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Xuemin Du is a leading researcher in bioinspired soft robotics and intelligent materials, whose work bridges the gap between natural adaptation and artificial actuation. His key research areas include structural-color actuators, shape-morphing hydrogels, and bioinspired millirobots, with a focus on creating materials that can simultaneously change color, shape, and motion in response to environmental stimuli. Du’s most impactful contribution is the development of chameleon-inspired structural-color actuators, which integrate color-changing and shape-morphing capabilities into a single soft material—a breakthrough that has garnered 288 citations. His work on reconfigurable, camouflage-capable hydrogel millirobots (252 citations) and vapomechanically responsive actuators (178 citations) has set new standards for multifunctionality in soft robotics. Du has also pioneered ultra-stretchable structural color electronic skins (60 citations) and light-controlled droplet manipulation (88 citations), demonstrating broad applicability from wearable sensors to microfluidics. His achievements include editing the shape morphing of monocomponent polysaccharide hydrogels and developing mimosa-inspired multi-responsive starch actuators, advancing sustainable and biocompatible soft robotics. With over 1,200 total citations across his top papers, Du is recognized for transforming bioinspired design principles into practical, multifunctional soft robotic systems.