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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
5049
World Ranking
7450
National Ranking
1352

Overview

Li Wen is affiliated with Beihang University in China and has published extensively in the field of engineering, with a focus on several specialized subfields. Their research spans biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, as well as control and systems engineering.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics primarily related to robotics and materials science. These topics include soft robotics and applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, modular robots and swarm intelligence, micro and nano robotics, tactile and sensory interactions, underwater vehicles and communication systems, and advanced materials and mechanics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Li Wen include Jiaqi Liu, Zhexin Xie, Feiyang Yuan, Xilun Ding, and Youning Duo, reflecting a collaborative research network.

Li Wen has published research in several prominent venues, with multiple contributions in journals such as Advanced Intelligent Systems, Soft Robotics, SSRN Electronic Journal, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.

Recent publications by Li Wen include the following:

  • Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping (2020, Soft Robotics)
  • Touchless interactive teaching of soft robots through flexible bimodal sensory interfaces (2022, Nature Communications)
  • A soft manipulator for efficient delicate grasping in shallow water: Modeling, control, and real-world experiments (2020, The International Journal of Robotics Research)
  • Complex multiphase organohydrogels with programmable mechanics toward adaptive soft-matter machines (2020, Science Advances)
  • Octopus-inspired sensorized soft arm for environmental interaction (2023, Science Robotics)

Best Publications

  • Biomimetic shark skin: design, fabrication and hydrodynamic function

    Li Wen;James C Weaver;George V Lauder

  • Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping

    Zhexin Xie;August G Domel;Ning An;Connor Green

  • A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish

    Yueping Wang;Xingbang Yang;Yufeng Chen;Dylan K. Wainwright

  • Universal soft pneumatic robotic gripper with variable effective length

    Yufei Hao;Zheyuan Gong;Zhexin Xie;Shaoya Guan

  • A soft manipulator for efficient delicate grasping in shallow water: Modeling, control, and real-world experiments:

    Zheyuan Gong;Xi Fang;Xingyu Chen;Jiahui Cheng

  • Complex multiphase organohydrogels with programmable mechanics toward adaptive soft-matter machines

    Shuyun Zhuo;Ziguang Zhao;Zhexin Xie;Yufei Hao

  • Towards Real-Time Advancement of Underwater Visual Quality With GAN

    Xingyu Chen;Junzhi Yu;Shihan Kong;Zhengxing Wu

  • Quantitative Thrust Efficiency of a Self-Propulsive Robotic Fish: Experimental Method and Hydrodynamic Investigation

    Li Wen;Tianmiao Wang;Guanhao Wu;Jianhong Liang

  • Development of a two-joint robotic fish for real-world exploration

    Jianhong Liang;Tianmiao Wang;Li Wen

  • A Multimodal, Enveloping Soft Gripper: Shape Conformation, Bioinspired Adhesion, and Expansion-Driven Suction

    Yufei Hao;Shantonu Biswas;Elliot Wright Hawkes;Tianmiao Wang

  • Modeling and experiments of a soft robotic gripper in amphibious environments

    Yufei Hao;Tianmiao Wang;Ziyu Ren;Zheyuan Gong

  • A Soft Bionic Gripper with Variable Effective Length

    Yufei Hao;Zheyuan Gong;Zhexin Xie;Shaoya Guan

  • Hydrodynamic function of biomimetic shark skin: effect of denticle pattern and spacing.

    Li Wen;James C Weaver;Patrick J M Thornycroft;George V Lauder

  • Structure, biomimetics, and fluid dynamics of fish skin surfaces

    George V. Lauder;Dylan K. Wainwright;August G. Domel;James C. Weaver

  • Hydrodynamic performance of a biomimetic robotic swimmer actuated by ionic polymer–metal composite

    Qi Shen;Tiammiao Wang;Jianhong Liang;Li Wen

  • Novel Method for the Modeling and Control Investigation of Efficient Swimming for Robotic Fish

    Li Wen;Tianmiao Wang;Guanhao Wu;Jianhong Liang

  • Multimode Grasping Soft Gripper Achieved by Layer Jamming Structure and Tendon-Driven Mechanism.

    Bin Fang;Fuchun Sun;Linyuan Wu;Fukang Liu

  • A eutectic-alloy-infused soft actuator with sensing, tunable degrees of freedom, and stiffness properties

    Yufei Hao;Tianmiao Wang;Zhexin Xie;Wenguang Sun

  • Understanding undulatory locomotion in fishes using an inertia-compensated flapping foil robotic device

    Li Wen;George Lauder

  • A soft gripper with programmable effective length, tactile and curvature sensory feedback

    Yufei Hao;Zemin Liu;Jiaqi Liu;Xi Fang

  • Hydrodynamic investigation of a self-propelled robotic fish based on a force-feedback control method

    L Wen;T M Wang;G H Wu;J H Liang

  • A Three-Fingered Force Feedback Glove Using Fiber-Reinforced Soft Bending Actuators

    Ziqi Wang;Dangxiao Wang;Yu Zhang;Jiaqi Liu

  • Understanding Fish Linear Acceleration Using an Undulatory Biorobotic Model with Soft Fluidic Elastomer Actuated Morphing Median Fins

    Li Wen;Ziyu Ren;Valentina Di Santo;Kainan Hu

  • Hydrodynamics of C-Start Escape Responses of Fish as Studied with Simple Physical Models

    William C. Witt;Li Wen;George V. Lauder

Frequent Co-Authors

Tianmiao Wang
Tianmiao Wang Beihang University
Junzhi Yu
Junzhi Yu Peking University
George V. Lauder
George V. Lauder Harvard University
James C. Weaver
James C. Weaver Cornell University
Katia Bertoldi
Katia Bertoldi Harvard University
Qing Xiao
Qing Xiao University of Strathclyde
Fuchun Sun
Fuchun Sun Tsinghua University
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Robert J. Wood
Robert J. Wood Harvard University
Elliot W. Hawkes
Elliot W. Hawkes University of California, Santa Barbara

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