Fu‐Chen Chen
Papers
17
Total Citations
613
H-Index
11
About
Fu-Chen Chen is a leading researcher in soft robotics, specializing in the design, sensing, and control of soft pneumatic actuators for bio-inspired robotic systems. His major contributions include developing proprioceptive curvature sensing and sliding-mode control for soft bidirectional bending modules, enabling precise motion in unstructured environments. Chen pioneered a self-contained soft robotic snake platform with integrated curvature sensing, advancing autonomous locomotion in confined spaces. His work on feedforward augmented sliding mode control and model reference adaptive control has addressed critical challenges in controlling soft actuators without bulky valves, achieving over 144 citations for his seminal 2017 paper. With more than 560 total citations across his top papers, Chen has demonstrated significant impact in modular soft robotics, including a foldable hexapod robot for swarm applications and a hierarchical kinematic design for origami-inspired platforms. His research bridges the gap between theoretical control and practical deployment, making soft robots safer and more reliable for human collaboration and disaster response.
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- 4A composite soft bending actuation module with integrated curvature sensing67 citations · 2016
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- 8Hierarchical Kinematic Design of Foldable Hexapedal Locomotion Platforms22 citations · 2015
- 9Motion control of a soft-actuated modular manipulator19 citations · 2016
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