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Zhekai Zhang is a researcher advancing the frontiers of tactile perception and energy-efficient computer vision. His primary research areas include multimodal tactile object recognition and low-power computer vision systems for edge computing. Zhang’s most notable contribution is a novel fusion network that integrates shape and texture tactile information using data augmentation and attention mechanisms. This work, published in 2024 with 6 citations, directly addresses the critical limitation of single-attribute tactile recognition, which fails with objects sharing similar shape or texture characteristics. By fusing these modalities, his algorithm achieves more robust and accurate object identification. Additionally, Zhang contributed to the 2020 Low-Power Computer Vision Challenge, a seminal effort that benchmarks energy-efficient AI for mobile and edge devices like robots and drones. This work, with 3 citations, highlights his commitment to deploying advanced vision algorithms on battery-constrained platforms. Through these achievements, Zhang is shaping the future of tactile robotics and sustainable AI, making his research essential reading for students and engineers working on embodied intelligence and edge computing.