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Ruihua Ye’s research sits at the critical intersection of medical robotics and mobile robotics, with a primary focus on improving orthopedic surgery outcomes. Ye’s most significant contributions center on robot-assisted femur fracture reduction, a procedure where both patient and surgeon face harmful radiation exposure from image intensifiers. To address this, Ye pioneered a simple yet novel hybrid robotic system (2012), which has garnered 31 citations for its practical approach to reducing radiation while maintaining surgical precision. This work builds on earlier foundational studies in path planning and six-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot development (2009), each cited over a dozen times, demonstrating sustained impact in the field. Ye’s approach uniquely combines tele-operation and simulation (2011) to overcome challenges like mal-alignment during reduction. More recently, Ye has expanded into mobile robotics, developing a spherical wheel-legged composite robot (2024) capable of multimodal motion for complex terrains. This shift showcases a versatile engineering mindset, applying robotic principles from the operating room to unstructured environments. With a career spanning over a decade, Ye’s work has directly influenced safer, more precise surgical interventions and continues to inspire new directions in adaptive robotic systems.