Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab
Lab at UC San Diego focusing on biologically-inspired robotics and design, borrowing principles from nature to create automated systems with lifelike capabilities. Research spans soft actuators, sensors, and adaptive locomotion systems.
Notable achievements
Bioinspired soft robotic systems, nature-inspired design methodologies
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Soft robotics for chemists.
Filip Ilievski, Aaron D. Mazzeo, R. Shepherd +2 more
Angewandte Chemie · 2011
Flexible Electronics and Devices as Human-Machine Interfaces for Medical Robotics
Wenzheng Heng, Samuel A. Solomon, Wei Gao
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021
Biomolecular “lock-key” model-inspired cage/benzene ring structure chain-extension matching strategy for high performance of linear waterborne polyurethane toward application in recyclable soft robotics
Chen Zhou, Nana Zhao, Xiaoxiao Yang +5 more
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · 2026
Optimization-based shape design of soft-rigid hybrid fingers for adaptive parallel robotic gripper
Yilun Sun, Zengwei Wang, Tim C. Lueth
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
DynaFLIP: Rethinking Robotics Perception via Tri-Modal-Dynamics Guided Representation
Jusuk Lee, Seungjae Lee, Jonghun Shin +6 more
2026
3D Printing of Magnetic Soft Materials for Functional Structures and Devices.
Yu S, Yan Y, Chen M +5 more
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026