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Sino-German College of Intelligent Manufacturing

Sicong Liu

Position
Associate Professor
Profile
Sicong Liu received the B.S. degree (with Hons.) in Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Automation from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2009, the M.S. degree in Mechanical Design and Theory from HIT in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in Robotics and Engineering Mechanics from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2015. He worked as Mechanical Engineer in DJI, developed the world’s smallest three-axis gimbal camera OSMO Pocket. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer in UBTECH, he led the development of the robotic hand for the humanoid robot Walker2. He joined Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTECH) in 2019 as Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering. He joined the Sino-german College of Intelligent Manufacturing at the Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU) as Associate Professor in 2025. He has been carrying out researches on deployable structures inspired by Origami and bio-inspired soft robots since 2010, focusing on the small-strain-folding (SSF) soft robots. He published 27 journal and 11 conference articles including Advanced Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, TMECH, AIS, IJMS, T-RO, Soft Robotics, RAL, ICRA, IROS, Remar, etc. He engaged greatly in industrial collaborations and technology transformation. Last five years, he published 49 patents, including 24 inventions, 22 were transfer to two companies valued more than 8 million. He hosts 5 research fundings including a NSFC General project, and 7 industrial collaboration fundings with a total budget of over 2 million, and established long-term cooperative relationships with technology enterprises such as Tencent RoboticX and Wisson Robotics.
Research Interest
Origami; Soft robot; Bio-inspired robot.
E-mail
liusicong@sztu.edu.cn
Telephone
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1. Education And Work Experience

Ø Education Experience

l 2010-2015, Robotics and Engineering Mechanics, Nanyang Technological University, Ph.D.

l 2009-2011, Mechanical Design and Theory, Harbin Institute of Technology, M.Sc.

l 2005-2009, Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, B.Sc.

Ø Work Experience

l 01/2025-Present, Associate Professor, SGIM, SZTU

l 01/2023-12/2024, Research Associate Professor, MEE, SUSTECH

l 08/2019-01/2023, Research Assistant Professor, MEE, SUSTECH

l 08/2018-08/2019, Senior Mechanical Engineer, UBTECH

l 08/2017-08/2018, Mechanical Engineer, DJI


2. Research Field And Achievements

Ø Project Experience

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China，General project，Principal of Dynamic Coupling and Mechanoreception of the Multi-Cavity-Folding Actuation Vertebra-Mimic Soft Robot, 2025/01-2028/12，In research, Host

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China，Key project， Design theory and Methodology with Integrated Polymorphic Evolution and Force-flow Transformation of the Highly Adaptive Multivariate Metamorphic Mechanisms, 2024/01-2028/12, In research, Core Participant

[3] Ministry of Science and Technology，National Key R&D Program of China, Robotic Multiple Sequential Metamorphosis Configuration Principle and "Form-Function-Property" Integrated Design Theory, 2023/01-2025/12，In research, Principal of Sub-topic

[4] Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation， Young Scientists，Mechanism Design Theory and Method of Underwater Soft Robot Hand Based on Soft Origami Actuator, 2021/10-2024/09，Complete, Host

[5] Ministry of Finance，Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human-Augmentation and Rehabilitation Robotics in Universities, 2021/5-2024/12, Complete, Core Participant

[6] Shenzhen Science and Technology Program Grant General Program，Research on the Closed-loop Deformation Coupling Principle and Design of Rigid-Soft Folding Soft Actuators, 2022/08-2025/07，In research，Host

[7] Shenzhen Science and Technology Program Grant Key Program，Research on the Design and Compliant Control of Rigid-soft-coupled Reconfigurable Robots, 2023/01-2025/12, In research，Topic Principal

[8] Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems 2021/3-2023/3, Complete, Core Participant

[9] Provincial Key Laboratory Open Project, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Mechanisms and Adaptive Robotics, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Investigation on the Bionic Design and Mechanoreception of the Vertebraic Soft-rigid Manipulator 2024/01-2025/12, In research, Host

[10] Industrial Collaboration, Tencent RoboticX Lab, SUSTECH-Tencent Joint Graduate Program, Research on Highly Dynamic Soft Robots for Mobile Robotic Platforms, 2020/9-2023/8, In research, Academic Supervisor

[11] Industrial Collaboration，Wisson Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.，Optical Waveguide Sensing Technology for Soft Robots, 2024/07-2024/12, In research, Host


Ø Selected Publications

[1] Fang Z, Tang S, Su Y, Liu X, Liu S C*, Yi J, Wang Z, Dai J S*, 3D Printed Multi-Cavity Soft Actuator with Integrated Motion and Sensing Functionalities via Bio-Inspired Interweaving Foldable Endomysium, Advanced Science, 2024, 2409060.

[2] Zhong H, Wang Y, Xu J, Cheng Y, Liu S C*, Pan J, Wang W, Wang Z*. Dynamics-Oriented Underwater Mechanoreception Interface (DOUMI): Wavelet-enhanced Simultaneous Multi-level Perception of Flow and Contact Stimuli, Advaced Intelligent Systems, 2400492.

[3] Liu S C, Chen F, Duanmu D, Wang Y, Liu J, Yang W, Zhu Y, Wu Y, Yi J, Dai J, Wang Z*. Small-Strain Folding of Semi-Rigid Elastomer Derives High-performance 3D-Printable Soft Origami Actuators, Chemical Engineering Journal, 489: 151462, 2024.

[4] Liu D†, Liu S C†, Yang W, Yi J, Wang H, Zhang W, Dai J S*, Wang Z*. Origami-patterned Rigidification for Soft Robotic Bifurcation. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024, 2300767.

[5] Liu S C, Zhu Y M, Zhang Z C, Fang Z G, Tan J Y, Peng J, Song C Y, Asada H, Wang Z*. Otariidae-inspired soft-robotic supernumerary flippers by fabric kirigami and origami, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 26(5): 2747-2757, 2021.

[6] Huang A, Cao Y, Guo J, Fang Z, Su Y, Liu S C*, Yi J, Wang H, Dai J and Wang Z*. Foam-Embedded Soft Robotic Joint With Inverse Kinematic Modeling by Iterative Self-Improving Learning, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(2): 1756-1763, 2024.

[7] Liu S C, Liu J, Zou K, Wang X, Fang Z, Yi J, and Wang Z*.  A Six Degrees-of-Freedom Soft Robotic Joint With Tilt-Arranged Origami Actuator, ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics, 14(6): 064504, 2022.

[8] Liu J, Wang X, Liu S C*, Yi J, Wang X and Wang Z*. Vertebraic Soft Robotic Joint Design With Twisting and Antagonism, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(2): 658-665, 2022.

[9] Su Y Y, Fang Z G, Zhu W P, Sun X, Zhu Y, Wang H X, Tang K L, Huang H L, Liu S C*, Wang Z*. A high-payload proprioceptive hybrid robotic gripper with soft origamic actuators, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2): 3003-3010, 2020.

[10] Liu S C, Fang Z G, Liu J H, Tang K L, Luo J W, Yi J, Hu X Y and Wang Z*. A compact soft-robotic wrist brace with origami actuators, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7: 614623, 2021.

[11] Cheng Y, Zhang R Z, Zhu W P, Zhong H, Liu S C*, Yi J, Shao L Y*, Wang W P, Lam J, Wang Z. A Multimodal Hydrogel Soft-Robotic Sensor for Multi-Functional Perception, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8: 692754, 2021.

[12] Tan Q L, Chen Y S, Liu J H, Zou K H, Yi J*, Liu S C*, Wang Z*. Underwater Crawling Robot With Hydraulic Soft Actuators, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8:688697, 2021.

[13] Liu S C, Lv W L, Chen Y*, Lu G X. Deployable prismatic structures with origami patterns, ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics, 8: 031002, 2016.

[14] Liu S C, Lu G X *, Chen Y, Leong Y W. Deformation of the Miura-ori patterned sheet, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 99: 130-142, 2015.

[15] Liu S C, Lu G X., Shu D W, Zhou Y X, Zhao Z Y. A New Design of Energy Absorbing Bolt, Advances in Engineering Plasticity and its Application XIII (AEPA), Key Engineering Materials 725: 162-167, 2017.

[16] Qu Y†, Zhang Y†, Huang B, Chen C, Wang H, Liu S C, Wang H, Pump-free Pneumatic Actuator Driven by the Vapor Pressure at the Gas-Liquid  Equilibrium of Aqua Ammonia, Soft Robotics, accepted, 2024.

[17] Yi J, Xu J, Deng Y, Xuan Y, Huang C, Fang Z, Lou B, Zou K, Su Y, Tan Q, Wen R, Liu S C, Wang Z, Far-field Magnetic Sensing of Soft Origami Actuator for Spatial Multidimensional Movement and Force Perception, Soft Robotics, accepted, 2024.

[18] Yi J, Chen X J, Song C Y, Zhou J S, Liu Y J, Liu S C, Wang Z *. Customizable three-dimensional-printed origami soft robotic joint with effective behavior shaping for safe interactions, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 35(1): 114-123, 2019.

[19] Wang B, Chen Y, Wu Y, Lin Y, Peng S, Liu X, Wu S, Liu S C, Yi J, Polygerinos P, Wang Z*. An Underwater Glider with Muscle—Actuated Buoyancy Control and Caudal Fin Turning, Machines, 10(5): 381, 2022.

[20] Zhu W P, Lu C H, Fang Z G, Che H C, Tang K L, Zhu M, Liu S C, Wang Z*. A Soft-Rigid Hybrid Gripper with Lateral Compliance and Dexterous In-hand Manipulation. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 28(1): 104-115, 2023.

[21] Li D C, Fang D L, Zhen E J, Lei Q Z, Liao Y X, Yang X, Pan Y, Wang Z, Wu Y, Liu S C, Wang H Q*. Origami-inspired soft twisting actuator, Soft Robotics, 10(2): 395-409, 2023.

[22] Shen Z, Zhao Y F, Zhong H, Tang K L, Chen Y S, Xiao Y, Yi J*, Liu S C, Wang Z*. Soft Origami Optical-Sensing Actuator for Underwater Manipulation, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7:616128, 2021.

[23] Tang K, Lu C, Chen Y, Xiao Y, Wu S, Tang S, Wang H, Zhang B, Shen Z, Yi J, Liu S C, Wang Z*. A Strong Underwater Soft Manipulator With Planarly-Bundled Actuators and Accurate Position Control, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(11): 7559-7566, 2023.

[24] Fang Z, Wu Y, Su Y, Yi J, Liu S C, Wang Z*. Omnidirectional compliance on cross-linked actuator coordination enables simultaneous multi-functions of soft modular robots, Scientific Reports, 13(1): 12116, 2023.

[25] Tang S, Tang K, Wu S, Xiao Y, Liu S C, Yi J*, Wang Z*. Performance enhancement of the soft robotic segment for a trunk-like arm, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10:1210217, 2023.

[26] Tang S, Tang K, Guo Y, Wu S, Xu J, Lou B, Liu S C, Yi J*, Dai J, Wang Z. Soft Robotic Proprioception Enhancement via 3D-Printed Differential Optical Waveguide Design, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, preprint, accepted June, 2024.

[27] Wu S, Tang K, Tang S, Liu S C, Yi J, Dai J, Wang Z*. High-performance Hydraulic Soft Robotic Control Using Continuous Flow Regulation and Partial Feedback, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, preprint, accepted May, 2024.

[28] Tang K, Tang S, Lu C, Wu S, Liu S C, Yi J, Dai J, Wang Z*, Learning Based Exteroception of Soft Underwater Manipulator with Soft Actuator Network, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(12): 11082-11089, 2024.

Ø Conference

[1] Wu Y, Liu X, Tang S, Liu S C*, Yi J, Wang Z, Dai J*. A Multi-Facet-Effector Soft Robot in Polyhedral Configuration for Multidirectional Function Reuse, 2024 IEEE & IFToMM 6th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2024), Best Paper Award, Jun 24-27, Chicago, USA.

[2] Chen F, Zheng Y, Wang Z, Chi W*, Liu S C*. RBI-RRT*: Efficient Sampling-Based Path Planning for High-Dimensional State Space, IEEE 2024 - International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 13-17, 2024, Yokohama, JP.

[3] Liu J, Wang X, Liu S C*, Yi J, Wang X and Wang Z*. Vertebraic Soft Robotic Joint Design With Twisting and Antagonism, IEEE 2022 - International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 23-27, 2022, Philadelphia, USA.  

[4] Fang Z G, Huang C Y, Wang Y X, Xu J H, Tan J Y, Li B, Wang Z C, Wu Y G, Huang A L, Yi J*, Liu S C, Wang Z*. Multi-Dimensional Proprioception and Stiffness Tuning for Soft Robotic Joints, IEEE 2022 - International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 23-27, 2022, Philadelphia, USA.

[5] Su Y Y, Fang Z G, Zhu W P, Sun X, Zhu Y, Wang H X, Tang K L, Huang H L, Liu S C*, Wang Z*. A high-payload proprioceptive hybrid robotic gripper with soft origamic actuators, IEEE 2020-International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 31 - June 5, 2020, Paris, France.      

[6] Zhang B B, Tang K L, Chen Y S, Zou K H, Xiao Y, Fang Z G, Tan Q L, Shen Z, Liu S C*, Yi J*, Wang Z. An Omnidirectional Robotic Platform with a Vertically Mounted Manipulator for Seabed Operation, 2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering(CASE), August 23-27, 2021, Lyon, France.

[7] Liu S C, Liu J H, Zou K H, Wang X C, Yi J, Wang Z*, A 6-DOF Soft Robotic Joint with Tilt-arranged Origami Actuator, The 5th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2021), August 12-14, 2021, Toronto, Canada.

[8] Chen Y S, Fang Z G, Liu S C, Wang Y S, Zhong C, Cai C X, Zhang Y, Wei Y*, Wang Z*. A soft-robotic gripper for ultra-high-voltage transmission line operations, 2020 IEEE 4th Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2020, Wuhan, China.

[9] Liu S C, Lv W L, Chen Y, Lu G X. Deployable Prismatic Structures with Origami Patterns, ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 17–20, 2014, Buffalo, New York, USA.

[10] Liu S C, Chen Y, Lu G X. The Rigid Origami Patterns for Flat Surface, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference  (IDETC/CIE), 2013, Portland, OR, USA.

[11] Liu S C, Chen Y. Folding the Tube with Rigid Origami Pattern, Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM), 2011, Japan.

Ø Book Chapter

 Wang Z, Liu S C, Peng J and, Chen M, the Next-Generation of Surgical Robots, Surgical Robotics, Intechopen, 2017.


Ø Other Academic Activities

l Associate Editor, ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMar), 2024, Chicago

l Co-chiar, “Motion and Path Planning II” session, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, Yokohama

l Final list, IROS 2024, Bio-inspired, Biomimetics, and Biohybrid(Cyborg) systems Workshop, Abu Dhabi

l Deputy Chair of the Soft Robot Innovation Design Competition, The 8th Soft Robot Conference 2023

l Expert of Standardization Working Committee of China, Association for the Promotion of International Economic and Technical Cooperation, Standardization Working Committee of China Association for the Promotion of International Economic and Technical Cooperation, Standard“Technical requirements for soft robots, TCIET 570-2024”

l Best Paper Award, 2024 IEEE & IFToMM 6th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2024)

l 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student, Master Supervisor, SUSTech

l 2023 UNESCO Higher Education Innovation Center Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization of Higher Education, Participant

l 2023 Top Ten Post-graduates of the School of Engineering, Master Supervisor

l 2022 20th MATE World Championship Underwater Robot World Championship, World Second Place, Best Instructor

l 2021 14th International Underwater Robot Competition, First Prize, Outstanding Organization Award, etc., Instructor

l 2021 17th "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition "Black Technology" Special Competition "Planetary" Level Works, Instructor

l 2021 College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, National Project, Instructor


3. Teaching

l Basic Principles and Applications of PLC;

l Undergraduate Graduation Design


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