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Yayun Du is a versatile robotics and engineering researcher whose work spans precision agriculture, bio-inspired robotics, and autonomous navigation systems. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 115 across ten influential publications, Du has established a distinctive research profile at the intersection of real-world agricultural challenges and fundamental robotics science. In precision agriculture, Du has made significant contributions through the development of autonomous weeding robots capable of operating in narrow row spacing and under plant canopies, combining deep convolutional neural networks with robotic systems to enable plant-specific, environmentally sustainable weed management. Complementing this work, Du has advanced navigation solutions for agricultural robots through neural-Kalman filtering that maintains accuracy even with severely intermittent GPS signals. Beyond agriculture, Du has explored the fascinating domain of bio-inspired soft robotics, investigating flagella- and cilia-inspired locomotion mechanisms in granular media and near fluid interfaces, contributing both experimental testbeds and computational modeling tools. Du has also pioneered robotic roller-coating systems that mimic human painting techniques, bringing automation to a traditionally manual domain. Spanning resource-constrained IoT navigation to articulated soft robot mechanics, Du's research demonstrates a rare breadth—combining rigorous physical modeling with practical autonomous systems engineering to address challenges across agriculture, robotics, and beyond.