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Xiaopu Wang is a leading researcher at the intersection of soft robotics, advanced manufacturing, and biomedical microdevices. Her work centers on developing biodegradable and biocompatible microrobots for targeted drug delivery, as well as advancing 3D printing techniques for soft sensors and actuators. Wang’s most impactful contribution is the development of the first 3D printed enzymatically biodegradable soft helical microswimmers (2018, 363 citations), a breakthrough that demonstrated how mobile microrobots could be fabricated from biocompatible materials for future in vivo applications. She further advanced the field by creating biodegradable metal-organic framework-based microrobots (MOFBOTs, 129 citations), which combine high drug loading capacities with magnetic motility—addressing two critical limitations of existing microrobots. Wang has also made significant contributions to vat photopolymerization 3D printing of soft sensors and actuators (112 citations), and her recent work on perceptive intelligence for soft robotics (2023, 73 citations) explores closed-loop control and AI integration. Her research has been published in top-tier journals including *Advanced Materials* and *Advanced Healthcare Materials*, and her innovations in biodegradable microrobots are paving the way toward clinically translatable micro- and nanorobots for precision medicine.