Papers
36
Total Citations
529
H-Index
13
About
Shaolong Kuang is a multidisciplinary robotics researcher whose work spans medical robotics, smart materials, and intelligent control systems. He is perhaps best recognized for his pioneering contributions to liquid metal robotics, with his highly cited studies on magnetically and electrically controllable liquid metal droplets (90 citations) and liquid metal droplet robots (83 citations) establishing gallium-based alloys as a transformative platform for soft, reconfigurable robotic systems. His precise modeling and motion control frameworks for liquid metal in fluidic channels further advanced the practical deployment of these materials. Beyond soft robotics, Kuang has made significant contributions to surgical and medical robotics, developing continuum robots for neurosurgery, passive/active hybrid systems for orthopaedic trauma procedures, and task-autonomous robots capable of both incision stapling and staple removal. His research into respiratory motion prediction using bidirectional gated recurrent networks (37 citations) demonstrates a strong command of machine learning applied to robotic radiosurgery. He has also advanced robot structural design through topology optimization methods that minimize weight without sacrificing performance. With his work consistently addressing real clinical challenges — from fracture reduction to intelligent human-robot cooperation in operating theaters — Kuang's research portfolio reflects a sustained commitment to translating cutting-edge robotics into meaningful medical applications.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Magnetically‐ and Electrically‐Controllable Functional Liquid Metal Droplets90 citations · 2019
- 2Liquid metal droplet robot83 citations · 2020
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- 5Modeling and Motion Control of a Liquid Metal Droplet in a Fluidic Channel33 citations · 2020
- 6A Continuum Robot with Contractible and Extensible Length for Neurosurgery24 citations · 2018
- 7A novel passive/active hybrid robot for orthopaedic trauma surgery21 citations · 2012
- 8Task Autonomous Medical Robot for Both Incision Stapling and Staples Removal20 citations · 2022
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- 10Intelligent Control for Human-Robot Cooperation in Orthopedics Surgery16 citations · 2018