Papers
5
Total Citations
1,094
H-Index
5
About
Jize Dai is a rising leader in the field of soft robotics and origami-inspired engineering, with a focus on creating multifunctional, bioinspired robots at the millimeter scale. His research integrates structural mechanics, magnetic actuation, and deployable design to achieve unprecedented locomotion and deformation capabilities. Dai’s most impactful work includes the development of a soft robotic origami crawler (418 citations) that mimics earthworm and inchworm gaits, and a stretchable origami robotic arm (388 citations) that achieves omnidirectional bending and twisting—inspired by the embodied intelligence of octopus arms. He also pioneered a spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot (266 citations) capable of both on-ground and in-water locomotion, a first for millimeter-scale devices. More recently, Dai has advanced the understanding of multistability in curved and segmented rings, contributing to deployable aerospace systems and mechanical metamaterials. With over 1,000 citations across his key works, Dai’s innovations are shaping the next generation of adaptive, untethered robots for biomedical and environmental applications.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Soft robotic origami crawler418 citations · 2022
- 2Stretchable origami robotic arm with omnidirectional bending and twisting388 citations · 2021
- 3Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot266 citations · 2022
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- 5Multistability of segmented rings by programming natural curvature8 citations · 2024