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Chaowei Wang is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of soft robotics, laser micro/nano fabrication, and smart surface engineering. His work focuses on developing bioinspired actuators and sensors with unprecedented control and sensitivity. Wang’s major contributions include the invention of a portable triboelectric electrostatic tweezer (TET) for external droplet manipulation within closed superhydrophobic systems—a breakthrough for confined-space applications in lab-on-a-chip and biomedical devices. He also demonstrated an all-optical driven soft crawler capable of complex, programmable motions, advancing millimeter-scale actuators for search-and-rescue and drug delivery. His multibioinspired soft grasping actuators, enhanced by laser-induced multiscale microstructures, achieve superior adaptability and robustness in soft grippers. Additionally, Wang developed laser-induced hierarchical microcone arrays for flexible tactile sensors, achieving both high sensitivity and an ultrabroad detection range—critical for intelligent robotics and wearable electronics. With over 45 citations across his most-cited works, Wang’s research is shaping the future of soft robotics and smart surfaces, offering elegant solutions to longstanding challenges in manipulation, sensing, and actuation.