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Total Citations
409
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About
Jeong Jae Wie is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics, magnetic actuation, and stimuli-responsive polymer systems, whose work sits at the intersection of materials science, robotics, and molecular engineering. His research has fundamentally advanced the field of contactless soft robot manipulation, demonstrating how magnetic and light-driven mechanisms can replace traditional, mechanically complex robotic architectures. Wie's most celebrated contributions include the development of orbital maneuvering systems for multiple magnetic soft robots (81 citations), addressing the longstanding challenge of parallel robot control without inter-robot interference, and the exploration of azobenzene-functionalized liquid crystalline polymer networks capable of sophisticated torsional and flexural responses (65 citations). His work on magnetomotility — spanning untethered helical robots, modular nanocomposite swimming robots, and agile underwater microrobots — has opened promising avenues for biomedical applications, including a feasibility study targeting gastric cancer models. Beyond magnetic systems, Wie has pioneered light-fueled soft robots capable of climbing and autonomous shape reconfiguration, leveraging molecular-scale engineering to produce macroscopic locomotive behavior. With multiple high-impact publications across 2019–2023 and hundreds of cumulative citations, his research program represents a compelling vision for the next generation of intelligent, untethered miniaturized robotic systems.
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- 3Contactless Manipulation of Soft Robots51 citations · 2019
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- 5Magnetomotility of untethered helical soft robots50 citations · 2019
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