Faculty
Introduction: 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 designed and produced the robotic hand for the humanoid robot Walker2. His research experience includes deployable structures inspired by Origami, soft robotics, three-axis gimbal system and humanoid robots. He joined Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTECH) in Aug. 2019, as Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering. His research focus on the soft robotics and origami mechanisms.
Education:
◆04/2015-05/2016
Post-Doc. Development of Dynamic Bolts, DSTA/Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
◆08/2010-03/2015
Ph.D. Robotics and Engineering Mechanics, NTU
◆09/2009-07/2011
M.Sc. Mechanical Design and Theory, HIT
◆08/2005-07/2009
B.Sc. Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Automation, HIT
Work Experience:
◆01/2023-Present
Research Associate Professor, MEE, SUSTECH
◆08/2019-01/2023
Research Assistant Professor, MEE, SUSTECH
◆08/2018-08/2019
Senior Mechanical Engineer, UBTECH
◆08/2017-08/2018
Mechanical Engineer, DJI
Work Achievements:
◆Development of dexterous hands for humanoid robot, Ubtech
◆Handhold gimbal-camera design and modal simulation, DJI
Research Projects:
◆Development of Conceptual Design of Dynamic Bolts, NTU
◆Experimental and Numerical Analysis on Fold Core, NTU
◆Kinematics of Deployable Structures, NTU
Journal publication :
[1]. Liu, Sicong. , Liu, Jianhui. , Zou, Kehan. , Wang, Xiaocheng. , Fang, Zhonggui. , ...&Wang, Zheng. (2022). A Six Degrees-of-Freedom Soft Robotic Joint With Tilt-Arranged Origami Actuator. Journal Of Mechanisms And Robotics-transactions Of The ASME, 14(6).
[2]. Diancheng Li. , Dongliang Fan. , Renjie Zhu. , Qiaozhi Lei. , Yuxuan Liao. , ...&Hongqiang Wang. (2022). Origami-inspired soft twisting actuator. Soft Robotics.
[3]. Wang，Biao. , Chen，Yishan. , Wu，Yige. , Lin，Yi. , Peng，Sijie. , ...&Wang，Zheng.(2022). An Underwater Glider with Muscle—Actuated Buoyancy Control and Caudal Fin Turning. Machines, 10(5).
[4]. Liu, Jianhui, Wang, Xiaocheng, Liu, Sicong, Yi, Juan, Wang, Xueqian, &Wang, Zheng.(2022). Vertebraic Soft Robotic Joint Design With Twisting and Antagonism. IEEE Robotics And Automation Letters, 7(2), 658-665.
[5]. Wenpei Zhu. , Chenghua Lu. , Qule Zheng. , Zhonggui Fang. , Haichuan Che. , ...&Zheng Wang. (2022). A Soft-Rigid Hybrid Gripper With Lateral Compliance and Dexterous In-Hand Manipulation. IEEE/ASME Transactions On Mechatronics, PP(99), 1-12.
[6]. Liu, Sicong. , Zhu, Yuming. , Zhang, Zicong. , Fang, Zhonggui. , Tan, Jiyong. , ...&Wang,Zheng. (2021). Otariidae-Inspired Soft-Robotic Supernumerary Flippers by Fabric Kirigami and Origami. IEEE-ASME Transactions On Mechatronics, 26(5).
[7]. Tan，Qinlin. , Chen，Yishan. , Liu，Jianhui. , Zou，Kehan. , Yi，Juan. ,...&Wang，Zheng. (2021). Underwater Crawling Robot With Hydraulic Soft Actuators.Frontiers In Robotics And Ai, 8.
[8]. Cheng，Yu. , Zhang，Runzhi. , Zhu，Wenpei. , Zhong，Hua. , Liu，Sicong. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2021). A Multimodal Hydrogel Soft-Robotic Sensor for Multi-Functional Perception. Frontiers In Robotics And AI, 8
[9]. Liu，Sicong. , Fang，Zhonggui. , Liu，Jianhui. , Tang，Kailuan. , Luo，Jianwen. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2021). A Compact Soft Robotic Wrist Brace With Origami Actuators.Frontiers In Robotics And AI, 8.
[10]. Shen，Zhong. , Zhao，Yafei. , Zhong，Hua. , Tang，Kailuan. , Chen，Yishan. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2021). Soft Origami Optical-Sensing Actuator for Underwater Manipulation. Frontiers In Robotics And AI, 7.
[11]. Su, Yinyin. , Wang, Zheng. , Fang, Zhonggui. , Zhu, Wenpei. , Sun, Xiaochen. , ...&Liu,Sicong. (2020). A High-Payload Proprioceptive Hybrid Robotic Gripper with Soft Origamic Actuators.IEEE Robotics And Automation Letters, 5(2), 3003-3010.
[12]. Y. Juan, X. Chen, C. Song, J. Zhou, Y. Liu, S.C. Liu, Z. Wang, "Customizable Three-Dimensional Printed Origami Soft Robotic Joint With Effective Behavior Shaping for Safe Interactions," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 114-123, Feb. 2019. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2018.2871440
[13]. Zheng Wang, Sicong Liu, Jing Peng, &Michael Zhiqiang Chen. (2017). The Next-Generation Surgical Robots. Surgical Robotics
[14]. S.C. Liu, W.L. Lv, Y. Chen, G.X. Lu, Deployable Prismatic Structures with Origami Patterns, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, ASME, 2016, Vol. 8 / 031002.
[15]. S.C. Liu, G.X. Lu, Y. Chen, Y.W. Leong, Deformation of the Miura-Ori Patterned Sheet, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2015, 99: 130-142.
Conference:
[16]. Fang，Zhonggui. , Huang，Chaoyi. , Wang，Yaxi. , Xu，Jiahao. , Tan，Jiyong. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2022). Multi-Dimensional Proprioception and Stiffness Tuning for Soft Robotic Joints. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference On Robotics And Automation, 10973-10979.
[17]. Yi，Juan. , Chen，Xiaojiao. , Fang，Zhonggui. , Liu，Yujia. , Duanmu，Dehao. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2022). A SOFT WEARABLE ELBOW SKELETON FOR SAFE MOTION ASSISTANCE BY VARIABLE STIFFNESS. Proceedings Of The ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, 7.
[18]. Zhang，Binbin. , Tang，Kailuan. , Chen，Yishan. , Zou，Kehan. , Xiao，Yin. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2021). An Omnidirectional Robotic Platform with a Vertically Mounted Manipulator for Seabed Operation. IEEE International Conference On Automation Science And Engineering, 2021-August, 819-825.
[19]. Chen，Yishan. , Fang，Zhonggui. , Liu，Sicong. , Wang，Yushuang. , Zhong，Cheng. , ...&Wang，Zheng. (2020). A soft-robotic gripper for ultra-high-voltage transmission line operations. 2020 IEEE 4th Conference On Energy Internet And Energy System Integration:Connecting The Grids Towards A Low-carbon High-efficiency Energy System, Ei2 2020, 788-793.
[20]. S.C. Liu, G.X. Lu, D.W. Shu, Y.X. Zhou, Z.Y. Zhao, A New Design of Energy Absorbing Bolt, Advances in Engineering Plasticity and its Application XIII (AEPA), Hiroshima, Japan, 2016.
[21]. S.C. Liu, W.L. Lv, Y. Chen, G.X. Lu, Deployable Prismatic Structures with Origami Patterns, IDETC/CIE, ASME, Buffalo, USA, 2014.
[22]. S.C. Liu, Y. Chen, G.X. Lu, the Rigid Origami Patterns for Flat Surface, IDETC/CIE, ASME, Portland, USA, 2013.
[23]. S.C. Liu, Y. Chen, Folding the Tube with Rigid Origami Pattern, Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM), Kyoto, Japan, 2011.