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Journal Papers

2025

A magnetically actuated microcatheter with soft rotatable tip for enhanced endovascular access and treatment efficiency

M. Zhang, L. Yang*, H. Yang, L. Su, J. Xue, Q. Wang, B. Hao, Y. Jiang, K. F. Chan, J. J. Y. Sung, et al., Science Advances, vol. 11, no. 25, p. eadv1682, 2025. (JCR Q1)

Multimodal Magnetic Miniature Robot for Adaptive Navigation in Amphibious Environments

A. Zhu, J. Zhao, L. Yang*, npj Robotics, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s44182-025-00062-z.

Geometry-guided transformer for monocular 3d object detection

M. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J. Sun, K.-L. Yung, and L. Yang*, Advanced Intelligent Systems, p. 2500003, 2025.

2024

Machine learning for micro- and nanorobots

L. Yang, J. Jiang, F. Ji, Y. Li, K.L. Yung, A. Ferreira, and L. Zhang, Nature Machine Intelligence, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 605-618, 2024. (JCR Q1)

Automated Microrobotic Manipulation using Reconfigurable Magnetic Microswarms

J. Jiang, L. Yang*, B. Hao, T. Xu, X. Wu, and L. Zhang*, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), Accepted, 2024. (JCR Q1)

A Deep Learning-based Framework for Environment-adaptive Navigation of Size-adaptable Microswarms

J. Jiang, L. Yang*, L., S. Yang, and L. Zhang*, Engineering, 2024. (JCR Q1)

Automated Magnetic Microrobot Control: From Mathematical Modeling to Machine Learning

Y. Li, Y. Huo, X. Chu, and L. Yang*, Mathematics, 12, 2180, 2024. (JCR Q1)

2023

Multimodal Motion Control of Soft Ferrofluid Robot With Environment and Task Adaptability

L. Yang#, M. Sun#, M. Zhang and L. Zhang, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH). (JCR Q1)

2022

Autonomous environment-adaptive microrobot swarm navigation enabled by deep learning-based real-time distribution planning

L. Yang^#, J. Jiang^#, X. Gao, Q. Wang, Q. Dou, L. Zhang, Nature Machine Intelligence, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 480-493, 2022. (JCR Q1)

A Survey on Swarm Microrobotics

L. Yang, J. Yu, S. Yang, B. Wang, B. J. Nelson, and L. Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 1531-1551, June 2022. (JCR Q1)

Adaptive Pattern and Motion Control of Magnetic Microrobotic Swarms

J. Yu#, L. Yang#, X. Du, H. Chen, T. Xu, and L. Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 1552-1570, June 2022. (JCR Q1)

Ultrasound-Guided Wired Magnetic Microrobot with Active Steering and Ejectable Tip

Z. Yang, L. Yang, M. Zhang, N. Xia, and L. Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE), pp. 1-10, 2022. (JCR Q1)

L. Yang#, M. Sun#, M. Zhang and L. Zhang, Multimodal Motion Control of Soft Ferrofluid Robot With
Environment and Task Adaptability, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH) (Regular Paper),(JCR Q1), Accepted