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Shirong Zheng is pioneering the frontier of soft robotics and microrobotics for biomedical applications, with a particular focus on minimally invasive cancer therapies. His most impactful work, a 2022 study on multifunctional microrobots for chemoembolization of liver cancer, has garnered 134 citations and demonstrates a breakthrough in real-time visualization and MRI-guided drug delivery. Zheng addresses critical in vivo challenges—biocompatibility, biodegradability, and precise actuation—by engineering microrobots that can be tracked and controlled inside the body. His research extends to high-performance artificial muscles using nanobiocomposites (47 citations) and multistimulus-responsive soft actuators with programmable shape-morphing for biomimetic locomotion. Notably, his ascidian-inspired soft robots (10 citations) showcase bioinspired crawling and object manipulation, while his latest work on hydrogel thin-film magnetic millirobots (2025) introduces programmable deformation and shape retention for targeted drug delivery. Zheng’s contributions bridge materials science, robotics, and clinical medicine, offering scalable solutions for precise, image-guided interventions. His work is essential reading for researchers in soft robotics, nanomedicine, and biomedical engineering, setting a new standard for translating microrobotic systems from bench to bedside.