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5
Total Citations
20
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About
Wenping Shi is a rising researcher in soft robotics, focusing on the modeling, design, and control of continuum robots and soft pneumatic actuators. Her major contributions include developing a variable curvature modeling method for soft continuum robots operating under environmental constraints, which addresses the challenge of theoretically infinite degrees of freedom by enabling accurate deformation prediction in constrained spaces. She has also pioneered the design and fabrication of bistable actuators with high load capacity based on origami principles, introducing multistability into soft pneumatic structures for enhanced engineering applications. Additionally, Shi proposed the pressure parameter feedback model (PPFM) for position control of soft pneumatic actuators, tackling the high nonlinearity and unpredictable deformation that plague soft robot control. Her work has garnered citations from leading robotics journals, with her most-cited paper (2023) accumulating 7 citations and her 2025 bistable actuator paper already reaching 5 citations. Shi’s research bridges fundamental modeling with practical actuation, advancing the field of safe human-robot interaction and soft manipulation.
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- 4Modeling of continuum robots with environmental constraints2 citations · 2023
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