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Weihao Zhang is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics, neuromorphic computing, and surgical technology. His work focuses on two transformative areas: developing intelligent control systems for multi-tasking robots and advancing continuum manipulators for minimally invasive surgery. Zhang’s most impactful contribution is his 2022 paper on a neuromorphic computing chip with spatiotemporal elasticity, which has garnered 64 citations for enabling computationally intensive algorithms to run locally on multitask robots with unprecedented low latency and high efficiency. In continuum robotics, he developed the FABRIKc inverse kinematics solver (34 citations), an efficient iterative approach that has become a standard tool for modeling multi-segment continuum manipulators. His 2018 work on continuum manipulators with redundant backbones and constrained bending curvature (19 citations) introduced continuously variable stiffness—a critical innovation for snake-like surgical robots navigating confined spaces. Zhang also contributed to surgical robotics with a sliding-pin needle driver design for continuum surgical robots. His combined work in neuromorphic hardware and soft robotics positions him at the forefront of creating intelligent, adaptable machines for both industrial and medical applications.