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Shuntao Liu’s research bridges the gap between simulation and reality in robotic manipulation, with a focus on high-precision assembly and articulated object control. His most influential work, “Laser tracker-based control for peg-in-hole assembly robot” (2014, 15 citations), addresses a critical challenge in large-scale manufacturing—enabling robots to perform precise peg-in-hole insertions despite positional deviations, thereby preventing assembly failures and part damage. This contribution has been foundational for industrial automation. More recently, Liu introduced the Sim2Real² framework (2023, 9 combined citations), which actively builds explicit physics models to allow robots to manipulate unseen articulated objects—such as drawers or cabinets—to desired states in the real world without human demonstration. This work advances the field of sim-to-real transfer by emphasizing active model building over passive domain adaptation. Additionally, his research on self-recalibration of robot-assisted structured-light measurement systems (2017) improves industrial inspection accuracy by enabling automatic reconfiguration after viewpoint changes. With a career spanning foundational industrial robotics to cutting-edge sim-to-real learning, Liu’s work is essential reading for researchers interested in precise robotic manipulation and autonomous assembly.