Wenpeng Zang

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Wenpeng Zang is a leading researcher in soft robotics, with a primary focus on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) and their application as artificial muscles. His work bridges materials science, flexible electronics, and bio-inspired engineering to create high-performance, compliant robotic systems. Zang’s major contributions include a comprehensive review of DEAs for artificial muscles, which has become a foundational reference in the field (48 citations), and the development of a soft mimic robotic arm powered by DEAs, demonstrating practical human-robot collaboration with enhanced safety and flexibility (27 citations). He has also pioneered superstretchable liquid-metal electrodes for dielectric elastomer transducers, enabling robust flexible circuits and energy harvesters (25 citations), and advanced multi-layer stacked DEA fabrication to achieve high output force through co-crosslinking techniques (10 citations). His work is notable for addressing key challenges in electrode stretchability and actuator force, directly impacting the scalability of soft robots. With a growing citation record and innovative contributions to human-machine interaction, Zang is shaping the future of safe, adaptive robotics.

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1. 1
   Dielectric elastomer actuators for artificial muscles: A comprehensive review of soft robot explorations

   48 citations · 2022
2. 2
   A Soft Mimic Robotic Arm Powered by Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

   27 citations · 2024
3. 3
   Superstretchable Liquid-Metal Electrodes for Dielectric Elastomer Transducers and Flexible Circuits

   25 citations · 2023
4. 4
   Fabrication of multi-layer stacked dielectric elastomer actuator with high output force by co-crosslinking of electrode with DE substrate

   10 citations · 2024

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