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Yeonwook Roh is pioneering the intersection of bioinspired materials and soft robotics, with a focus on creating durable, high-performance systems for small-scale robots and drones. Their key research areas include crack-based tactile sensors, tunable rigidity materials, and flight control mechanisms. Roh’s major contributions include the development of an ultra-stable and tough bioinspired crack-based tactile sensor for small legged robots (2023, 68 citations), which addresses critical challenges in durability and sensitivity for robots under 1 kg. They also advanced flapping-wing drone technology by integrating wing-strain-based flight control through reinforcement learning (2024, 42 citations), mimicking insect mechanoreceptors to enhance dynamic control and wind sensing. Additionally, their work on rigidity-tunable materials (2024, 17 citations) and deployable electronics with enhanced fatigue resistance (2025, 12 citations) demonstrates a commitment to solving real-world engineering constraints. Roh’s research, with over 186 total citations, is shaping the future of adaptive, resilient robotic systems, making them a rising leader in bioinspired engineering.