Raymond Kai‐Yu Tong
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, PREZIOSO Linjebygg (Norway)
Papers
81
Total Citations
3,622
H-Index
32
About
Raymond Kai-Yu Tong is a pioneering biomedical engineer whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, neural engineering, and stroke rehabilitation. Based at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tong has dedicated his career to developing intention-driven robotic systems that harness patients' own electromyography (EMG) signals to restore motor function following stroke. His landmark 2011 paper on an EMG-driven exoskeleton hand training device, now cited over 290 times, demonstrated that robotic assistance guided by a patient's residual muscle signals could meaningfully improve hand function in chronic stroke survivors — a population notoriously resistant to recovery. This principle of patient-driven, intention-based therapy runs throughout his body of work, spanning wrist, elbow, finger, and gait rehabilitation. Tong's research has convincingly shown that EMG-controlled robots outperform passive motion devices, validated through rigorous randomized controlled trials accumulating hundreds of citations collectively. His more recent innovations, including soft-elastic robotic gloves and robot-assisted ankle-foot orthoses, extend his reach into everyday assistive technology. With over 1,500 citations across his top publications alone, Tong's contributions have substantially shaped modern neurorehabilitation robotics worldwide.
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- 8An intention driven hand functions task training robotic system131 citations · 2010
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