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Total Citations
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About
Zichen Deng is a rising researcher at the intersection of soft robotics, mechanics of metamaterials, and structural dynamics. Their work focuses on creating adaptive, lightweight structures by harnessing stiffness variation and pattern transformation. A key contribution is the development of granular chain structures for soft robots, enabling tunable stiffness to enhance load capacity and compliance—a paper that has garnered 21 citations since 2023. Deng has also pioneered kirigami-inspired foldable 3D cellular structures with a single degree of freedom (17 citations), offering new possibilities for deployable systems. In the realm of honeycomb mechanics, they have introduced symplectic stiffness methods for buckling analysis of hierarchical and chiral cellular structures (11 citations), and proposed design strategies to favor pattern transformation under uniaxial loading (8 citations). Their work on negative-pressure soft pneumatic actuators with asymmetrically distributed bending units (2025) further expands soft actuation capabilities. With a growing portfolio of over 100 citations, Deng is making notable strides in merging theoretical mechanics with practical robotic applications, promising impactful advances in adaptive and deployable structures.
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- 1Tuning Stiffness with Granular Chain Structures for Versatile Soft Robots21 citations · 2023
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- 3Dynamic analysis on hub–beam system with transient stiffness variation17 citations · 2018
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