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Total Citations
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About
Yinding Chi is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and mechanical metamaterials, whose work has fundamentally advanced how engineers harness elastic instabilities to create high-performance robotic systems. His research centers on bistable and multistable actuators, shape-morphing structures, and autonomous soft robots — fields where he has made transformative contributions recognized by over 1,700 citations across his most influential publications alone. Chi's landmark 2020 paper on spine-inspired soft robots (479 citations) established a new design paradigm for achieving simultaneously high speed and high force in soft robotic systems, demonstrating an impressive 11.4 kg load capacity. His 2022 review on bistable and multistable actuators (524 citations) became an essential reference connecting biological phenomena like the Venus flytrap's snap-through mechanics to engineered robotic systems. His work on twisting autonomous robots demonstrated how physical intelligence can be embedded directly into soft structures for navigation without human intervention. Beyond locomotion, Chi has made notable contributions to kirigami-based shape morphing, tendril-inspired grippers achieving simultaneous ultradelicacy and ultrastrength, and miniature hydraulic actuators with shape memory effects. His research consistently bridges theory, simulation, and fabrication, making it highly relevant to students and researchers designing the next generation of intelligent, adaptive robotic systems.
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- 3Twisting for soft intelligent autonomous robot in unstructured environments214 citations · 2022
- 4Boundary curvature guided programmable shape-morphing kirigami sheets122 citations · 2022
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