Yanping Tang

Jinan University, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Yanping Tang is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics and biomedical engineering, whose work spans from microrobotics for targeted therapy to innovative bipedal locomotion. Tang's most impactful contribution to date is the development of MOF-based magnetic microrobot swarms for pH-responsive targeted drug delivery (2024, 54 citations), a breakthrough that harnesses metal-organic frameworks and magnetic actuation to precisely release therapeutics in response to local pH changes—offering a transformative approach to minimally invasive cancer treatment. This work has rapidly garnered attention for its potential in precision medicine. Earlier in their career, Tang made foundational contributions to humanoid robotics with a novel biped robot design featuring 7 degrees of freedom and a double spherical hip joint (2008, 3 citations). This mechanism overcame a key limitation of conventional biped robots—their inability to move lower limbs when feet and waist are fixed—by enabling more natural, energy-efficient walking without bent knees. Though less cited, this kinematic innovation laid groundwork for more agile humanoid robots. Tang's dual expertise in soft microrobotics and mechanical design exemplifies a rare ability to bridge fundamental engineering principles with cutting-edge biomedical applications.