I am an Assistant Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University. I have been recognized as a Young Outstanding Talent of Qingdao University and a recipient of the Golden Seed Talent Program of Qingdao City. I obtained my Ph.D. degree through a joint training program between China Agricultural University and the University of Lincoln, UK.

I have presided over a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Project and participated in several National Key R&D Programs as well as enterprise-funded research projects. To date, I have published 20+ SCI papers and hold multiple authorized invention patents. I also serve as the Deputy Director of the Professional Committee of the Shandong Agricultural Machinery Society and as a reviewer for journals such as COMPAG, BE, and ESWA.

My research interest includes robotics, machine vision, and intelligent equipment.

🔥 Projects

Enterprise Technology Development Project, 145w, 2026.02 - 2027.08, Ongoing, Leader.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Project, 30w, 2025.01 - 2027.12, Ongoing, Leader.
Qingdao Gold Seed Talent Program, 2025.08 - 2027.08, Ongoing, Leader.
Enterprise Technology Development Project, 2025.05 - 2028.05, Ongoing, Leader.
Qingdao University Young Outstanding Talent Project, 2024.01 - 2027.12, Ongoing, Leader.
National Key R&D Program of China, 2016.10 - 2020.12, Completed, Participant.
National Science and Technology Support Program, 2015.04 - 2019.12, Completed, Participant.

📝 Publications

2025:

Adaptive Composite Control Based on Swing-Angle Estimation for Trajectory Tracking of agricultural transport unmanned helicopter. Yuxiang Hou , Shubo Wang, Jin Gao, Jian Chen. Transactions of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery. 2025. (Under review)
A Lightweight Multi-View Visual Approach for Real-Time Cherry Tomato Detection, Tracking and Counting for Greenhouse Inspection Robots. Xushuo Xing, Jin Gao, Fangyan Wang, Shubo Wang, Xiuning Hou, Junfeng Gao. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture. 2025. (Under review)

2024:

Picking patterns evaluation for cherry tomato robotic harvesting end-effector design. Jin Gao, Fan Zhang, Junxiong Zhang, Hui Guo, Junfeng Gao. Biosystems Engineering. 2024.
LACTA: A lightweight and accurate algorithm for cherry tomato detection in unstructured environments. Jin Gao, Junxiong Zhang, Fan Zhang, Junfeng Gao. Expert Systems with Applications. 2024.
Greenhouse tomato detection and pose classification algorithm based on improved YOLOv5. Junxiong Zhang, Jinyi Xie, Fan Zhang, Jin Gao, Chen Yang, Chaoyu Song, Weijie Rao, Yu Zhang. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2024.
A multi-species pest recognition and counting method based on a density map in the greenhouse. Zhiqin Zhang, Jiacheng Rong, Zhongxian Qi, Yan Yang, Xiajun Zheng, Jin Gao, Wei Li, Ting Yuan. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2024.

2023:

Development and field performance evaluation of hole-fertilizing planter and dynamic alignment control system for precision planting of corn. Jin Gao, Fan Zhang, Junxiong Zhang, Hang Zhou, Ting Yuan. Precision Agriculture. 2023.
TPMv2: An end-to-end tomato pose method based on 3D key points detection. Fan Zhang, Jin Gao, Chaoyu Song, Hang Zhou, Kunlin Zou, Jinyi Xie, Ting Yuan, Junxiong Zhang. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2023.
Evaluation of Cutting Stability of a Natural-Rubber-Tapping Robot. Hang Zhou, Jin Gao, Fan Zhang, Junxiong Zhang, Song Wang, Chunlong Zhang, Wei Li. Agriculture. 2023.
Detection method for the cucumber robotic grasping pose in clutter scenarios via instance segmentation. Fan Zhang, Zuyu Hou, Jin Gao, Junxiong Zhang, Xue Deng. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. 2024.

2022:

Development and evaluation of a pneumatic finger-like end-effector for cherry tomato harvesting robot in greenhouse. Jin Gao, Fan Zhang, Junxiong Zhang, Ting Yuan, Jinliang Yin, Hui Guo, Chen Yang. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2022.
Three-dimensional pose detection method based on keypoints detection network for tomato bunch. Fan Zhang, Jin Gao, Hang Zhou, Junxiong Zhang, Kunlin Zou, Ting Yuan. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2022.

🎖 Awards

2025.08, 🎉 First Prize, National Chinese College Students Engineering Practice and Innovation Competition (National Level).
2025.05, 🎉 Outstanding Advisor Award, International College Student Intelligent Agricultural Equipment Innovation Competition.
2025.05, 🎉 Grand Prize, International College Student Intelligent Agricultural Equipment Innovation Competition (National Level).
2023.06, 🎉 Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Ordinary Higher Education Institutions.
2023.06, 🎉 Outstanding Graduate of China Agricultural University.
2022.06, 🎉 National Study Abroad Scholarship for Public-Sponsored Students.
2021.10, 🎉 Exhibitor at the National “13th Five-Year Plan” Science and Technology Innovation Achievements Exhibition.
2021.09, 🎉 Featured on CCTV-2 for Technological Achievements.
2017.10, 🎉 First Prize, China Agricultural Robotics Competition (National Level).

📖 Experiences

2024.01 - Now, Qingdao University, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Assistant Professor.
2025.09 - 2027.09, Wuzheng Group, In-service postdoctoral researcher.
2022.06 - 2023.07, University of Lincoln (UK), Joint PhD Training.
2019.06 - 2024.01, China Agricultural University, PhD.

💬 Contact

E-mail: noview@163.com
Address: Room 304, Chengsi Building, Qingdao University (Fushan Campus)

👥 Team

Postgraduates:

2024, Hanwen Xing (University of Jinan), Jincheng Li (Changchun University Of Technology).
2025, Weisheng Zhang (Ningxia University), Xiaochuan Zhang (Qingdao University of Technology), Peilin Shen (Wuhan Polytechnic University).
2026, 3-4 places.

Undergraduates: