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THU Soft Robotics Research Group is part of Modern Mechanisms and Robotic Equipment Lab at Tsinghua University
Latest News
[12/2023]
One paper is accepted for publication in IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters. Congratulations 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 Materials. Congratulations 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 Systems. Congratulations to Boyuan Du and the coauthors!
[07/2023]
One paper is accepted for publication in Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations 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]
Qi Shao presented his work at 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
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