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Zhong Tang is a leading researcher in agricultural robotics and intelligent automation, with a primary focus on the precise control and trajectory prediction of tracked robots operating in complex field environments. His most impactful work, an adaptive backstepping control method based on real-time slip parameter estimation (65 citations), addresses a critical challenge in agricultural robotics: maintaining stable, accurate navigation on uneven and slippery terrain. By integrating kinematic modeling with slip estimation, Tang’s approach significantly improves the reliability of autonomous robots in tasks like crop monitoring and field operations. His subsequent research on trajectory prediction (23 citations) further refines this capability, enabling robots to anticipate and correct for ground conditions in real time. More recently, Tang has expanded into intelligent agricultural production, co-authoring a comprehensive review on the automated harvesting of chili peppers (7 citations, 2025). This work synthesizes technological requirements across diverse pepper varieties, highlighting the potential for AI-driven recognition and robotic picking to reduce labor intensity and costs. Tang’s contributions are pivotal for advancing precision agriculture, bridging the gap between theoretical control systems and practical, field-deployable automation.