Robotics/Terradynamics/Smart Materials

 2021

1. Optimized design and investigation about propulsion of bionic Tandem undulating fins I: Effect of phase difference, S Pang, F Qin, W Shang, S Cong, S ZhangOcean Engineering, 239, 109842, 2021
 

2. A Liquid Metal Artificial Muscle,Jian Shu#, Duan Ge#, Erlong Wang#, Hongtai Ren, Tim Cole, Shi-Yang Tang*, Xiangpeng Li, Xiangbo Zhou, Rongjie Li, Hu Jin*, Weihua Li, Michael D.Dickey, Shiwu Zhang*, Advanced Materials, 33 (43), 2103062, 2021



3. Light-controlled versatile manipulation of liquid metal droplets: a gateway to future liquid robots,H Ren#, H Jin#, J Shu, J Xie, E Wang, DA Ge, S Tang*, X Li*, W Li, S Zhang*, Materials Horizons,8 (11), 3063-3071, 2021



4. A Semi-Active Suspension Using a Magnetorheological Damper with Nonlinear Negative-Stiffness Component. Jian Yang, Donghong Ning, Shuaishuai Sun*, Jun Zheng, Hongda Lu, Masami Nakano,S Zhang, Haiping Du, and Weihua Li*.Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 147: 107071.2021.




 5. Hybrid-Filler Stretchable Conductive Composites: From Fabrication to Application,G Yun, SY Tang*, H Lu, S Zhang, MD Dickey*, W Li*, Small Science, 2000080, 2021



6. Highly Stretchable and Sensitive Strain Sensor  Based on Liquid Metal Composite for Wearable Sign Language Communication Device.Qingtian Zhang, Guolin Yun*, Beiliang Zhao, Hongda Lu, Shiwu Zhang*, ShiYangTang* and Weihua Li*,Smart materials and Structures,30 (11), 115005, 2021





7. Reversible Underwater Adhesion for Soft Robotic Feet by Leveraging Electrochemically Tunable Liquid Metal Interfaces,Hongda Lu, Guolin Yun, Tim Cole, Yiming Ouyang, Hongtai Ren, Jian Shu, Yuxin Zhang, Shiwu Zhang*, Michael D Dickey*, Weihua Li*, Shi-Yang Tang*,ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (31), 37904-37914, 2021



8. Stray flux-based rotation angle measurement for bearing fault diagnosis in variable-speed BLDC motors,Xiaoxian Wang, Siliang Lu*, Wenping Cao, Min Xia, Kang Chen, Jianming Ding, Shiwu Zhang*,IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36 (4), 3156-3166, 2021



9. Bearing Fault Diagnosis of Switched Reluctance Motor in Electric Vehicle Powertrain via Multi-sensor Data Fusion, Xiaoxian Wang, Siliang Lu*, Kang Chen, Qunjing Wang, Shiwu Zhang*, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Information, 18 (4), 2452-2464, 2021



10. A bionic soft tongue driven by shape memory alloy and pneumatics, Ning Gong, Hu Jin*, Shuaishuai Sun, Shixin Mao, Weihua Li and Shiwu Zhang*, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 16 (5), 055008, 2021
 

11. Modeling and Motion Control of a Soft SMA Planar Actuator, Hu Jin, Yiming Ouyang, Haoyao Chen, Jingwen Kong, Weihua Li*, Shiwu Zhang*, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (In press)
 

12. Experimental Study of a Variable Stiffness Seat Suspension Installed With a Compact Rotary MR Damper, Shuaishuai Sun, Jian Yang, Penghui Wang, Masami Nakano, Longjiang Shen, Shiwu Zhang*, Weihua Li, Frontiers in Materials, 8:38, 2021
 

13.Liquid Metal Motor, Erlong Wang#, Jian Shu#, Hu Jin#, Zhe Tao, Jie Xie, Shi-YangTang*, Xiangpeng Li*, WeihuaLi, Michael D.Dickey, and Shiwu Zhang*. iScience, 24(1), 101911, 2021
 

14. A Robot Boat Powered by Liquid Metal Engines, Xiangpeng Li, Shi-Yang Tang, Shen Li, Du'an Ge, Junhui Yang, Jiangxia Zhou, Hao Yang*, Shiwu Zhang*, Weihua Li, Lining Sun*. Advanced Materials Technologies, 6 (1), 2000840, 2021
 

15.Reprogrammable Untethered Actuator for Soft Bio-Inspired Robots, Runhuai Yang*, Miao Jin, Minmin Jin, Haisheng Qian, Qian Gao, Guoqing Jin, and  Shiwu Zhang*, Advanced Intelligent System, 3 (2), 2000146, 2021
 

16.A semi-active suspension using a magnetorheological damper with nonlinear negative-stiffness component, J.Yang, D.Ning, S.S.Sun, J.Zheng, H.Lu, M. Nakano,Shiwu Zhang*, H.Du, W.H.Li. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Volume 147, 15 January 2021, 107071
 

17. Efficient Data Reduction at the Edge of Industrial Internet of Things for PMSM Bearing Fault Diagnosis, Xiaoxian Wang, Siliang Lu*, Wenbin Huang, Qunjing Wang, Shiwu Zhang*, and Min Xia, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, 70, 3508612, 2021