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Yuyang Sun is an emerging researcher at the intersection of human-machine interaction, soft robotics, and advanced sensing technologies. His work spans triboelectric nanogenerators, electronic skins, and minimally invasive surgical robotics, with a particular focus on bridging intelligent sensing materials with real-world robotic applications. Sun's most influential contribution, "A Delta-Parallel-Inspired Human Machine Interface Using Self-Powered Triboelectric Nanogenerator" (2020, 30 citations), demonstrated a novel approach to 3D and VR/AR manipulation through self-powered sensing — a significant step toward intuitive, wearable control systems. His subsequent research on continuum robots has been especially noteworthy: developing stretchable electronic armor with bimodal sensing capabilities for colonoscopic robots (16 citations) and triboelectric tactile perception rings enabling collision-awareness in surgical settings (8 citations). His sensorized forceps work (10 citations) further showcases his commitment to translating sensing innovation into practical surgical tools. More recently, Sun's Touch-Code Glove represents an ambitious fusion of functional materials and deep learning for embodied robot training. Collectively, his research advances the frontier of self-powered, multifunctional sensing interfaces across healthcare and robotics, making him a researcher to watch as these fields increasingly converge.