Zemin Liu is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in the Physical Intelligence Department under the supervision of Prof. Metin Sitti. His doctoral research focuses on the development of microfabrication protocols and the use of soft hydrogel materials for programmable micrometer-scale robotic systems and devices. With expertise spanning microfabrication, soft electronic systems, hydrogel-based actuation, and soft robotics, Zemin has explored new ways of integrating materials and fabrication strategies to achieve complex robotic functionalities at small scales. His work has demonstrated how hydrogels and flexible substrates can enable rapid, controllable, and durable actuation, while also allowing for scalable production of microstructured devices. Through these efforts, Zemin contributes to advancing the fields of micro- and soft robotics, with a particular emphasis on bridging material science and device engineering to create novel robotic platforms.
Key words
Microfabrication, functional hydrogels, microactuators