Wuming Jing

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Wuming Jing is a pioneering researcher in the field of microrobotics, with particular expertise in magnetic actuation, autonomous control, and the design of microscale robots for biomedical and complex-terrain applications. His work has fundamentally advanced how tiny robots are built, navigated, and deployed in challenging environments, earning over 370 citations across his published research. Jing's most influential contributions center on the independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots — a notoriously difficult problem given that conventional magnetic fields actuate all robots simultaneously. His 2015 papers (collectively exceeding 170 citations) introduced heuristic-based planning algorithms that enable collision-free, autonomous navigation of multiple microrobots under shared magnetic fields, a landmark step toward practical swarm microrobotics. His 2018 work on microscale magnetic tumbling robots (μTUM), with 84 citations, demonstrated versatile locomotion across dry and wet terrains using photolithography-fabricated polymer bodies with embedded magnetic particles. Beyond locomotion, Jing has expanded the frontier into biomedical translation, exploring photoacoustic imaging for tracking microrobots in deep tissue and designing deployable tensegrity microrobots for minimally invasive surgery. His career arc — from early magnetostrictive thin-film designs to sophisticated multi-robot systems — reflects a sustained and impactful commitment to bringing microrobotic technology closer to real-world clinical and engineering applications.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Controlling multiple microrobots: recent progress and future challenges

   106 citations · 2015
2. 2
   Design of Microscale Magnetic Tumbling Robots for Locomotion in Multiple Environments and Complex Terrains

   84 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Towards Independent Control of Multiple Magnetic Mobile Microrobots

   65 citations · 2015
4. 4
   Designing local magnetic fields and path planning for independent actuation of multiple mobile microrobots

   44 citations · 2017
5. 5
   A magnetic thin film microrobot with two operating modes

   28 citations · 2011
6. 6
   Photoacoustic Imaging to Track Magnetic-manipulated Micro-Robots in Deep Tissue

   20 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Path Planning and Control for Autonomous Navigation of Single and Multiple Magnetic Mobile Microrobots

   14 citations · 2015
8. 8
   Towards Functional Mobile Magnetic Microrobots

   4 citations · 2014
9. 9
   A Deployable Tensegrity Microrobot for Minimally Invasive Interventions

   4 citations · 2021
10. 10
    Design of a Micro-Scale Magnetostrictive Asymmetric Thin Film Bimorph (µMAB) Microrobot

    4 citations · 2010

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