Publications

 H. Cheng, Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, W. Afridi, B. Kim, S. Wagner, N. Verma, J. C. Sturm, M. Chen, “eViper: A Scalable Platform for Untethered Modular Soft Robots”, 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, Y. Chen, H. Cheng, S. Wagner, M. Chen, N. Verma and J. C. Sturm, “Piezoelectric Soft Robot Inchworm Motion by Controlling Ground Friction through Robot Shape,” Under review. 

Z. Zheng, H. Cheng, P. Kumar, S. Wagner, M. Chen, N. Verma and J. C. Sturm, “Wirelessly-Controlled Untethered Piezoelectric Planar Soft Robot Capable of Bidirectional Crawling and Rotation,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 

Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, Y. Chen, H. Cheng, S. Wagner, M. Chen, N. Verma and J. C. Sturm, “Scalable Simulation and Demonstration of Jumping Piezoelectric 2-D Soft Robots,” 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 

Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, Y. Chen, H. Cheng, S. Wagner, M. Chen, N. Verma and J. C. Sturm, “Model-Based Control of Planar Piezoelectric Inchworm Soft Robot for Crawling in Constrained Environments,” 2022 5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). 

H. Cheng, Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, Y. Chen and M. Chen, “Hybrid-SoRo: Hybrid Switched Capacitor Power Management Architecture for Multi-Channel Piezoelectric Soft Robot,” (Outstanding Presentation Award) 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). 

Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, S. Wagner, N. Verma and J. C. Sturm, “Analytical Model of Locomotion of a Thin-Film Piezoelectric 2D Soft Robot Including Gravity Effects,” (Best Presentation Award) 2021 International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (ICSSAM). 

J. C. Sturm, Y. Mehlman, L. E. Aygun, C. Wu, Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, S. Wagner and N. Verma, “Machine Learning and High-Speed Circuitry in Thin Film Transistors for Sensor Interfacing in Hybrid Large-Area Electronic Systems (Keynote Speak),” Meeting Abstracts. No. 25. The Electrochemical Society (2019). 

L. E. Aygun, P. Kumar, Z. Zheng (Co-First Author), T. S. Chen, S. Wanger, J. C. Sturm and N. Verma, "Hybrid LAE-CMOS Force-Sensing System Employing TFT-based Compressed Sensing for Scalability of Tactile Sensing Skins," (Invited paper) IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (2019). 

Z. Zheng, L. E. Aygun, Y. Mehlman, S. Wagner, N. Verma and J. C. Sturm, "Analyzing and Increasing Yield of ZnO Thin-Film Transistors for Large-Area Sensing Systems by Preventing Process-Induced Gate Dielectric Breakdown," 77th Device Research Conference (DRC). IEEE. (2019). 

L. E. Aygun, P. Kumar, Z. Zheng (Co-First Author), T. S. Chen, S. Wanger, J. C. Sturm and N. Verma, "Hybrid System for Efficient LAE-CMOS Interfacing in Large-Scale Tactile-Sensing Skins via TFT-Based Compressed Sensing," 2019 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) (pp. 280-282). 

Z. Zheng, K. Chen, J. Guo, W. Gao, G. Gong, “Study on the Pressure-caused Color Variations of Liquid Crystal,” Physics Experimentation. 35, 7 (2015).