Publications

Expressing Emotion through Heartbeat: A Soft Robotic Heart Integrated with Soft Sensor for Arts in Robotics

Published in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2026

Authors: Fei Xiao, Ziyin Liu, Jinlong Xu, Zhuoheng Wei, Zhiyuan Sun, Xuanyang Xu, Jisen Li, Suxuan Jiang, Ning Ding, Shaomin Shen, Jian Zhu*

3D printable and stimuli-responsive colorimetric silicone composites

Published in Soft Matter, 2025

Authors: Boyu Wang, Fei Xiao, Zhuoheng Wei, Mengwen Yan, Jian Zhu*, Mingfeng Wang*

Fully 3D‐Printed Soft Capacitive Sensor of High Toughness and Large Measurement Range

Published in Advanced Science, 2025

Authors: Fei Xiao, Zhuoheng Wei, Zhipeng Xu, Hao Wang, Jisen Li, Jian Zhu*

Modeling of Viscoelastic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

Published in 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025

Authors: Hao Wang, Yiqun Xu, Fei Xiao, Zhipeng Xu, Jisen Li, Qiguang He, Jian Zhu*

Multimodal Deformation Estimation of Soft Pneumatic Gripper During Operation

Published in 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025

Authors: Changheng Cai, Fei Xiao, Marcellus Vanza, Taoyang Wang, Fangbing Zhou, Xuanyang Xu, Jian Zhu*, Yuan Gao*

Embedded 3D Printing of Silicone for Soft Actuator with Stiffness Gradient and Programmable Workspace

Published in 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024

Authors: Fei Xiao, Zhuoheng Wei, Hao Wang, Jisen Li, Jian Zhu*

Fully 3D Printed Soft Electrostatic Loudspeaker

Published in IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP), 2024

Conference paper published in the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP), 2024.

Authors: Jisen Li, Fei Xiao, Anjing Cheng, Zhen Luo, Jian Zhu

A multifunctional silicone 3D printer for precision complex structure printing

Published in CN Patent No. 202222716767.7, 2023

Patent filed in China in 2023.

Authors: Jian Zhu, Fei Xiao, Zhuoheng Wei

3D Printable and Stimuli-Responsive Colorimetric Silicone Composites

Published in CN Patent No. 202310518662.7, 2023

Patent filed in China in 2023.

Authors: Minfeng Wang, Jian Zhu, Boyu Wang, Mengwen Yang, Fei Xiao, Zhuoheng Wei