Papers
9
Total Citations
336
H-Index
5
About
Ruixue Yin is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of soft robotics, advanced manufacturing, and micro‑/nanorobotics. Her work centers on developing flexible, high‑performance sensors and actuators using carbon‑polymer nanocomposites and 3D printing technologies. Yin’s most cited paper (137 citations) introduces a UV‑curable multiwalled carbon nanotube/elastomer composite for 3D‑printed flexible strain sensor arrays, a key enabler for IoT applications in soft robotics and human motion detection. She also authored a foundational definition of soft robotics (85 citations), shaping the field’s conceptual framework. Her critical review of tactile and thermal sensors built from carbon‑nanomaterial‑filled polymer composites (59 citations) provides a systematic knowledge architecture for sensor systems. More recently, Yin has advanced micro‑/nanorobotics for targeted therapeutics, including comprehensive modeling of corkscrew motion in helical micro‑robots (24 citations) and 3D‑printed magnetic micro‑nanorobots (17 citations). Her contributions span from resilient, under‑actuated robot design to fiber‑optic triaxial force sensors for minimally invasive surgery. With a citation count exceeding 330, Yin’s work is driving innovation in soft robotics, smart materials, and biomedical microdevices.
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- 2Soft robotics: Definition and research issues85 citations · 2017
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- 6A new under-actuated resilient robot5 citations · 2017
- 7A Novel Self-Docking and Undocking Approach for Self-Changeable Robots4 citations · 2020
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- 9Development of fiber-optic triaxial force sensor for guidewire tip2 citations · 2024