Zheng Wang
Harvard University, University of Hong Kong, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Technical University of Munich, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Changhai Hospital, National University of Singapore, Hefei University of Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen Academy of Robotics, Hangzhou City University
Papers
105
Total Citations
6,707
H-Index
38
About
Zheng Wang is a pioneering roboticist whose research has fundamentally advanced the fields of soft robotics, wearable rehabilitation devices, and human-robot interaction. Best known for his groundbreaking work on soft robotic gloves, Wang's 2014 paper on combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation has garnered over 1,580 citations, establishing him as a leading authority in assistive robotics. His foundational contributions to fiber-reinforced soft actuator modeling (883 citations) provided the field with essential analytical tools for designing and predicting the behavior of compliant pneumatic systems. Wang's early vision for pneumatic network-based rehabilitation gloves (525 citations) helped catalyze an entire subfield of soft wearable robotics. Beyond rehabilitation, he has made significant strides in dexterous manipulation, developing the BCL-13 — a 13-DOF soft robotic hand capable of sophisticated in-hand manipulation — and designing grippers with enhanced adaptability and grasping reliability. His work on variable-stiffness fingers with embedded sensing further addresses critical limitations in soft robot controllability. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 4,000, Wang's research portfolio reflects both breadth and depth, bridging fundamental actuator science with real-world clinical and industrial applications.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Soft robotic glove for combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation1,580 citations · 2014
- 2Modeling of Soft Fiber-Reinforced Bending Actuators883 citations · 2015
- 3Towards a soft pneumatic glove for hand rehabilitation525 citations · 2013
- 4A Soft-Robotic Gripper With Enhanced Object Adaptation and Grasping Reliability267 citations · 2017
- 5Interaction Forces of Soft Fiber Reinforced Bending Actuators193 citations · 2016
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- 7A Soft-Robotic Approach to Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Dexterity141 citations · 2019
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- 9Novel Variable-Stiffness Robotic Fingers with Built-In Position Feedback131 citations · 2017
- 10An HMM approach to realistic haptic human-robot interaction123 citations · 2009