Papers
17
Total Citations
1,610
H-Index
13
About
Jie Mao is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and smart materials, with a focus on bio-inspired actuators, programmable adhesives, and flexible sensors. Their most notable contribution is the first controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles (833 citations), a landmark achievement that demonstrated insect-scale aerial robots could be driven by dielectric elastomer actuators. Mao also developed electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots (171 citations), enabling rapid, reversible attachment and detachment—a critical advance for wall-climbing soft robots. Other key innovations include 3D-printed high-frequency dielectric elastomer actuators for ultrafast soft robots (65 citations) and anisotropic electroactive elastomers for highly maneuverable systems (68 citations). Mao’s work on self-healing, stretchable, and strain-sensitive hydrogels (89, 68, 37 citations) has advanced flexible sensing technologies. With over 1,600 total citations, Mao’s research bridges fundamental materials science and practical robotics, pushing the boundaries of what soft machines can achieve in terms of speed, agility, and adaptability.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles833 citations · 2019
- 2Electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots171 citations · 2021
- 3Printing Reconfigurable Bundles of Dielectric Elastomer Fibers127 citations · 2021
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- 5Anisotropic electroactive elastomer for highly maneuverable soft robotics68 citations · 2020
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