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Sen Zhao is an emerging researcher specializing in robotics, artificial intelligence, and industrial automation, with a particular focus on applying deep reinforcement learning to robotic path planning within smart textile manufacturing environments. His work sits at the intersection of Industry 4.0 technologies and intelligent robotic systems, addressing critical challenges in trajectory optimization and operational efficiency. Zhao's most notable contributions center on developing novel alternatives to traditional inverse kinematics approaches in robotic arm control. His 2023 paper introducing a Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient method with a hierarchical memory structure demonstrated that joint-space planning using forward kinematics could significantly reduce computational overhead compared to conventional tool-center-point methods. Building on this foundation, his subsequent research explored model-free deep reinforcement learning frameworks tailored specifically for textile robotic systems, while his work on cascaded fuzzy reward mechanisms advanced intelligent path planning for high-precision industrial tasks. Collectively accumulating approximately 14 citations across three publications within just two years, Zhao's research trajectory reflects growing scholarly interest in bridging sophisticated machine learning methodologies with real-world manufacturing challenges. His contributions offer promising pathways toward safer, more efficient, and autonomously adaptive robotic systems in the rapidly evolving textile automation sector.