Yuanxi Zhang
Papers
13
Total Citations
552
H-Index
7
About
Yuanxi Zhang is an innovative researcher at the intersection of soft robotics, magnetic materials, and advanced manufacturing, with emerging contributions to bipedal locomotion systems. His most impactful work centers on magnetoactive soft materials (MASMs) and 4D printing technologies, where he has pioneered methods for programming complex shape transformations and controllable locomotion through precisely patterned magnetization profiles. His 2021 paper on 4D-printed magnetoactive soft materials has garnered 189 citations, reflecting its significant influence on the field of soft actuators and untethered robotic systems. Zhang has further advanced the discipline through high-throughput fabrication of soft magneto-origami machines and the development of coaxially printed magnetic-mechanical-electrical hybrid structures, demonstrating versatile sensing and actuation capabilities. His slug-inspired soft millirobot, integrating triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered sensing, showcases his creative biomimetic approach to microrobotics. More recently, Zhang has expanded his research portfolio into bipedal robotics, contributing frameworks for high-dynamic motion control, LiDAR-inertial odometry, and sim-to-real transfer learning. With over 540 cumulative citations, his work bridges cutting-edge materials science with practical robotic applications, making him a distinctive and productive voice across multiple frontier research domains.
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- 2High-throughput fabrication of soft magneto-origami machines105 citations · 2022
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- 6Soft‐Hard Magnetic Transformable Coaxial Fiber with Multimodal Deformations10 citations · 2024
- 7A Unified Control Framework for High-Dynamic Motions of Biped Robots9 citations · 2021
- 8LIKO: LiDAR, Inertial, and Kinematic Odometry for Bipedal Robots6 citations · 2024
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