Guang‐Zhong Yang
Imperial College London, Robotics Research (United States), National Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, St Mary's Hospital, NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Society, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, St. Mary's Hospital, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Wolfson Foundation, ETH Zurich, NASA Research Park, The London College, Queen Victoria Hospital, Tianjin University, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Hospital for Sick Children, Berkeley College
Papers
333
Total Citations
14,055
H-Index
55
About
Guang-Zhong Yang is a pioneering figure in medical robotics and surgical technology, whose research has fundamentally shaped how autonomous systems are designed, regulated, and deployed in clinical settings. His work spans minimally invasive surgery, robot-assisted endovascular procedures, computer-assisted intervention, and the broader scientific foundations of robotics as a discipline. As a founding editor of *Science Robotics*, Yang co-authored the landmark 2018 paper outlining the field's ten grand challenges, which has accumulated over 1,100 citations and remains a definitive roadmap for the global robotics community. His contributions to surgical robotics are extensive — from real-time stereo reconstruction and 3D tissue deformation tracking to the evolution of smarter, safer microsurgical platforms — reflecting both technical depth and clinical vision. Yang has also addressed critical questions around autonomy, ethics, and regulation in medical robotics, earning nearly 700 citations for his influential 2017 analysis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his work on robotics for infectious disease management demonstrated the real-world urgency of his research agenda. With a decade retrospective on medical robotics attracting nearly 500 citations, Yang's cumulative impact underscores his role as one of the most influential voices defining the future of intelligent surgical systems.
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Top Papers
- 1The grand challenges of <i>Science Robotics</i>1,134 citations · 2018
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- 4A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020479 citations · 2021
- 5Emerging Robotic Platforms for Minimally Invasive Surgery451 citations · 2012
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- 9Frontiers of Medical Robotics: From Concept to Systems to Clinical Translation190 citations · 2019
- 10Three-Dimensional Tissue Deformation Recovery and Tracking187 citations · 2010