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Rui Jiao is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of agricultural automation, stretchable electronics, and soft robotics. Their work spans two transformative domains: precision agriculture through deep learning, and advanced flexible electronics for human-machine interaction. Jiao’s most cited work, a 2023 study on pineapple detection using improved YOLOv7 (53 citations), addresses the critical challenge of accurately identifying fruit maturity in complex field environments—a key step toward automated harvesting and yield estimation. In parallel, Jiao has made significant contributions to stretchable electronics, including a 2023 study on vertical serpentine interconnects (32 citations) that enables curved and wearable devices for practical applications. More recently, Jiao introduced the ADAMBOT, a novel soft locomotive robot leveraging auxetic meta-structures for unprecedented active deformability. Their 2025 work on sandwich Miura-ori structures for super-resolution tactile skin (14 citations) and deep learning-based robotic e-skin for safe human-robot interaction demonstrates Jiao’s commitment to bridging cutting-edge materials science with real-world safety applications. With a growing citation impact and a portfolio spanning agriculture, wearable tech, and robotics, Jiao is shaping the future of intelligent, adaptive systems.