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Rita Yi Man Li is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of artificial intelligence, construction technology, and urban planning. Her work fundamentally explores how AI technologies are perceived, adopted, and optimized across the built environment, with a particular focus on Australia and global industry practices. Her most cited paper, "Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Related Urban Planning and Development Concepts: How Are They Perceived and Utilized in Australia?" (2020, 200 citations), established her as a leading voice in understanding public and professional attitudes toward AI in urban contexts. She has further advanced this line of inquiry with studies on AI in construction (2022, 70 citations) and the safety implications of robotics, including the provocative finding that robots are not necessarily safer for workers (2021, 53 citations). Li has also made significant contributions to sustainable structural design through BIM-based optimization (2023, 30+ citations) and explored AI educational robots (2022). Her work on symmetric pseudo-multi-scroll attractors for mobile robot path planning (2024) demonstrates her expanding technical range. With a growing citation record exceeding 350+ across her top papers, Li’s research is shaping how industries and policymakers integrate intelligent technologies safely and sustainably.