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Dr. YANG Kai
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, NTU), MBBS (Shandong University, China)
Research Fellow
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School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Robotics Research Centre
Nanyang Technological University
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Research Interests

Biorobotics, Spine Biomechanics, Bone Healing, Cartilage Regeneration, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuropathic Pain, Orthopaedic Surgery

Projects

Medical/Surgical Robotics

Development of Robotic SYstem to Enchance Therapeutic Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopic Procedures

To enhance human positioning tasks requiring micro level accuracy (e.g. microsurgery and cell micromanipulation). The intelligent instrument will detect motion, distinguish undesired and intended motion and provide real-time active error compensation by deflecting its tip to compensate physiological tremor and other erroneous movement components. [read more ...]

 

 

Intra-operative Ultrasound Guided Liver Tumor Localization System

The objective is to aid the surgeon in locating the tumor during liver resection, which is a current problem especially with small tumors. [read more ...]

Publications

Selected Journal Papers:

  1. Yang Kai, Teo Ee-Chon, Franz Konstantin Fuss, "Application of Taguchi method in optimization of cervical ring cage," Journal of biomechanics 2007, 40: 3251–3256.
  2. Teo Ee-Chon, Yang Kai, Franz Konstantin Fuss, et al., "Effects of cervical cages on load distribution of cancellous core: a finite element analysis," J Spinal Disord Tech. 2004 June; 17(3): 226-31.
  3. Qiu TX, Teo EC, Lee KK, Ng HW, Yang Kai, "Validation of T10-T11 finite element model and determination of instantaneous axes of rotations in three anatomical planes," Spine. 2003 Dec 15;28 (24):2694-9.
  4. Yang Kai, Wang Rencheng, Wang Xinsheng, et al., "Biomechanical comparison of threaded and non-thr-eaded interbody fusion devices," Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2001, 19(7): 262-253.
  5. Yang Kai, Thomas Steffen, "Harvesting the intact cadaveric cervical spine (C0-Th1)," Spine, 2000, 25(11): 1447-1449.
  6. Yang Kai, Wang Rencheng, Wang Xinsheng, et al., "Biomechanical study of two cervical cages with different surfaces," The Orthopedic Journal of China, 2000, 17(7); 714-715.