Papers
73
Total Citations
1,235
H-Index
19
About
Shaohui Foong is a robotics and engineering researcher whose work spans miniature robotics, physical human-robot interaction, soft robotics, and advanced manufacturing. His foundational contributions to piezoelectric miniature robots have been particularly influential—his studies on standing wave-driven locomotion and single-actuator steerable platforms (collectively amassing over 160 citations) demonstrated elegant solutions for achieving multi-directional motion in constrained, lightweight systems. In human-robot interaction, his adaptive admittance control framework (85 citations) addressed the critical challenge of maintaining stability and compliance when robots operate in dynamic, human-coupled environments. Foong has also advanced the frontier of untethered soft robotics, with recent work on FiBa robots capable of crawling, climbing, perching, and flying, pushing the boundaries of biomimetic locomotion. His contributions extend to robotic additive manufacturing, where he applied model-based reinforcement learning to wire arc processes, and to agile robotic welding for large-scale infrastructure. Notably, Foong demonstrates a commitment to engineering education, with his "Designettes" framework (79 citations) influencing how multidisciplinary design thinking is embedded across engineering curricula—reflecting a rare blend of technical innovation and pedagogical impact.
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- 3Designettes: An Approach to Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Education79 citations · 2015
- 4Intelligent Autonomous Systems 1659 citations · 2022
- 5Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots52 citations · 2024
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