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Yuhong Cao is an emerging researcher specializing in autonomous robotics, deep reinforcement learning (DRL), and multi-robot systems, with a particular focus on enabling intelligent exploration in complex, unknown environments. His work addresses some of the most challenging problems in mobile robotics, including large-scale autonomous navigation, efficient environment mapping, and coordinated multi-agent decision-making. Cao's most notable contribution, "Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Large-Scale Robot Exploration" (2024), has garnered 30 citations and introduces a reactive DRL-based planner that enables robots to autonomously navigate and map expansive 2D environments using LiDAR sensing. This work advances the field by allowing agents to make implicit predictions about unknown spaces, significantly improving exploration efficiency. His subsequent research expands these ideas further — HDPlanner presents a hierarchical decision-making framework that jointly tackles exploration and navigation, while MARVEL pioneers constrained field-of-view multi-robot exploration tailored for lightweight platforms like drones, where sensor limitations pose real-world deployment challenges. Collectively, Cao's research demonstrates a clear trajectory toward scalable, practical autonomous systems capable of operating in real-world conditions, making his work highly relevant for students and researchers interested in robotics, reinforcement learning, and intelligent autonomous systems.