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Haifeng Yu is pioneering the frontier of soft robotics and intelligent actuators, with a focus on photothermal and stimuli-responsive materials that mimic biological systems. His key research areas include liquid crystal polymers, supramolecular structures, and microfluidic 3D printing, driving innovations in artificial muscles and light-fueled robots. Yu’s major contributions include the development of a photothermal pneumatic wheel with high loadbearing capacity (48 citations), which demonstrates unprecedented load-carrying ability in soft actuators, and a precisely controllable artificial muscle based on “breathing” supramolecular columns (31 citations), enabling continuous morphing rather than discrete shape changes. He has also endowed soft photo-actuators with intelligence (30 citations), integrating self-regulation for complex deformations, and designed stimuli-triggered multishape, multimode, and multistep deformations via microfluidic 3D droplet printing (20 citations). His high-speed, heavy-load, and direction-controllable photothermal pneumatic floating robot (18 citations) showcases practical applications in liquid environments. With over 150 cumulative citations, Yu’s work bridges materials science and robotics, offering transformative potential for bionic devices and flexible electronics.