About

Changsheng Li is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of surgical robotics, flexible mechanisms, and human-robot interaction, whose work has profoundly advanced minimally invasive surgical systems. His research focuses on developing compliant robotic platforms for challenging clinical environments, including transoral robotic surgery, bronchoscopic intervention, and robot-assisted craniotomy. Li's landmark contributions include stretchable graphene pressure sensors with hierarchical wrinkles enabling collision-aware surgical robots (127 citations) and variable-stiffness flexible robots tailored for transoral procedures (110 citations), demonstrating his ability to bridge advanced materials science with precision robotics. His novel robotic bronchoscope system for pulmonary biopsy (95 citations) and comprehensive reviews of robot-assisted fracture reduction (89 citations) and transoral head and neck surgery evolution (77 citations) reflect both his technical innovation and broad clinical awareness. Li has also made significant strides in single-port access surgery, modular cable-driven graspers, and learning-from-demonstration drilling control, showcasing remarkable versatility. With a body of work accumulating hundreds of citations across multiple surgical specialties, Li stands as a highly influential figure shaping the future of intelligent, flexible, and safe robotic-assisted surgery.

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H-Index
66
Papers
1,444
Total Citations
22
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Stretchable Graphene Pressure Sensors with Shar-Pei-like Hierarchical Wrinkles for Collision-Aware Surgical Robotics
127 citations · 2019
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2023 (10 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 184
🏛 Institutions: National University of Singapore, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Harbin Engineering University, China University of Petroleum, East China

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