At the workshop “Origami and Kirigami: How Paper Folding and Cutting Have Revolutionized Soft Robotics and What’s Beyond” (https://lnkd.in/gsYvat-X), Professor Hongliang Ren delivered a keynote speech titled “Tetherless Reconfigurations at Origami-Continuum Interfaces.” Drawing from our group’s recent researches published in top-tier journals like Science Robotics, Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, and Advanced Materials Technology, he explored how innovative materialsโsuch as high-temperature-resistant, phase-change elastic, and magnetically responsive onesโare revolutionizing origami-based robots. These works enable precise, continuous motion for in vivo medical applications and highlights the vast interdisciplinary opportunities in medical soft robotics.
Additionally, our PhD student WENCHAO YUE delivered three oral presentations based on our accepted papers. Specifically, he showcased a compact OCT-based tactile sensor (2 mm in diameter, developed in collaboration with ABI Lab (https://lnkd.in/gUuzQqDt) under Prof. Wu ‘Scott’ YUAN at CUHK BME), a bistable origami robot designed for microneedle puncture (in partnership with Xu’s Lab (https://lnkd.in/gdb-5tTv), led by Prof. CHENJIE XU at CityU BME), and an ink-based stretching sensor inspired by kirigami principles. His talks highlighted the latest research progress in our group and the exciting potential of these technologies in soft robotics for medical applications.
