Wenguang Yang
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35
Total Citations
393
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About
Wenguang Yang is a pioneering researcher at the forefront of soft robotics and bioinspired systems, with expertise spanning magnetically controlled robots, light-driven actuators, and biomedical microrobotics. His work draws inspiration from nature's most elegant movers — millipedes, inchworms, snakes, and aquatic organisms — to engineer next-generation robots capable of operating in constrained and clinically relevant environments. Yang's most impactful contribution, a magnetically controlled millipede-inspired soft robot designed for targeted drug delivery within the stomach, has already garnered 57 citations since 2024, reflecting the field's urgent appetite for wireless, in vivo robotic solutions. His inchworm-inspired robot powered by rotating magnetic fields (29 citations) and an underwater bionic snake robot utilizing composite materials (22 citations) further demonstrate his remarkable breadth across locomotion modalities. He has also advanced photo-responsive actuator technologies using poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and carbon nanotubes, enabling soft robots with tunable, multi-stimulus responses. Through comprehensive reviews of magnetically controlled medical robotics and bubble-based microrobots, Yang actively shapes the theoretical landscape of his field. His body of work, accumulating over 240 citations across a diverse portfolio, positions him as an essential voice in the future of minimally invasive therapies and intelligent bioinspired systems.
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- 7Bubble-based microrobot: Recent progress and future perspective19 citations · 2023
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