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Ruiya Li is a leading researcher in sustainable manufacturing and robotic automation, with a primary focus on human-robot collaborative disassembly for remanufacturing. Their groundbreaking work addresses one of the most challenging aspects of the circular economy: automating the disassembly of end-of-life products, particularly threaded fasteners and electric vehicle batteries. Li’s seminal paper, “An experimental human-robot collaborative disassembly cell” (2021, 127 citations), established foundational methods for integrating collaborative robots into disassembly workflows, significantly reducing labor intensity. Their research on robotic unfastening of hexagonal headed screws (2020, 94 citations) tackled a notoriously difficult task in remanufacturing, developing novel strategies for dealing with physical uncertainties. Li has also pioneered the use of knowledge graphs for electric vehicle battery disassembly (2023) and advanced robotic assembly with force-sensitive peg-in-hole strategies (2024). Their work on task allocation and sequence planning using the Bees Algorithm (2024) further optimizes human-robot collaboration. With over 270 total citations and a rapidly growing portfolio, Li is shaping the future of automated remanufacturing, making it economically viable while advancing industrial robotics through machine vision, force sensing, and intelligent path planning.