Papers
15
Total Citations
699
H-Index
9
About
Guoxin Fang is a pioneer in advanced manufacturing and soft robotics, whose work redefines the limits of 3D printing and robotic actuation. His core research centers on support-free additive manufacturing, multi-axis robotic fabrication, and the kinematics of soft robots. Fang’s most influential contribution is the development of support-free volume printing, demonstrated in his 2018 paper (248 citations) and the RoboFDM system (150 citations), which use multi-axis motion to deposit material along curved paths, eliminating the need for wasteful support structures. He has also made significant strides in bioprinting, with a 2022 paper (60 citations) on a multi-axis robot-based system for preserving cell function in cardiac tissue fabrication. In soft robotics, Fang introduced efficient Jacobian-based inverse kinematics with sim-to-real transfer (60 citations) and geometric computing methods (56 citations) to predict deformation in continuum robots. His recent work on spatial printing with continuous fiber (55 citations) achieves exceptional mechanical performance, while his OpenPneu platform (2023) provides compact pneumatic actuation for multi-chamber soft robots. Fang’s research bridges computational geometry, robotics, and material science, earning widespread recognition for enabling complex, support-free fabrication and advancing the frontier of soft robotic control.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Support-free volume printing by multi-axis motion248 citations · 2018
- 2RoboFDM: A robotic system for support-free fabrication using FDM150 citations · 2017
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- 5Kinematics of Soft Robots by Geometric Computing56 citations · 2020
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- 7Geometry-based Direct Simulation for Multi-Material Soft Robots25 citations · 2018
- 8Soft Robotic Mannequin: Design and Algorithm for Deformation Control12 citations · 2022
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- 10OpenPneu: Compact Platform for Pneumatic Actuation with Multi-Channels8 citations · 2023