Wonjae Choi

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Wonjae Choi is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and bioinspired engineering, best known for his groundbreaking work on entirely soft-bodied machines. His landmark 2011 paper, “Multigait soft robot,” has garnered over 2,000 citations, introducing a paradigm-shifting class of robots composed solely of elastomeric polymers. Inspired by soft-bodied animals like squid, starfish, and worms, Choi used soft lithography to fabricate pneumatically actuated robots capable of complex, multi-gait locomotion without a single rigid component. This work fundamentally challenged traditional robotics, demonstrating that soft materials alone could achieve adaptive movement and resilience. Beyond this flagship contribution, Choi’s research spans microfluidics, flexible electronics, and stimuli-responsive materials, often emphasizing how biological principles can inform the design of deformable, multifunctional systems. His innovations have opened new avenues in medical devices, search-and-rescue robotics, and human-machine interfaces. With his work accumulating thousands of citations, Choi is recognized as a key architect of the soft robotics revolution, inspiring a generation of engineers to rethink the boundaries of what machines can be made from.