Yanzhou Wang
Papers
8
Total Citations
279
H-Index
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About
Yanzhou Wang is a versatile robotics and medical engineering researcher whose work spans soft robotics, MRI-guided surgical systems, and minimally invasive medical devices. Best known for the **TWISTER Hand** — an origami-inspired, cable-driven underactuated robotic gripper capable of adaptively grasping objects of varying shapes, sizes, and textures — Wang has demonstrated a talent for translating biological and artistic design principles into functional engineering solutions, earning 139 citations for that work alone. A significant thread of Wang's research focuses on robot-assisted, MRI-guided spinal interventions, including a fully actuated body-mounted robotic system for lower back pain injections and an MR-conditional needle driver designed to meet clinical sterilization and regulatory standards. His work on bevel-tip needle deflection modeling in multi-layer tissues further advances the precision of percutaneous procedures. Wang also contributed to a widely cited (90 citations) systematic review comparing laparoscopic and robot-assisted sacrocolpopexy, reflecting interdisciplinary breadth. A particularly inventive outlier is his automated mosquito salivary gland extractor supporting malaria vaccine production. Collectively, Wang's research addresses critical challenges at the intersection of robotics, image-guided surgery, and global health.
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- 1TWISTER Hand: Underactuated Robotic Gripper Inspired by Origami Twisted Tower139 citations · 2020
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