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Robert J. Wood

University of Surrey · GB
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Area of research
Aerospace Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Actuator, Robot, Computer science, Soft robotics, Materials science, and Robotics.
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citations
24,048
works
56
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Applied Astrobiology: An Integrated Approach to the Future of Life in Space
Astrobiology 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Bidirectional motion of a planar fabricated piezoelectric motor based on unimorph arms
Sensors and Actuators A Physical 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
A compact DEA-based soft peristaltic pump for power and control of fluidic robots
Science Robotics 2023cited by 89position: lastdoi
Active entanglement enables stochastic, topological grasping
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 118position: lastdoi
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System
Soft Robotics 2021cited by 74position: middledoi
A dynamic electrically driven soft valve for control of soft hydraulic actuators
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 68position: lastdoi
Biologically inspired electrostatic artificial muscles for insect-sized robots
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2021cited by 56position: lastdoi
Ultra-sensitive and resilient compliant strain gauges for soft machines
Nature 2020cited by 492position: lastdoi
A Dexterous Soft Robotic Hand for Delicate In-Hand Manipulation
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2020cited by 235position: lastdoi
Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles
Nature 2019cited by 827position: lastdoi
Untethered flight of an insect-sized flapping-wing microscale aerial vehicle
Nature 2019cited by 534position: lastdoi
Robotic Artificial Muscles: Current Progress and Future Perspectives
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2019cited by 378position: middledoi
A Vacuum-driven Origami “Magic-ball” Soft Gripper
2019cited by 264position: lastdoi
The grand challenges of <i>Science Robotics</i>
Science Robotics 2018cited by 1,130position: lastdoi
Untethered soft robotics
Nature Electronics 2018cited by 991position: middledoi
Soft Somatosensitive Actuators via Embedded 3D Printing
Advanced Materials 2018cited by 574position: middledoi
Compact Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuators
Advanced Functional Materials 2018cited by 261position: middledoi
Inverted and vertical climbing of a quadrupedal microrobot using electroadhesion
Science Robotics 2018cited by 234position: lastdoi
Increasing the Dimensionality of Soft Microstructures through Injection‐Induced Self‐Folding
Advanced Materials 2018cited by 96position: lastdoi
Shipboard design and fabrication of custom 3D-printed soft robotic manipulators for the investigation of delicate deep-sea organisms
PLoS ONE 2018cited by 93position: middledoi
Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 727position: lastdoi
Batch Fabrication of Customizable Silicone‐Textile Composite Capacitive Strain Sensors for Human Motion Tracking
Advanced Materials Technologies 2017cited by 393position: middledoi
A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish
Science Robotics 2017cited by 300position: middledoi
A biologically inspired, flapping-wing, hybrid aerial-aquatic microrobot
Science Robotics 2017cited by 283position: lastdoi
An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots
Nature 2016cited by 2,084position: lastdoi
Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs
Soft Robotics 2016cited by 817position: middledoi
Perching and takeoff of a robotic insect on overhangs using switchable electrostatic adhesion
Science 2016cited by 401position: lastdoi
Multilayer Dielectric Elastomers for Fast, Programmable Actuation without Prestretch
Advanced Materials 2016cited by 251position: middledoi
The flying monkey: A mesoscale robot that can run, fly, and grasp
2016cited by 76position: middledoi
A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion
Science 2015cited by 1,035position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Michael T. Tolley · University of California San Diego11 papers (2013–2016)Daniela Rus · Dominica State College11 papers (2013–2021)Conor J. Walsh · Harvard University10 papers (2012–2021)Michael Wehner · University of California, Berkeley8 papers (2012–2018) · 7 papers (2013–2018)Yong‐Lae Park · Argonne National Laboratory7 papers (2012–2014) · 6 papers (2013–2016)Çağdaş D. Önal · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2013–2014)Yufeng Chen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2017–2021) · 5 papers (2012–2019)George M. Whitesides · Harvard University5 papers (2014–2016)James C. Weaver · Harvard University4 papers (2015–2022)Pakpong Chirarattananon · City University of Hong Kong4 papers (2013–2019)Leia Stirling · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2012–2014)Samuel M. Felton · Northeastern University4 papers (2013–2014)Kaitlyn P. Becker · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2016–2022) · 3 papers (2014–2018)Shuguang Li · Tsinghua University3 papers (2017–2021)Wen‐Hao Hsu · National Chung Cheng University3 papers (2012–2020)Sawyer B. Fuller · Seattle University3 papers (2013–2016)
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