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Wen Bin Lim is a robotics researcher whose work has made significant contributions to the design and development of cable-driven robotic systems, with a particular focus on dexterous manipulation and bio-inspired mechanical architectures. His research centers on cable-driven robotic arms (CDRAs), exploring their advantages over conventional rigid-link manipulators, including lightweight construction, high maneuverability, fault tolerance, and inherent safety in human-robot interaction environments. Lim's most influential work, "Kinematic design of an anthropomimetic 7-DOF cable-driven robotic arm" (2010, 28 citations), demonstrated how human-inspired design principles could be translated into highly capable robotic systems. Alongside this, his investigations into flexible backbone architectures for snake-like robotic arms (20 citations) advanced understanding of hyper-redundant manipulators capable of navigating confined spaces with exceptional dexterity. His broader contributions to the field are further reflected in co-authored encyclopedia-style entries on cable-driven robots and work on modular CDRA designs optimized for intrinsically safe manipulation in shared human environments. Collectively, Lim's research has helped lay foundational groundwork for next-generation collaborative and service robotics, making him a notable contributor to the evolving field of cable-driven robotic manipulation.