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[11/02/2024]
Our paper on automatic design framework of dielectric elastomer actuators has been accepted for publication in the Soft Robotics. Congratulations to Zijian and co-authors.

[10/10/2024]
Our paper on hierarchically-interlocked, three-axis soft iontronic sensor has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Materials Technologies. Congratulations to Zequn and co-authors.

[09/27/2024]
Our paper on characterization and modeling of fabric-based pneumatic actuators has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). Congratulations to Miao and co-authors.

[07/16/2024]
Our paper on ANCF-based dynamic modeling of variable curvature soft pneumatic actuators has been accepted for publication in the Smart Materials and Structures. Congratulations to Yu.

[06/26/2024]
Our paper on shape estimation of self-occluding soft parallel robots has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Congratulations to Yu.

[06/19/2024]
Our paper on control of soft robots amidst uncertain environmental contacts and forces has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Congratulations to Xinjia and co-authors.

[05/15/2024]
Our paper on high-precision dynamic control of soft robots with physics-learning hybrid modeling has been accepted for publication in the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. Congratulations to Xinjia and co-authors.

[02/07/2024]
Our paper on multidirectional bending soft pneumatic actuators has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Congratulations to Xinyu and co-authors.

[12/15/2023]
Our paper on all 3D-printed soft HD-sEMG electrode arrays has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations to Yi and co-authors.

[11/22/2023]
Our paper on a generalized motion control framework of dielectric elastomer actuators has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Congratulations to Jiang and co-authors.

[11/07/2023]
Our paper on modeling and design of lattice-reinforced pneumatic soft robots has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Congratulations to Dong and co-authors.

[11/01/2023]
Neuron has published one "Q&A artical" with Prof. Guoying Gu" to discuss the inherently multi-disciplinary nature of soft robotics research and particularly the deep back-and-forth connection with neuroscience.

[10/01/2023]
Our paper on rapid de-electroadhesion has been accepted in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Congratulations to Peinan, Jiang and co-authors.

[09/29/2023]
Our paper on morphological design for pneumatic soft actuators and robots has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Congratulations to Feifei and co-authors.

[09/26/2023]
Our paper on deep transfer learning-based adaptive gesture recognition of a soft e-skin patch has been accepted in the Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical. Congratulations to Yu.

[09/20/2023]
Our paper on X-crossing pneumatic artificial muscles has been published in the Sciences Advances. Congratulations to Miao and all the co-authors.

[09/06/2023]
Our paper on high-stroke, high-output-force, fabric-lattice artificial muscles has been accepted in the Advanced Materials. Congratulations to Dezhi and all the co-authors!

[08/25/2023]
Our review paper on 3D-printed PEDOT:PSS for soft robotics has been published in the Nature Reviews Materials. Congratulations to Jinhao and all the co-authors!

[08/21/2023]
Our paper on dexterous electrical-driven soft robots has been published in the Nature Communications. Congratulations to Dong and all the co-authors!

[07/17/2023]
Congratulations!!! Prof. Gu received the award of XPLORER PRIZE!

[06/12/2023]
Our paper on a learning-based sensor array for untethered soft hand has been accepted in the Advanced Intelligent Systems. Congratulations to Haipeng and all the co-authors!

[05/11/2023]
Our invited Perspective paper on soft robotics for neuroprosthetic hand design has been accepted in the ACS Nano. Congratulations to all the co-authors!

[01/25/2023]
Our collaborated review paper (with Prof. Nicholas X. Fang) on soft actuators and robots enabled by additive manufacturing has been online in the Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems. Congratulations to Prof. Dong Wang and all the co-authors!

[02/11/2022]
Our paper on restoring finger-specific tactile sensations with a sensory soft neuroprosthetic hand has been accepted for publication in the Soft Science (Selected as the Cover of this Issue). Congratulations to Haipeng!

[14/10/2022]
Our paper on soft elbow exosuits has been accepted for publication in the Science China Technological Sciences. Congratulations to Weicheng, Miao and Dezhi!

[14/10/2022]
Our paper on high-speed and low-energy actuation for pneumatic soft robots has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Intelligent Systems. Congratulations to Miao and Dezhi!

[06/10/2022]
Our paper on 3D printed fractal metamaterials has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations to Prof. Wang and Le!

[02/09/2022]
Our paper on a biomimetic soft-rigid hybrid finger has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Intelligent Systems. Congratulations to Peiwei and Ningbin!

[26/08/2022]
Our paper on proxy-based sliding-mode tracking control of dielectric elastomer actuators has been accepted for publication in the Smart Materials and Structures. Congratulations to Jiang!

[20/06/2022]
Our paper on high-stretchability, ultralow-hysteresis conducting polymer hydrogel strain sensors has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Materials (IF=30.849). Congratulations to Zequn!

[06/2022]
Congratulations!!! Prof. Gu is invited to be an Associate Editor of Soft Robotics, currently one of the highest impact factor (8.1) peer-reviewed robotics journals.

[05/05/2022]
Our paper on kinematic modeling and characterization of soft parallel robots has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO). Congratulations to Xinjia!

[20/02/2022]
Ningbin Zhang defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations Dr. Zhang!

[06/11/2021]
Our paper on modeling and inverse design of multi-segment pneu-net soft manipulators has been accepted for publication in the Applied Physics Reviews (IF: 19.162). Congratulations to Chengru and Dong!

[12/10/2021]
Our paper on Synergistic control of soft robotic hands has been accepted for publication in the Science China Technological Sciences. Congratulations to Ningbin!

[19/09/2021]
Our paper on inchworm inspired multimodal soft robots has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO). Congratulations to Yifan and Dezhi!

[16/08/2021]
Our paper on soft neuroprosthetic hand has been online for publication in the Nature Biomedical Engineering. Congratulations to Ningbin and all collaborators at SJTU and MIT!

[02/06/2021]
Our paper on cutaneous ionogel mechanoreceptors has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Materials. Congratulations to Zequn!

[15/03/2021]
Our paper on multi-material pneumatic soft actuators and robots has been accepted for publication in the Advanced Intelligent Systems. Congratulations to Yichi and Jiang!

[12/03/2021]
Our paper on muscle-fiber array inspired, multiple-mode, pneumatic artificial muscles has been accepted for publication in the National Science Review. Congratulations to Jiang!

[15/02/2021]
Our paper on high-force fabric-based pneumatic actuators for soft wearable assistive gloves has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). Congratulations to Miao!

[24/01/2021]
Our paper on kinematic modeling and control of variable curvature soft continuum robots is accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. Congratulations to Xinjia!

[31/12/2020]
Our collaborated paper on biomimetic impact protective supramolecular polymeric materials is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations to Ningbing and thanks for Prof. Yan's group!

[18/08/2020]
Our review paper on stimuli-responsive functional materials for soft robotics is accepted by Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Congratulations to Zequn!

[21/07/2020]
Lisen Ge defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations!

[01/07/2020]
Our work on modeling and design of generalized pneu-net soft actuators with 3D deformations is accepted by Soft Robotics.

[23/04/2020]
Our work on 3D printed programmable horseshoe lattice structures is accepted by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

[24/12/2019]
Congratulations to Lisen! Our paper on Design, modeling and evaluation of fabric-based pneumatic actuators for soft wearable assistive gloves is accepted in Soft Robotics.

[11/2019]
Congratulations to Jiang Zou for being supported by Shanghai Post-doctoral Excellence Program.

[09/2019]
Congratulations of Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award of our paper "SkinGest: artificial skin for gesture recognition via filmy stretchable strain sensors" in Advanced Robotics.

[01/09/2019]
Lei Tang defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations!

[15/08/2019]
Welcome Professor Nicholas X. Fang from MIT visits our lab and gives a talk on Advancing Acoustic Application with Architectured Metamaterials.

[30/07/2019]
Welcome Professor Kyujin Cho from Seoul National University visits our lab and gives a talk on Soft Robots with Physically Embodied Intelligence.

[18/07/2019]
Welcome Dr. Babak Mostaghaci (Editor of Advanced Materials|Small|Advanced Materials Interfaces|Advanced Intelligent Systems|Advanced Theory & Simulations) from Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA visits our lab.

[09/07/2019]
Jiang Zou defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations!

[05/2019]
Prof. Gu was invited to join the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Robotics as Associate Editor.

[18/04/2019]
Welcome professor Herbert Shea from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne to present his research on the elastomer-based actuators for wearable haptics and soft robotics.

[03/2019]
Congratulation to Ling Li, obtaining Outstanding Graduate Award of Shanghai Municipality, and Excellent Master Dissertation of School of Mechanical Engineering at SJTU.

[24/03/2019]
Our paper on path tracking of a cable driven snake robot is accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH). Congratulations to Lei!

[31/01/2019]
Our paper on control of dielectric elastomer actuators is accepted for publication in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL) (Also accepted by ICRA 2019)! Congratulations to Jiang!

[27/01/2019]
Our collaborated paper on integrated soft ionotronic skin is accepted for publication in Soft Robotics.

[26/01/2019]
Our paper on control of dielectric elastomer actuators is accepted for publication in the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Congratulations to Jiang!

[23/01/2019]
Our paper on design of soft continuum manipulators is accepted for publication in the 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). Congratulations to Xiangyu!

[18/01/2019]
Our paper on repetitive control based cross-coupling compensation for piezoelectric nanopositioning stages is accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH). Congratulations to Linlin!

[19/12/2018]
Our Welcome Professor Wentao Xu from Nankai University and Xuzhou Yan (SJTU) to visit our lab.

[14/12/2018]
Our collaborated paper on fast-response, stiffness-tunable soft actuator is accepted in Advanced Functional Materials (AFM). Congratulations to Ningbin!

[13/12/2018]
Welcome professor Xinyu Liu from University of Toronto to present his research on robotic micromanipulation of small model organisms.

[24/11/2018]
Our paper on soft wall-climbing robots is accepted in Science Robotics.

[09/2018]
Congratulation to Lisen Ge and Ling Li in our group on winning Leo KoGuan Scholarship!

[14/09/2018]
Our paper on tracking control of a soft dielectric elastomer actuator is accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH)

[4/09/2018]
Our paper on distributed Hammerstein modeling is accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH).

[18/08/2018]
Our video paper on fabrication of soft pneumatic network actuators is published in Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).