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Yuxuan Xiang is pioneering the field of magnetic miniature robotics, focusing on how tiny, wirelessly controlled machines can exert meaningful forces for biomedical applications. His work addresses a critical challenge: as robots shrink to millimeter or sub-millimeter scales, the magnetic forces needed to push, pull, or rotate them diminish drastically. Xiang’s most cited paper, "MINRob" (2024, 11 citations), introduces a triple-magnet system that dramatically boosts force output, enabling miniature robots to perform tasks previously out of reach. His 2023 theoretical study (10 citations) systematically quantifies the forces and torques these robots can generate, providing a foundational framework for designing robots capable of real-world diagnostic and therapeutic work. Xiang also advances human-robot interaction: his computer-aided teleoperation system (6 citations) makes controlling magnetic millirobots inside a stomach phantom intuitive and accessible, while his work on magnetic repulsion-based locomotion (5 citations) demonstrates diverse movement capabilities across different terrains. By bridging fundamental physics with practical control systems, Xiang is laying the groundwork for a new generation of minimally invasive medical robots that can navigate the body and exert useful forces—opening doors to targeted drug delivery, clot removal, and beyond.