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Aolin Tang is a robotics researcher whose work spans assistive healthcare, surgical precision, and autonomous competition. His primary research areas include walking assistant robots for elderly mobility, minimally invasive surgical robotics, and omnidirectional soccer robots for the RoboCup league. Tang’s most impactful contribution is his pioneering work on motion control for walking assistant robots, where he prioritized user comfort—a critical factor often overlooked in assistive device design. His 2012 paper on this topic, with 18 citations, established a framework for ensuring safe, natural gait support. In surgical robotics, Tang advanced teleoperation safety by introducing customizable virtual fixtures to constrain spatial motion, preventing accidental tissue damage during minimally invasive procedures (12 citations). He also developed a master–slave surgical robot system that leverages hand-eye coordination for more intuitive control. Beyond healthcare, Tang contributed to RoboCup soccer robotics, designing an active ball-handling mechanism and a fault-tolerant control system for omnidirectional robots with motor failure. His work on omni-directional vision-based tracking further integrated perception with assistive robotics. With a total of 45 citations across his most-cited works, Tang demonstrates a consistent focus on human-centered robotics—whether improving elderly independence, surgical safety, or competitive autonomy.