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Please click to → www.benhuidai.com
I’m currently a PhD student at EPFL, Switzerland, working with Prof. Josie Hughes at CREATE Lab.
I was a visiting researcher (2026) at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), working with Prof. Jonathan Rossiter. I received my master's degree in biosystems engineering from Zhejiang University (ZJU), China, and my bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
I grew up in multi- & inter-disciplines, including mechanics, bioengineering, materials, optics, arts, etc.
My research interests lie in:
Soft robotics & materials
E-skins (tactile sensors & biosensors)
Bio-inspired robot & humanoid robot
Food robot, masticatory robot & agricultural robot
Human-robot-environment interactions
April 2026: I am honoured to be selected as the Student Representative of IEEE-RAS Soft Robotics TC!
Mar, 2026: I am honoured to have successfully co-organized the Embodied Intelligence Conference (EI 2026)!
Oct, 2025: I was awarded the Best Poster Award in the "Touching Tomorrow: How Soft Robotics, Flexible Electronics, and the Metaverse are Shaping Future Haptics" workshop at IROS 2025!
Aug, 2025: Our paper on oe-skin was was recently published in npj Flexible Electronics!
July, 2025: Our paper on Elephant Robot was recently published in Science Advances as a cover paper!
May, 2025: We will organize a soft robotics workshop at IROS 2025, see you in Hangzhou!
May, 2025: Our paper on BabyBot was recently published in Nature Portfolio npj Robotics as a heading paper!
April, 2025: I was awarded the Best Poster Award in the "Soft Robotics Mimicking Human Body for Medical Applications" workshop at IEEE RoboSoft 2025!
npj Robotics (2025) | Nature Portfolio
Benhui Dai, Marine Devezeaux de Lavergne, Cyril Moccand, Fabiola Dionisi, Josie Hughes
Science Advances (2025)
Qinghua Guan*, Benhui Dai*, Hung Hon Cheng, Josie Hughes
(* equal contribution)
npj Flexible Electronics (2025) | Nature Portfolio
Benhui Dai*, Yingjie Zheng*, Yihang Qian, Xiaoyong Hu, Zhizhong Sun, Zenghong Ma, Guanjun Bao, Huaping Wu, Xuan Luo, Josie Hughes, Xiangjiang Liu, Yibin Ying, Lijuan Xie
(* equal contribution)
Advanced Science (2022)
Yingli Wang*, Benhui Dai*, Chan Ma, Qi Zhang, Kang Huang, Xuan Luo, Xiangjiang Liu, Yibin Ying, Lijuan Xie
(* equal contribution)
Trends in Analytical Chemistry (2022)
Benhui Dai*, Ruiyun Zhou*, Jianfeng Ping, Yibin Ying, Lijuan Xie
(* equal contribution)