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Latest News

[02/2024]
One paper is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials TechnologiesCongratulations to Zhonghan Lin and the coauthors
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[12/2023]

One paper is accepted for publication in IEEE Robotics & Automation LettersCongratulations to Yixin Wang and the coauthors!

[11/2023]

One paper is accepted for publication in International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)Congratulations to Yafeng Cui and the coauthors!

[11/2023]
Songwen's paper is selected to be featured on the back cover of Advanced Functional MaterialsCongratulations to Songwen Jiang and the coauthors!

[09/2023]

Congratulations to Yafeng Cui for his successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis! 

[09/2023]

Congratulations to Songwen Jiang for his successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis! 

[07/2023]
One paper is accepted for publication in Advanced Intelligent SystemsCongratulations to Boyuan Du and the coauthors!

[07/2023]
One paper is accepted for publication in Advanced Functional MaterialsCongratulations to Songwen Jiang and the coauthors!


[06/2023]
Dr. Chao Tang will join the Ocean University of China (OUC) as an associate professor. Congratulations!

[05/2023]
Yu Herng Tan, Songwen Jiang, Yafeng Cui, Yixin Wang, Yiyi Pan, Zhonghan Lin, Xuguang Dong, Xin An, and Boyuan Du presented their works at workshops of ICRA 2023, London, UK.

[05/2023]
Prof. Zhao received the Tsinghua Early Career Award (清华大学学术新人奖). Congratulations! 

Selected Publications

Design and Implementation of an Underactuated Gripper with Enhanced Shape Adaptability and Lateral Stiffness through Semi-Active Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Endoskeletons, International Journal of Robotics Research, 2023

Soft Pocket Pump for Multi-Medium Transportation via an Active Tubular Diaphragm, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023

Active-Cooling-in-the-Loop Controller Design and Implementation for an SMA-Driven Soft Robotic Tentacle, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023


Stretchable and Conformable Stiffness-Variable Device through Electrorheological Fluids, Soft Matter, 2022

An Anthropomorphic Musculoskeletal System with Soft Joint and Multifilament Pneumatic Artificial Muscles, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022

Conformable and Compact Multiaxis Tactile Sensor for Human and Robotic Grasping via Anisotropic Waveguides, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2022

A Pipeline Inspection Robot for Navigating Tubular Environments in the Sub-centimeter Scale, Science Robotics, 2022

Soft, Tough, and Fast Polyacrylate Dielectric Elastomer for Non-magnetic Motor, Nature Communications, 2021

Enhancing the Universality of a Pneumatic Gripper via Continuously Adjustable Initial Grasp Postures, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2021

Controlled Flight of a Microrobot Powered by Soft Artificial Muscles, Nature, 2019

Compact Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuator, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018

Optoelectronically Innervated Soft Prosthetic Hand via Stretchable Optical Waveguides, Science Robotics, 2016

Upcoming Events

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Invited Speaker at

ICRA Workshop 2022

Philadelphia (PA), USA

May 23-27

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Invited Keynote Speaker at

IROS 2022

Kyoto, Japan

October 23-27

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Associate Editor for

RoboSoft 2023

​Singapore

April 3-7

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