Papers
14
Total Citations
149
H-Index
7
About
Wanlin Li is pioneering the frontier of robotic touch and dexterous manipulation, with a focus on creating sensor-rich robotic hands that can grasp and interact with the world as adeptly as humans. Her research spans tactile sensing, soft robotics, and minimally invasive surgical tools, where she has made transformative contributions. Her 2025 work on embedding high-resolution touch across robotic hands (36 citations) addresses a fundamental challenge in robotics, enabling adaptive, human-like grasping in dynamic environments. Li’s impact is further evident in her development of a contact force sensor for flexible surgical manipulators (30 citations), which enhances safety in robot-assisted surgery. She also introduced Tac-Man (17 citations), a tactile-informed system that allows robots to manipulate articulated objects like doors without prior knowledge, and MiniTac (8 citations), an ultra-compact vision-based tactile sensor for enhanced tissue palpation during surgery. With over 130 total citations across her top papers, Li is recognized for integrating optoelectronic sensors into flexible robots, advancing both industrial automation and medical robotics. Her work not only pushes the boundaries of robotic perception but also promises to make robots more intuitive and capable in human-centric environments.
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- 3Tac-Man: Tactile-Informed Prior-Free Manipulation of Articulated Objects17 citations · 2024
- 4Optoelectronic Sensor-based Shape Sensing Approach for Flexible Manipulators10 citations · 2019
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- 7Camera-Based Force and Tactile Sensor8 citations · 2018
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