Liyang Mao
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Total Citations
432
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About
Liyang Mao is at the forefront of magnetic soft robotics, pioneering miniature systems that navigate the body's most challenging environments. His research centers on reconfigurable and cooperative robots for minimally invasive medicine, addressing critical limitations in size, adaptability, and safety. Mao's landmark work on the "Reconfigurable Magnetic Slime Robot" (187 citations) introduced a deformable, multifunctional material capable of navigating restricted spaces and performing tasks like grasping and circuit repair, showcasing unprecedented adaptability. He further advanced the field with scale-reconfigurable ferrofluidic robots (106 citations) that can actively change size to negotiate sharply variable spaces, and a magnetic steering continuum robot (101 citations) that enables safe, programmable navigation through tortuous lumina without damaging surrounding tissue. These contributions have established new paradigms for non-invasive access and dexterous manipulation. Mao's recent work on cooperative multi-robot systems and bio-inspired designs, such as a carangiform-like milliswimmer for agile 3D navigation and a turtle-like robot with biomimetic movements, demonstrates his drive to translate fundamental principles into practical, scalable solutions for targeted drug delivery and complex surgical procedures.
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