Papers
25
Total Citations
267
H-Index
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About
Zhuoqi Cheng is a robotics and biomedical engineering researcher whose work sits at the intersection of medical robotics, surgical sensing, and autonomous clinical procedures. His most significant contributions center on two interconnected domains: robotic systems for intravenous catheterization and electrical bio-impedance sensing for intraoperative tissue identification. Cheng's early work addressed the alarmingly high failure rates in peripheral intravenous catheterization — particularly in vulnerable populations such as newborns and infants — by developing hand-held and autonomous robotic devices capable of precision vascular access. His venipuncture detection system (2016, 20 citations) and subsequent hand-held robotic catheterization tools (2017, 26 citations; 2019, 21 citations) established him as a pioneer in this clinically critical area, culminating in a comprehensive review of robotic intravenous access devices in 2023. Equally impactful is his parallel research stream on electrical bio-impedance scanning, where he developed vision-guided robotic systems capable of detecting subsurface tissue abnormalities and cancerous structures during minimally invasive surgery. These tools, validated across multiple studies between 2019 and 2022, offer surgeons real-time tissue differentiation capabilities. With over 180 cumulative citations, Cheng's body of work demonstrates meaningful translational impact bridging precision robotics with patient safety.
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Top Papers
- 1A hand-held robotic device for peripheral intravenous catheterization26 citations · 2017
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- 3A Hand-Held Robot for Precise and Safe PIVC21 citations · 2019
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- 8Robotic Devices for Assisted and Autonomous Intravenous Access15 citations · 2023
- 9Algorithm for design of compliant mechanisms for torsional applications14 citations · 2014
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