Chang Chang

Chang Chang

(he/him/his)

Research Assistant in Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

About Me

Chang Chang is a robotics researcher passionate about mechanical design, control systems, and medical applications. His recent work focuses on image-guided flexible needle manipulation and FEM-based motion planning in ROS2 environments. He has published in IEEE RA-L, ISMR, and Micromachines, and led award-winning RoboMaster teams bridging mechanics and AI-based perception.

Education

M.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

B.Eng. in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing & Automation

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Interests

General Robotics Medicals Quadruped Robots Locomotion and Legged Loco-manipulation Image-Guided Intervention Mechanical and Electrical Design
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Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures.

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scikit-learn

scikit-learn is a Python module for machine learning built on top of SciPy and is distributed under the 3-Clause BSD license.

Featured Publications

Design and Evaluation of a Needle Manipulation System with EM Tracking for CT-Guided Spinal Injections

We propose a CT-registered, EM-tracked, FE-based flexible needle manipulation system achieving 0.4 mm targeting accuracy for spinal injections.

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Publications
(2025). Design and Evaluation of a Needle Manipulation System with EM Tracking for CT-Guided Spinal Injections. In ISMR 2025.
(2015). An example journal article. Journal of Source Themes, 1(1).
(2013). An example conference paper. In ICW.