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Dannuo Li is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics, specializing in the design and control of miniature, bio-inspired systems for locomotion and manipulation. Their major contributions center on developing novel electrohydraulic and tendon-driven actuators that enable unprecedented dexterity and adaptability in soft robots. Li’s most cited work, “An Amphibious Fully‐Soft Centimeter‐Scale Miniature Crawling Robot Powered by Electrohydraulic Fluid Kinetic Energy” (2024, 32 citations), introduces a fully soft robot capable of navigating both land and water, demonstrating a breakthrough in amphibious locomotion for confined environments. This is complemented by their research on AC square wave-driven series elastic electrohydraulic actuators (2024, 11 citations), which achieves stable, smooth displacement output critical for precise robotic tasks. Li also developed the Single-Motor Ultraflexible Robotic (SMUFR) Humanoid Hand (2024, 5 citations), a compliant, dexterous hand powered by a single motor, and the EA-SoGripper (2025, 2 citations), which uses electroadhesion for adaptive gripping. These innovations, with over 50 cumulative citations, highlight Li’s impact on creating versatile, energy-efficient soft robots for search-and-rescue, human augmentation, and industrial automation, positioning them as a rising leader in the field.