Papers
6
Total Citations
199
H-Index
5
About
Yong Lin Kong is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of advanced manufacturing, soft robotics, and biomedical engineering. His work centers on 3D-printed functional devices, with groundbreaking contributions in bionic nanodevices and multi-material additive manufacturing guided by machine vision. Kong’s most cited paper, “3D printed bionic nanodevices” (2016, 145 citations), established his reputation for merging nanoscale precision with printable architectures. He has since advanced the field of soft robotics through the development of multistable magnetic-responsive metamaterials (2025, 19 citations), enabling wireless actuation and shape-locking without sustained energy—critical for biomedical and robotic applications. Kong also created an ingestible functional magnetic robot with localized flexibility (2022, 12 citations), designed for surgical-free diagnostics and drug delivery within the gastrointestinal tract. His innovative self-learning three-linked-sphere robot (2021, 6 citations) integrates reinforcement learning for autonomous navigation in confined spaces, demonstrating adaptability without prior environmental knowledge. With a portfolio spanning from nanodevices to ingestible robots, Kong’s work is shaping the future of intelligent, printable, and minimally invasive technologies.
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Top Papers
- 13D printed bionic nanodevices145 citations · 2016
- 2Soft multistable magnetic-responsive metamaterials19 citations · 2025
- 3Multi-material 3D printing guided by machine vision13 citations · 2023
- 4Ingestible Functional Magnetic Robot with Localized Flexibility (MR‐LF)12 citations · 2022
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