Ruohan Wang

Zhejiang University

Papers

12

Total Citations

256

H-Index

6

About

Ruohan Wang is an emerging robotics and human-machine interaction researcher whose work sits at the intersection of intelligent sensing, safe human-robot collaboration, and healthcare robotics. His most influential contribution, "Machine Learning-Enabled Tactile Sensor Design for Dynamic Touch Decoding" (2023, 147 citations), pioneered an inverse design strategy for flexible skin-like sensors, challenging conventional trial-and-error approaches and establishing a new paradigm for sensor development in healthcare and prosthetics. Building on this foundation, Wang has advanced robot perception through attention-based deep learning for inertial motion recognition in collaborative environments (53 citations) and developed large-area digital twin-driven robot skin systems tailored for Healthcare 4.0 applications. His research extends into teleoperative robotics, including wearable upper-limb exoskeletons with force feedback and phygital twin-driven robot avatars enabling intercontinental teleoperation between China and Sweden. Wang has also addressed real-world healthcare challenges directly, designing medical assistive robots deployed in COVID-19 isolation wards to support patient well-being and reduce clinical exposure. Collectively, his portfolio reflects a coherent vision: creating safer, smarter, and more intuitive interfaces between humans and robots across industrial, medical, and collaborative domains.

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6
H-Index
12
Papers
256
Total Citations
21
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Machine Learning‐Enabled Tactile Sensor Design for Dynamic Touch Decoding
147 citations · 2023
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2023 (6 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 37
🏛 Institutions: Zhejiang University

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