Zhijian Ren

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Vassar College

Papers

16

Total Citations

542

H-Index

9

About

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Research Focus

Computer science16 · 542 citations
Robot15 · 516 citations
Artificial intelligence15 · 515 citations
Engineering14 · 512 citations
Actuator9 · 463 citations
Materials science7 · 349 citations
Lift (data mining)4 · 325 citations
Mechanical engineering6 · 296 citations
Physics8 · 283 citations
Artificial muscle3 · 267 citations
Composite material5 · 253 citations
Electrical engineering5 · 252 citations

Key Achievements

9
H-Index
16
Papers
542
Total Citations
34
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
A High‐Lift Micro‐Aerial‐Robot Powered by Low‐Voltage and Long‐Endurance Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
191 citations · 2021
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2021 (4 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 31
🏛 Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Vassar College

Top Papers

  1. 1
    A High‐Lift Micro‐Aerial‐Robot Powered by Low‐Voltage and Long‐Endurance Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
    191 citations · 2021
  2. 2
    Collision Resilient Insect-Scale Soft-Actuated Aerial Robots With High Agility
    107 citations · 2021
  3. 3
    Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots
    69 citations · 2023
  4. 4
    Acrobatics at the insect scale: A durable, precise, and agile micro–aerial robot
    34 citations · 2025
  5. 5
    Liftoff of a soft-actuated micro-aerial-robot powered by triboelectric nanogenerators
    27 citations · 2024
  6. 6
    Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuator With Embedded Liquid Metal Curvature Sensor for Closed-Loop Control
    26 citations · 2021
  7. 7
    Design, Characterization, and Liftoff of an Insect-Scale Soft Robotic Dragonfly Powered by Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
    20 citations · 2022
  8. 8
    Design and Closed‐Loop Motion Planning of an Untethered Swimming Soft Robot Using 2D Discrete Elastic Rods Simulations
    14 citations · 2022
  9. 9
    Hybrid locomotion at the insect scale: Combined flying and jumping for enhanced efficiency and versatility
    11 citations · 2025
  10. 10
    Soft Thermal Actuators with Embedded Liquid Metal Microdroplets for Improved Heat Management
    9 citations · 2020

Key Collaborators

YCYufeng Chen11 shared papersYHYi‐Hsuan Hsiao7 shared papersSKSuhan Kim6 shared papersXHXiaonan Huang4 shared papersCMCarmel Majidi4 shared papersSKSuhan Kim3 shared papersPCPakpong Chirarattananon3 shared papersWZWeikun Zhu3 shared papersFNFarnaz Niroui3 shared papersAPAndrew P. Sabelhaus2 shared papersYLYoung‐Hoon Lee2 shared papersMKMohammad Khalid Jawed2 shared papersWHWeicheng Huang2 shared papersJKJing Kong2 shared papersXJXiang Ji2 shared papersZJZach J. Patterson1 shared papersJHJasmine Huang1 shared papersZPZachary Patterson1 shared papersJHJeffrey H. Lang1 shared papersWJWon Jun Song1 shared papers
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