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Songzhu Yang is a leading researcher in fusion energy robotics, specializing in remote handling systems for tokamak reactors. His work centers on the development of maintenance platforms and robotic manipulators for extreme environments, particularly within the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) and the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). Yang’s major contributions include the conceptual design of EAST’s multi-purpose maintenance deployer and the CFETR remote handling system, which have garnered over 45 citations. He has advanced motion control by applying Fuzzy-PID controllers to CFETR’s multi-functional maintenance platform, simplifying it as a parallel robot for theoretical analysis. Additionally, his implementation of an Extended Kalman filter with curve fitting calibration for the EAST Articulated Maintenance Arm has improved position disturbance compensation, a critical achievement for precision in tokamak inspection. More recently, Yang has explored synchronization control for blanket remote maintenance robots using MPC-CCC algorithms. His work is pivotal to enabling safe, automated maintenance in fusion reactors, directly supporting the operational viability of next-generation energy systems.