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Lizhi Yang is a robotics researcher whose work spans legged locomotion, autonomous navigation, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on quadrupedal and bipedal robotic systems. His most recognized contribution, "Robotic Guide Dog" (2021, 102 citations), introduced a novel leash-guided physical interaction framework enabling autonomous robots to guide visually impaired individuals through cluttered environments — a meaningful departure from bulky, rigid prior systems. This work exemplifies Yang's broader commitment to developing robots that operate safely and effectively alongside humans. Beyond assistive robotics, Yang has made significant strides in multi-robot collaboration, demonstrating how quadrupedal teams can cooperatively tow cable-bound loads through constrained spaces (2022, 35 citations), and in reinforcement learning-driven locomotion, including training quadrupeds as dynamic soccer goalkeepers (2023, 36 citations). His research on GenLoco (2022) addresses the growing need for generalized locomotion controllers transferable across diverse robotic platforms, while his Bayesian Optimization framework for bipedal control advances safe, data-efficient parameter learning. Collectively, Yang's work pushes the frontier of agile, intelligent, and collaborative robotic locomotion, establishing him as an emerging force in real-world robot deployment.