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Engui Wang is an emerging researcher making significant strides at the intersection of smart sensing, human-machine interfaces, and soft robotics. His work centers on developing self-powered, flexible sensor systems that replicate and extend human sensory capabilities, with particular emphasis on tactile sensing and electronic skin technologies. Wang's most impactful contribution, "Self-Powered Force Sensors for Multidimensional Tactile Sensing" (2022, 88 citations), addresses a critical challenge in robotics and prosthetics: the real-time detection and discrimination of normal and shear forces for reliable slip detection. This work has rapidly become a key reference in the field. Building on this foundation, his 2024 research introduced a fully packaged, piezoelectret-based flexible sensor array capable of long-term stable dynamic pressure monitoring (49 citations), advancing the practical deployment of electronic skin in wearable electronics and smart robotics. His more recent exploration of triboelectric and iontronic dual-responsive ionic skin demonstrates a growing ambition to engineer bioinspired systems that enable human-like dexterous manipulation in robotic platforms. Collectively, Wang's portfolio reflects a coherent and forward-thinking research vision — bridging materials innovation with intelligent sensing to shape the next generation of human-robot interaction technologies.