Hongbo WANG

Research Professor, PhD Supervisor
Email: wangh@ustc.edu.cn
Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation (PMPI)
School of Engineering Science, USTC

Research Interests

  • Novel Transducer Mechanisms
  • Soft Force & Tactile Sensors
  • Intelligent Machines & Soft Robotics
  • Wearables
  • Flexible and Strechable electronics


    • Hongbo Wang

    Honors & Awards

    2023     Talent Introduction program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
    2022     Talent Introduction program of Anhui Provience
    2018     European Union Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship (Top 4 among 850 applicants in Engineering)
    2015     The president's "Special Prize" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    2015     "Gold Medal" at the 43rd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland
    2015     “Outstanding Graduates” of USTC
    2014     "Third Prize" of the 2014 China (International) Transducer & Sensor Innovation Contest
    2014     “National Scholarship” of graduate students

    Funding & Projects

  • CAS, Talent Introduction Program, 2023 - 2026, PI
  • NSFC, General Program Grant, 2023 - 2026, PI
  • USTC High-level Talents Starting Grant, 2021 - 2024, PI
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of China, other Program Grant, 2022-2024, Participate
  • EU Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship project “3D-SITS”, 2018 - 2020, PI
  • EU FET-OPEN project “PROBOSCIS”，2019 - 2023, Participate
  • UK Royal Society Internatioanl Exchange project “Flex-Handling”, 2019 - 2021, Participate
  • UK The Leverhulme Trust “Sense & Sensibility”, 2015 - 2017, Participate

    • Teaching

  • Mechatronic system Design, Undergraduates, 2023 Fall
  • Frontier in Mechanical Engineering, Graduates,2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring
  • Sensors and Measurement Technologies, Undergraduates, 2021 Fall
  • Science & Society, Undergraduates, 2021, 2022

    • Education

    9/2010 - 6/2015PhDDepartment of PMPI, USTC
    9/2006 - 7/2010B.E.Department of PMPI, USTC

    Work Experience

    4/2021 - Research ProfessorDepartment of PMPI, USTC
    9/2017 - 3/2021Marie-Curie ResearcherIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
    6/2015 – 6/2017Postdoctoral Research FellowUniversity of Leeds School of Mechancial Engineering

    Selected Publications

    • Houping Wu, Chenchen Li, Yufeng Wang, Zhenyan Wang, Yulian Peng, Zhipeng Wei, & Hongbo Wang*
      Self-Sensing Artificial Muscle Empowered Human-Like Perception, Interaction, and Positioning [DOI]
      Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6, 2400412 (2024).

    • Yufeng Wang, Houping Wu, Tonglin Li, Jinxing Wang, Zhipeng Wei, & Hongbo Wang*
      Toward Human-Like Touch Sense via a Bioinspired Soft Finger with Self-Decoupled Bending and Force Sensing [DOI]
      Cell Reports Physical Science, 5, 102225 (2024).

    • Yulian Peng, Houping Wu, Zhengyan Wang, Yufeng Wang, & Hongbo Wang*
      A Soft Inductive Bimodal Sensor for Proprioception and Tactile Sensing of Soft Machines [DOI]
      Soft Robotics, Published online (2024).

    • Xinxin Chang, Zhengyan Wang, Yulian Peng, Houping Wu, Liansheng Zhang, & Hongbo Wang*
      Sub-Micrometer Resolution Self-Displacement Sensing for Electromagnetic Actuators [DOI]
      IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 71(11), 15169-15178 (2024).

    • Shisheng Zhang†, Yingao Xu†, Xinxin Chang, Jinxing Wang, Tonglin Li, Houpin Wu, & Hongbo Wang*
      A fully integrated, Reconfigurable Multi-Axis Force Sensor via inductive displacement sensing [DOI]
      IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(7), 9593-9603 (2024).

    • Chao Tang, Xinxin Chang, Jinxing Wang, Yulian Peng, Houping Wu, & Hongbo Wang*
      A Nonarray Soft Capacitive Tactile Sensor with Simultaneous Contact Force and Location Measurement for Intelligent Robotic Grippers [DOI]
      IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,73, 9503509 (2023).

    • Selvaraj Veerapandian#, Junchen Luo#, Mingyu Kwak, Zhengyan Wang, Yebin Park, Ighyun Lim, Hongbo Wang* & Unyong Jeong*
      Two-Terminal Deformable Induction Array Sensor Capable of Recognizing Non-Contact Dynamic Motions of Various Objects [DOI]
      Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2305776 (2023).

    • Zhengyan Wang, Houping Wu, Zhihua Feng & Hongbo Wang*
      A Stick on, Film-like, Split Angle Sensor via Magnetic Induction for Versatile Applications [DOI]
      IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 71, 9510309 (2022).

    • Junda Huang, Jianshu Zhou*, Zhengyan Wang, Jones Law, Hanwen Cao, Yichuan Li, Hongbo Wang* & Yunhui Liu
      Modular Origami Soft Robot with the Perception of Interaction Force and Body Configuration [DOI]
      Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(7), 2200081 (2022).

    • Hongbo Wang*, Massimo Totaro, Selvaraj Veerapandian, Muhammad Ilyas, Minsik Kong, Unyong Jeong & Lucia Beccai*
      Folding and Bending Planar Coils for Highly Precise Soft Angle Sensing [DOI]
      Advanced Materials Technologies, 5(11), 2000659 (2020).

    • Hongbo Wang*, Massimo Totaro & Lucia Beccai*
      Toward Perceptive Soft Robots: Progress and Challenges [DOI]
      Advanced Science, 5(9), 201800541 (2018).

    • Selvaraj Veerapandian#, Woosun Jang#, Jae Bok Seol, Hongbo Wang, Minsik Kong, Kaliannan Thiyagarajan, Junghyeok Kwak, Gyeongbae Park, Gilwoon Lee, Wonjeong Suh, Insang You, Mehmet Emin Kılıç, Anupam Giri, Lucia Beccai, Aloysius Soon* & Unyong Jeong*
      Hydrogen-doped viscoplastic liquid metal microparticles for stretchable printed metal lines [DOI]
      Nature Materials, 20, 533–540 (2021).