Changying Li

Changying "Charlie" Li, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida's School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural & Mechanical Engineering with a cross-appointment at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on developing advanced robotic systems and sensing technologies for agricultural phenotyping, including autonomous robots for crop analysis and non-destructive fruit quality assessment. Notable projects include the Berry Impact Recording Device (BIRD) for optimizing fruit handling and a multi-robot system integrating ground rovers and drones for high-throughput plant data collection.

Dr. Li's work spans 3D plant architecture reconstruction, machine learning-driven crop yield estimation, and smart agricultural automation. His innovations aim to enhance food security through precision agriculture techniques, leveraging computer vision, deep learning, and robotics.