Papers
29
Total Citations
654
H-Index
14
About
Zeynep Temel is a pioneering roboticist whose research spans micro- and milli-scale robotics, soft robotics, bioinspired locomotion, and dexterous manipulation. She is perhaps best known for her work on the milliDelta robot (2018), a high-bandwidth, millimeter-scale Delta robot with over 180 citations that opened new frontiers in microsurgery vibration cancellation and microassembly. Her contributions to soft robotics are equally significant, including the development of tunable multi-modal locomotion systems using dielectric elastomer actuators and an electrically-latched compliant jumping mechanism, collectively cited over 100 times. Temel's bioinspired research is particularly compelling — her physical model of mantis shrimp ultrafast dynamics illuminates fundamental principles of power amplification in biological systems, earning 63 citations since 2021. Early in her career, she advanced the field of microswimming robots for biomedical applications, including targeted drug delivery and minimally invasive surgery, publishing multiple well-cited studies on biomimetic swimmers in viscous fluids. More recently, her lab has tackled tactile-feedback-driven cloth manipulation and hierarchical dexterous robotic planning, reflecting a breadth of vision that bridges materials science, biology, and intelligent robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1The milliDelta: A high-bandwidth, high-precision, millimeter-scale Delta robot180 citations · 2018
- 2Tunable Multi-Modal Locomotion in Soft Dielectric Elastomer Robots75 citations · 2020
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- 5Magnetically actuated micro swimming of bio-inspired robots in mini channels35 citations · 2011
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- 8Learning to Singulate Layers of Cloth using Tactile Feedback23 citations · 2022
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- 10A Novel Origami-Inspired Delta Mechanism With Flat Parallelogram Joints20 citations · 2020