Papers
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Total Citations
108
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About
Heqiang Tian is a prominent researcher at the intersection of medical robotics, surgical automation, and biomechanical engineering, whose work has significantly advanced the precision and safety of orthopedic and spinal surgical procedures. With a career spanning over fifteen years, Tian has made foundational contributions to the design and control of parallel robotic systems for surgery, most notably pioneering a 6-DOF parallel robot for cervical disc replacement surgery — a line of research he has pursued from early system design in 2010 through increasingly sophisticated iterations. His investigations into bone drilling and milling dynamics, including finite element simulations optimized via Taguchi methods (24 citations), have provided critical insights into minimizing thermal necrosis and mechanical trauma during surgery. Tian's broader engineering contributions extend to mobile robot trajectory tracking using hierarchical constraint modeling (22 citations) and adaptive fuzzy PID control for spinal cutting robots. More recently, he has expanded into dental implant robotics, integrating optical spatial positioning with personalized digital guides. Collectively accumulating nearly 100 citations, Tian's body of work reflects a sustained commitment to translating advanced robotics and computational modeling into safer, more precise surgical outcomes.
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- 3A 6-DOF parallel bone-grinding robot for cervical disc replacement surgery14 citations · 2017
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- 8FPGA-Based Control System for 6-UPS Medical Parallel Robot4 citations · 2010
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