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Zhiming Ji is a robotics and mechanical engineering researcher whose work spans parallel manipulators, reconfigurable robotics, rehabilitation engineering, and robot kinematics. With a career stretching from the early 1990s to the late 2000s, Ji has made meaningful contributions to both theoretical and applied robotics, earning over 110 citations across his published work. Ji's most influential contribution — garnering 40 citations — is his 2008 work on synthesizing pattern generation mechanisms for gait rehabilitation, addressing the critical need for affordable, safe, and effective robotic systems for paraplegic patients. This work reflects a pivotal shift toward socially impactful robotics. His research on reconfigurable platform manipulators (34 citations) advanced the field of modular parallel robots, demonstrating how hardware flexibility could be optimized for task-specific configurations. His 2003 study of planar three-degree-of-freedom parallel manipulators further deepened understanding of this complex class of mechanisms. Early in his career, Ji explored robot kinematics through computational tools and calibration methods, including a 1991 paper leveraging Mathematica for teaching and analyzing robot dynamics. Across these diverse contributions, Ji exemplifies a researcher who bridges fundamental mechanical theory with real-world engineering applications, from industrial automation to life-improving medical robotics.