Prof. Pengfei Xu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Oceanography, Hohai University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in naval architecture from Harbin Engineering University, a master’s degree from the National Defense Key Laboratory of Underwater Robotics at Harbin Engineering University, and a doctorate in naval architecture and ocean engineering from the China Ship Science Research Center. His research direction is marine intelligent equipment and detection technology, including overall technology and full system design of marine intelligent equipment; dynamic identification and planning control of marine intelligent equipment; and three-dimensional fine imaging and detection and identification of underwater targets. He teaches the undergraduate course “Underwater Detection and Positioning Technology”. He is a director of the Marine Surveying and Mapping Research Branch of the China Pacific Society, a member of the Maritime Command and Control Professional Committee of the China Command and Control Society, a member of the Maneuverability and Motion Control Group of the Ship Mechanics Academic Committee of the China Society of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding, a director of the Jiangsu Oceanographic Society, deputy director of the Marine Engineering Equipment and Deep Sea Technology Committee of the Jiangsu Oceanographic Society, and a young editorial board member of the Journal of Underwater Unmanned Systems.