agricultural challenges. With a career marked by practical, application-driven innovations, Wang’s work demonstrates a steady progression from foundational navigation algorithms to cutting-edge deep learning solutions for robotic perception.