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Wenxiu Zheng is a leading innovator in agricultural robotics, specializing in the automation of sweet potato transplantation. Her research addresses critical challenges in precision agriculture, particularly the design and control of robotic systems to overcome seedling leakage and adapt to complex planting terrains. Zheng’s most influential work, "Design of a Sweet Potato Transplanter Based on a Robot Arm" (2021, 23 citations), introduces a novel robotic arm that enables multiple transplantation methods within a single device, significantly improving efficiency over traditional single-method transplanters. She further advanced this field with "Trajectory Control of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Sweet Potato Transplanting Robot Arm" (2022, 10 citations), which enhances transplanting success rates and yield through refined motion planning. Her contributions extend to autonomous navigation, as seen in her design of an obstacle avoidance controller for agricultural tractors using ROS (2019). Most recently, Zheng’s 2025 work on multi-path transplanter optimization, employing DEM-MBD co-simulation, demonstrates her commitment to solving track accuracy issues in sweet potato cultivation. With a growing citation impact, Zheng is establishing herself as a key figure in agricultural robotics, merging mechanical design with intelligent control to revolutionize crop transplantation.