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Ruigang Yang is a robotics and computer vision researcher whose work spans autonomous navigation, depth perception, and human-robot interaction. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to robot navigation in complex, real-world environments — particularly dense pedestrian crowds. His influential papers "Getting Robots Unfrozen and Unlost in Dense Pedestrian Crowds" (68 citations) and "CrowdMove: Autonomous Mapless Navigation in Crowded Scenarios" (47 citations) tackle fundamental challenges in deploying mobile robots in public spaces, offering deep reinforcement learning-based solutions that generalize across scenarios and robot types. His earlier work on real-time stereo matching (58 citations) demonstrated lasting impact in 3D perception, addressing critical accuracy-speed tradeoffs essential for robot navigation and augmented reality. Yang has also advanced human-robot motion retargeting using affordable depth sensors, enabling intuitive robot control through natural human movement. More recently, his research has expanded into omnidirectional depth estimation and uncertainty-aware navigation, reflecting a commitment to robust, deployable autonomous systems. With work spanning natural language interfaces for robot guidance and 3D object understanding for self-driving vehicles, Yang's research consistently bridges perception, learning, and real-world robotic deployment — making him a notable figure in embodied AI research.