Publications in 2017

Journal Publications

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Yueping Wang§, Xingbang Yang§, Yufeng Chen§, Dylan K. Wainwright, Christopher P. Kenaley, Zheyuan Gong, Zemin Liu,
Huan Liu, Juan Guan, Tianmiao Wang, James C. Weaver, Robert J. Wood, and Li Wen*
"A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish"
Science Robotics, Vol. 2, Issue 10 (DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan8072), 2017
Journal cover article, featured by Science/AAAS magzine.
http://robotics.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2/10/eaan8072?ijkey=NjTiSHjkePTLk&keytype=ref&siteid=robotics
Click on the links below for media coverage of this research:
Reported by Science with the title of “This robotic ‘remora’ can cling to objects with a force 340 times its own weight” in doi:10.1126/science.aaq0100 at
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/robotic-remora-can-cling-objects-force-340-times-its-own-weight
Reported by Science with the title of “How the sucker comes to grip” in DOI: 10.1126/science.357.6357.1250-f at
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6357/1250.6?utm_campaign=twis_sci_2017-09-21&et_rid=263533777&et_cid=1558522
Reported by MIT Technology Review with the title of “Scientists Have Built a Shark-Sucking Robot That Is Hideous and Cool” at
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608916/scientists-have-built-a-shark-sucking-robot-that-is-hideous-and-cool/
Reported by The New Scientist with the title of “Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker” at
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2148082-robots-can-hitch-hike-on-sharks-thanks-to-ultrastrong-sucker/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
Reported by Live Science with the title of “Super-Sticky Robot Clings Underwater Like 'Hitchhiker' Fish” at
https://www.livescience.com/60465-robot-clings-underwater-like-hitchhiker-fish.html
Reported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) at
www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab434/info72095.htm
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Yufei Hao, Tianmiao Wang, Ziyu Ren, Zheyuan Gong, Hui Wang, Xingbang Yang, Shaoya Guan, and Li Wen
"Modeling and experiments of a soft robotic gripper in amphibious environments"
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems(IJARS), 14(3): 1729881417707148, 2017
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Junzhi Yu, Li Wen, and Ziyu Ren
"A Survey on Fabrication, Control, and Hydrodynamic Function of Biomimetic Robotic Fish"
Science China Technological Sciences, 10.1007/s11431-016-9065-x, 2017.
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Wang Wei, Jindong Liu, Guangming Xie, Li Wen, and Jianwei Zhang
“A bio-inspired electrocommunication system for small underwater robots”
Bioinspiration Biomimetics, 12(3):036002, 2017
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Tianmiao Wang, Yufei Hao, Xingbang Yang, and Li Wen
"Soft Robotics: Structure, Actuation, Sensing and Control"
Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 53(13):1-13, 2017. (In Chinese)

Conferences and Proceedings

ZHEXIN, X; DOMEL, A; WENGUANG, S; KNUBBEN, E; WEAVER, J; BERTOLDI, K; and Wen, L*
“A Bio-inspired Soft Robotic Gripper Inspired by the Cephalopod Tentacles”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, San Fransisco, CA, USA, in press, 2018
TAO, Y; KAINAN, H*; DI SATO, V; YUFEI, H; ZIYU, R; LAUDER, G; and Wen, L*
“A Bioinspired Robotic Fish Fin with Mechanosensensation Using Conductive Liquid-Metal-Infused Soft Actuators”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, San Fransisco, CA, USA, in press, 2018
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Tao Yuan, Ziyu Ren, Kainan Hu, Mengxi Ren, Siqi Wang, Tianmiao Wang, and Li Wen*
“A Kalman filter based force-feedback control system for hydrodynamic investigation of unsteady aquatic propulsion”
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2017:1214-1219.
Best Paper in Biomimetics Award!
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Xingyu Chen, Zhengxing Wu, Junzhi Yu, and Li Wen*
“A Real-time and Unsupervised Advancement Scheme for Underwater Machine Vision”
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Cyber Technol. Autom., Control, Intell. Syst. 2017: 271–276
Best Paper Award!
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Hao Yufei, Wang Tianmiao, Fang Xi, Yang Kang, Mao Ling, Guan Juan, and Wen Li*
“A Variable Stiffness Soft Robotic Gripper with Low-Melting-Point Alloy”
The 36th Chinese Control Conference(CCC2017), 2017 in press
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Yufei Hao, Tianmiao Wang and Li Wen*
“A Programmable Mechanical Freedom and Variable Stiffness Soft Actuator with Low Melting Point Alloy”
The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2017:151-161
Best paper award!
Wang Y, Yang X, Chen Y, Kenaley CP, Liu H, Guan J, Wainwright DK, Wood RJ, and Wen L*
“A Bio-robotic Remora (Echeneis naucrates) Adhesive Disc: Design, Fabrication and Function”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
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Ren Z, Di Santo V, Hu K, Yuan T, Lauder GV, and Wen L*
“Understanding Fish Linear Acceleration Using an Undulatory Bio-robotic Model with Soft Fluidic Elastomer Actuated Median Fins”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
Yang X, Wang Y, Kenaley CP, Wainwright DK, Liu H, Guan J, and Wen L*
“The Contribution of Soft Tissue and Rigid Spinules to the Adhesive Ability of Remoras (Echeneis Naucrates)”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
Lauder GV*, Thornycroft PJM, Khan M, Wainwright DK, Anderson EJ, Wen L, Alvarenga J, and Aizenberg J
“Bioinspired Lubricant-Infused Surfaces Enhance Aquatic Locomotion”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017