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Yong-Ping Zhao’s research advances machine learning and signal processing for robotics and intelligent systems, with a focus on sparse modeling, fault diagnosis, and computer vision. His most influential work introduces a Householder transformation-based sparse least squares support vector regression (18 citations), which efficiently reduces model complexity while preserving accuracy—a key contribution to parsimonious learning. He further refines this direction with improvements on extreme learning machines using recursive orthogonal least squares (10 citations), enabling more compact and robust neural network architectures. In applied robotics, Zhao tackles critical industrial challenges through mobile robot motor bearing fault detection, combining discrete wavelet transforms with LSTM networks (13 citations) to predict motor failures and enhance operational reliability. His work also extends to human-robot interaction, where he develops robust facial landmark detection methods that handle multiple poses (5 citations), essential for face-based identification and expression recognition in dynamic environments. By integrating forward-backward greedy algorithms for sparse approximation to kernel minimum squared error (3 citations), Zhao demonstrates a systematic approach to balancing computational efficiency with predictive power. His contributions bridge theoretical advances in sparse learning with practical solutions for autonomous systems and industrial monitoring.