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Zhikang Yang is pioneering the intersection of continuum robotics and medical automation, with a focus on developing flexible, compliant robotic systems for both aerospace and healthcare applications. His most influential work, a tendon-driven continuum robot for aerospace environments (2024, 9 citations), demonstrates how biologically inspired designs can achieve superior maneuverability in constrained spaces by placing driving units outside the workspace. In the medical domain, Yang has made significant contributions to automated venipuncture, designing a trocar puncture robot (2024, 8 citations) that enhances blood collection success rates while reducing healthcare worker burden. His innovative robotic chair for proton heavy-ion radiotherapy (2019, 4 citations) addresses the critical need for head and neck positioning in fixed-beam treatment rooms, advancing cancer therapy precision. Yang’s technical breadth extends to computer vision with a near-infrared imaging system for robotic blood collection (2024, 2 citations) and optimization algorithms, including a novel quaternion-based differential evolution method for inverse kinematics of offset wrist manipulators (2025, 1 citation). His work consistently bridges theoretical robotics with practical clinical and aerospace needs, demonstrating how flexible mechanisms and intelligent control can revolutionize high-stakes environments.