Publications

Peer-reviewed papers, manuscripts under review, and workshop papers. * denotes equal contribution. Also on Google Scholar.

Peer-reviewed papers

Realizing Robotic Swimming with Unified Fluid–Robot Multiphysics

J. H. Lee*, J. Hu*, S. Kwok, C. Majidi, Z. Manchester

Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2026Outstanding Paper Award Finalist

Paper Project page Code

Programmable online stiffness modulation for optimized aquatic locomotion

J. Hu, J. H. Lee, T. Wu, G. N. Sue, J. Liao, Z. Erickson, Z. Manchester, C. Majidi

npj Robotics 4, 44 (2026)

Paper
Mech. Mach. Theory2026

Kinetostatic Modeling of Compliant Mechanisms via Reduced Mode Cosserat Rod Model

K. Wu, X. Li, W. Wu, J. Hu, P. Chen, R. Cheng, Q. Sun, et al., G. Zheng

Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2026Accepted

Preprint
IROS2025 · Oral

A Novel Aerial-Aquatic Locomotion Robot with Variable Stiffness Propulsion Module

J. Hu, P. Chen, T. Feng, Y. Wen, K. Wu, J. Dong

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025Oral

Paper
Biomimetics2024

Design and Reality-Based Modeling Optimization of a Flexible Passive Joint Paddle for Swimming Robotics

J. Hu, Y. Xu, P. Chen, F. Xie, H. Li, K. He

Biomimetics, 2024

Paper
ROBIO2022

Design and Experiment of a Sloth-Inspired UAV Perching Climbing Grasping Mechanism

J. Hu, P. Chen, H. Wang, X. Deng, L. Bai

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2022

ROBIO2022

A Novel Multiple Synchronous Compliant and Passive Propellers Inspired by Loons for Swimming Robot

Y. Xu, J. Hu, J. Song, H. Li, Q. Zuo, K. He

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2022

Under review

Vortex-Induced Propulsion in Upstream Robotic Swimming

J. H. Lee*, J. Hu*, S. Kazi, M. Luhar, C. Majidi, Z. Manchester

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Adv. Mater.under review

Printable Thermoelectric Ink for Self-Healing, Thermally Responsive Soft Devices

H. Kim, J. Hu, D. Patel, G. Sue, Y. Hu, J. Seok, Z. Bai, M. Zadan, M. Vinciguerra, G. Lee, V. Webster-Wood, T. Cohen-Karni, D. Shah*, C. Majidi*

Advanced Materials

Paper
IROS 2026under review

Tendon-Driven Continuum Robot with Modular Stiffness and In-Situ Self Pose Estimation

G. Sue*, J. Hu*, Z. Cao, X. Bu, C. Majidi

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2026

Adv. Intell. Syst.under review

Learning-based Control of Multi-axis Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Soft Robotic Platform

G. Sue, R. Desatnik, J. Hu, P. LeDuc, C. Majidi

Advanced Intelligent Systems

RepMatch framework for semi-supervised medical image segmentation

RepMatch: Agreement-Guided Representation Learning for Semi-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation

Y. Wen, J. Hu, E. Roussinova, M. Bouri

IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2026

Paper

Workshop papers

ICRA · CoRL2025 workshops

A Unified Framework for Posing Strongly-Coupled Multiphysics for Robotics Simulation

J. H. Lee, J. Hu, S. Kwok, G. Sue, C. Majidi, Z. Manchester

ICRA 2025 Workshop & CoRL 2025 Workshop

CoRL2025 workshop

SwimGym: A Robotics Platform for Bio-Inspired Swimming Research

J. Hu, J. H. Lee, S. Kwok, G. Sue, C. Majidi, Z. Manchester

CoRL 2025 Workshop

In preparation

HydroSelf: Generalist Undulatory Swimming through Resilient Self-Organization

J. Hu, J. H. Lee, C. Majidi, Z. Manchester

In preparation

Manuscriptin preparation

A Vision-based Whisker-Inspired Multidirectional Sensor for Fluid Flow Sensing

J. Hu, C. Majidi

In preparation