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Yang Yong is a pioneering roboticist whose work spans rehabilitation, rescue, and space exploration robotics. His most influential contribution, "Arm Rehabilitation Robot Impedance Control and Experimentation" (2006, 55 citations), introduced a control system that guides stroke patients' wrists along planned trajectories, directly addressing the critical need for automated physical therapy. Building on this, Yong developed a parent-child robot system for rescue missions (2009, 14 citations), enabling high mobility and stable communication in disaster zones. His innovative "Tribot" (2012, 13 citations) features six independently driven Tri-star wheels for climbing vertical obstacles in unstructured environments—a breakthrough for search-and-rescue operations. Yong also designed the Differential Modular Robot Joint (2013, 9 citations), achieving an unprecedented torque-to-weight ratio of 178.3 Nm/kg, ideal for high-payload tasks. Extending robotics to space, he proposed a redundant robot for extra-vehicular activities on space stations (2012, 6 citations), enhancing astronaut assistance. Most recently, his RescueBot with a wearable suit (2017, 6 citations) can lift 85 kg payloads using purely electric power. Yong's work demonstrates a rare ability to translate complex mechanical design into practical solutions for human welfare, from rehabilitation to disaster response and beyond.