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Total Citations
104
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About
Zhenfeng Wu is pioneering the frontier of soft robotics, with a focus on advanced manufacturing, variable-stiffness structures, and multimodal locomotion. His major contributions lie in developing novel fabrication techniques and materials that overcome critical challenges in the field. Notably, his 2024 work on a flexible triboelectric sensor introduces a catalyst-diffusion method to encapsulate conductive liquid-metal-silicone ink, solving the high surface tension problem of liquid metals and enabling somatosensory soft robotic systems. This paper has already garnered 54 citations, underscoring its immediate impact. Wu also advanced multi-material embedded 3D printing, allowing for the one-step manufacturing of multifunctional soft robotic components, and designed a layer-jamming variable-stiffness tail for robotic fish, mimicking biological efficiency. His 2025 study on magnetically driven soft robots with bistable actuators achieves wireless, multimodal locomotion, promising applications in environmental exploration and medicine. With a growing citation record and a portfolio that integrates sensing, actuation, and fabrication, Wu is a rising leader in making soft robots more capable, autonomous, and practical.
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- 3A Novel Variable‐Stiffness Tail Based on Layer‐Jamming for Robotic Fish6 citations · 2024
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