Note: Wenqi Hu has transitioned from the institute (alumni).
My main research interest is developing various Small-Scale Robotics for environmental, biomechanical, and biomedical applications. In small-scale, I deeply believe in the synergistic nature of (1) design, (2) material, (3) fabrication, (4) control, and (5) application. And such a philosophy is guiding my research focus.
Our project "Active control of stiffness distribution adjustment and its application in underwater soft robots" has been funded by the DFG SPP 2100 "Soft Material Robotic Systems"! If you are interested in this project and if you would like to join me as a graduate student, postdoc, or other types of scholar (e.g. Humboldt), I would be very happy to support you. Please contact me through email.
- The annual award, in Design & Elektronik, WEKA-Fachmedien 2018
- Günter Petzow Prize, in Max Planck Institute for Intelligence Systems 2018
- Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016
- Best Ph.D. graduate, in School of Engineering, University of Hawai´i-Manoā 2014
- Second Prize, in NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge 2014
- Cover issue and top 10% collection, in Lab on a Chip 2013
- Second Prize, in Breakthrough Innovation Challenge, UH Shidler College of Business 2013 Second Prize, in NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge 2012
- Best Conference Paper Award Finalist in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and 2012 Automation (ICRA) 2012