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Xin Jing is pioneering the next generation of soft robotics and intelligent sensing through advanced hydrogel and elastomer design. Her research centers on creating multifunctional materials that seamlessly integrate actuation and strain sensing—a longstanding challenge in biomimetic robotics. In her highly cited 2024 work on smart sensing hydrogel actuators (55 citations), Jing introduced an innovative MXene gradient arrangement that enables synergistic actuation and real-time sensing within a single material, drawing inspiration from natural symbiotic systems. Her earlier development of a supramolecular polydimethylsiloxane-based nanocomposite elastomer (2021) produced high-performance strain sensors with remarkable self-healing ability and stretchability, targeting applications in human motion detection and soft robotics. Most recently, her gradient-structured hydrogel (2025) further advances biomimetic robotics by achieving integrated actuation and sensing capabilities that homogeneous materials cannot provide. With a growing citation impact, Jing’s work is establishing new paradigms for intelligent, adaptive materials that blur the line between structure and function—promising transformative applications in wearable electronics, soft robotics, and diver intelligent systems.