Journals:
[1] Jianshu Zhou, Wei Chen, Junda Huang, Boyuan Liang, Yunhui Liu, and Masayoshi Tomizuka. Programmable Locking Cells (PLC) for Modular Robots with High Stiffness Tunability and Morphological Adaptability. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 41, pp. 6460–6477, 2025.
[2] Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, Pieter Abbeel, Qi Dou, and Yunhui Liu. A Dexterous and Compliant (DexCo) Hand Based on Soft Hydraulic Actuation for Human Inspired Fine In-hand Manipulation. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 41, pp. 666-686, 2024.
[3] Jianshu Zhou, Boyuan Liang, Junda Huang, I. Zhang, Pieter Abbeel, and Masayoshi Tomizuka. Global-local interface for on-demand teleoperation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.09960, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech). Second Round Review.
[4] Jianshu Zhou, Jing Shu, Tianle Pan, Puchen Zhu, Jiajun An, Huayu Zhang, Upinder Kaur, Xin Ma, and Masayoshi Tomizuka, Everything-Grasping (EG) Gripper: A Universal Gripper with Synergistic Suction-Grasping Capabilities for Cross-Scale and Cross-State Manipulation, Soft Robotics (SORO). 2025.
[5] Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, Boyuan Liang, Xiang Zhang, Xin Ma, and Masayoshi Tomizuka. Prismatic-Bending Transformable (PBT) Joint for a Modular, Foldable Manipulator with Enhanced Reachability and Dexterity. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech), 2025.
[6] Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, Xin Ma, Kazuhiro Kosuge, and Yunhui Liu. Design, modeling, and control of soft syringes enabling two pumping modes for pneumatic robot applications. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech), 2024.
[7] Jianshu Zhou, Wei Chen, Hanwen Cao, Qiguang He, and Yunhui Liu. Antagonistic pump with multiple pumping modes for on-demand soft robot actuation and control. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics(T-Mech), 2023.
[8] Jianshu Zhou*†, Hanwen Cao, Wei Chen, Shin Shing Cheng, and Yunhui Liu. Bioinspired soft wrist based on multicable jamming with hybrid motion and stiffness control for dexterous manipulation. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech), 2022.
[9] Jianshu Zhou, Yonghua Chen, Yong Hu, Zheng Wang, Yunquan Li, Guoying Gu, and Yunhui Liu. Adaptive variable stiffness particle phalange for robust and durable robotic grasping. Soft Robotics (SORO), 2020.
[10] Jianshu Zhou, Shu Chen, and Zheng Wang. A soft-robotic gripper with enhanced object adaptation and grasping reliability. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2017.
[11] Jianshu Zhou, Juan Yi, Xiaojiao Chen, and Zheng Wang. BCL-13: A 13-DOF soft robotic hand for dexterous grasping and in-hand manipulation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2018.
[12] Jianshu Zhou, Yonghua Chen, Xiajiao Chen, Zheng Wang, Yunquan Li, and Yunhui Liu. A proprioceptive bellows (PB) actuator with position feedback and force estimation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2020.
[13] Jianshu Zhou*†, Xiaojiao Chen, Ukyoung Chang, Jui-Ting Lu, Clarisse Ching Yau Leung, Yonghua Chen, Zheng Wang. A soft-robotic approach to anthropomorphic robotic hand dexterity. IEEE Access, 7, pp. 2019.
[14] Tianle Pan, Jianshu Zhou†, Zihao Zhang, Huayu Zhang, Jinfei Hu, Jiajun An, Yunhui Liu, Xin Ma. Transformable Soft Gripper (TSG): Uniting grasping and suction for amphibious cross-scale objects grasping. Soft Robotics (SORO). 2024.
[15] Wei Chen, Jianshu Zhou†, Shin Shing Cheng, Yiang Lu, Fangxun Zhong, Yuan Gao, Yaqing Wang, Lingbin Xue, Michael C. F. Tong and Yun-Hui Liu. Tele-operated oropharyngeal swab (TOOS) robot enabled by TSS soft hand for safe and effective sampling. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB), 2021.
[16] Junda Huang, Kai Chen, Jianshu Zhou*, Xinyu Lin, Pieter Abbeel, Qi Dou, and Yuhui Liu. DIH-Tele: Dexterous In-Hand Teleoperation Framework for Learning Multi-Objects Manipulation With Tactile Sensing. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech), 2025.
[17] Dickson C.F. Li, Zerui Wang, Jianshu Zhou*, and Yunhui Liu. Honeycomb Jamming: An enabling technology of variable stiffness reconfiguration. Soft Robotics (SORO). 2021.
[18] Yiang Lu, Wei Chen, Bo Lu, Jianshu Zhou*, Zhi Chen, Qi Doum and Yunhui Liu. Adaptive online learning and robust 3-D shape servoing of continuum and soft robots in unstructured environments. Soft Robotics (SORO), 2023.
[19] Wei Chen, Zhi Chen, Yiang Lu, Hanwen Cao, Jianshu Zhou*, Michael C. F. Tong, and Yunhui Liu. Easy-to-deploy combined nasal/throat swab robot with sampling dexterity and resistance to external interference. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2022.
[20] Yang Yang, Shaoyang Yan, Yuan Xie, Yuchao Wang, Jia Liu, Yunquan Li, Jianshu Zhou*. Self-sensing origami-inspired soft twisting actuators and its application in soft robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2023.
[21] Yiang Lu, Wei Chen, Bin Li, Bo Lu, Jianshu Zhou*, Zhi Chen, YunHui Liu. A robust graph-based framework for 3-D shape reconstruction of flexible medical instruments using multi-core FBGs. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB), 2023.
[22] 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. Advanced Intelligent Systems (AIS), 2022.
[23] Hanwen Cao, Jianshu Zhou*, Kai Chen, Qiguang He, Qi Dou, and Yuihui Liu. Design and optimization of an origami gripper for versatile grasping and manipulation. Advanced Intelligent Systems (AIS), 2024.
[24] Xin Ma, Puchen Zhu, Xiao Li, Xiaoyin Zheng, Jianshu Zhou*, Xuchen Wang, Kwok Wai Samuel Au. A minimal set of parameters based depth-dependent distortion model and its calibration method for stereo vision systems. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (T-IM), 2024.
[25] Yunquan Li, Yonghua Chen, Tao Ren, Yong Hu, Hao Liu, Senyuan Lin, Yang Yang, Yingtian Li, Jianshu Zhou. A dual-mode actuator for soft robotic hand. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2021.
[26] Yunquan Li, Frank Fish, Yonghua Chen, Tao Ren, and Jianshu Zhou. Bio-inspired robotic dog paddling: Kinematic and hydrodynamic analysis. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2019.
[27] Yunquan Li, Tao Ren, Yonghua Chen, Jianshu Zhou, Yong Hu, Zheng Wang, Wei Sun, Caihua Xiong. Untethered multimode fluidic actuation: A new approach to soft and compliant robotics. Soft Robotics (SORO), 2021.
[28] Juan Yi, Xiaojiao Chen, Chaoyong Song, Jianshu Zhou, Yujia Liu, Sicong Liu, and Zheng Wang. Customizable three-dimensional-printed origami soft robotic joint with effective behavior shaping for safe interactions. IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2018.
[29] Xiaojiao Chen, Juan Yi, Jing Li, Jianshu Zhou, and Zheng Wang. Soft-actuator-based robotic joint for safe and forceful interaction with controllable impact response. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (R-AL), 2018.
[30] Xiaojiao Chen, Yaoxin Guo, Dehao Duanmu, Jianshu Zhou, Wei Zhang, and Zheng Wang. Design and modeling of an extensible soft robotic arm. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (R-AL), 2019.
[31] Shengnan Wang, Yuanyi Yang, Yunfei Li, Jiacheng Shi, Jianshu Zhou, Li Zhang, Yi Deng, Weizhong Yang. Strontium/adiponectin co-decoration modulates the osteogenic activity of nano-morphologic polyetheretherketone implant. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019.
[32] Tianle Pan, Jing Shu, Huayu Zhang, Shuhao Xia, Jinfei Hu, Jianshu Zhou, Yunhui Liu, Xin Ma. Single-pump-actuated transformable dual-mode gripper based on bistable and origami structures for cross-scale object grasping. Advanced Intelligent Systems (AIS), 2400651, 2025.
[33] Xuchen Wang, Yiying Liang, Shengzhi Wang, Jing Shu, Wenkai Lai, Zhanpeng Huang, Puchen Zhu, Jiajun An, Jianshu Zhou, and Xin Ma, A Dexterity and Exploration Enhanced Quadruped Robot With a Multi-Functional Retractable Variable Stiffness Manipulator, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, (T-Mech), 2025.
Conferences:
[34] Jianshu Zhou, Boyuan Liangn, Junda Huang, and Masayoshi Tomizuka. Unified Manipulability and Compliance Analysis of Modular Soft-Rigid Hybrid Fingers. IFAC, MECC 2025.
[35] Jianshu Zhou*†, XiaoJiao Chen, Ukyoung Chang, Yunhui Liu, Yonghua Chen, Zheng Wang. A grasping component mapping approach for soft robotic end-effector control. In Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2019. (Best Conference Paper Finalist)
[36] Jianshu Zhou*†, Wei Chen, Shengsheng Cheng, Lingbin Xue, Michael C. F. Tong, and Yunhui Liu. Bio-inspired soft (BIS) hand for tele-operated COVID-19 oropharyngeal (OP) swab sampling. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2021. (Best Paper Finalist)
[37] Jianshu Zhou, Yunquan Li, Yang Yang, Hanwen Cao, Junda Huang, and Yunhui Liu. A 22-DOF bio-inspired soft hand achieving six kinds of in-hand manipulation. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), July 2021. (Best Paper Finalist)
[38] Jianshu Zhou, Xiaojiao Chen, Jing Li, Yinan Tian, Zheng Wang. A soft robotic approach to robust and dexterous grasping. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2018.
[39] Jianshu Zhou, XiaoJiao Chen, Ukyoung Chang, Jia Pan, Wenping Wang, Zheng Wang. Intuitive control of humanoid soft-robotic hand BCL-13. In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2018.
[40] Jianshu Zhou, Jua Yi, and Zheng Wang. A rotational tri-fingered gripper for stable adaptable grasping. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2018.
[41] Jianshu Zhou, Yonghua Chen, Dickson Chun Fung Li, Yuan Gao, Yunquan Li, Shing Shin Cheng, Fei Chen, Yunhui Liu. 50 benchmarks for anthropomorphic hand function-based dexterity classification and kinematics-based hand design. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2020.
[42] Hanwen Cao, Wei Chen, Yiang Lu, Junda Huang, Jianshu Zhou*, and Yunhui Liu. An end-to-end proprioception framework for soft continuum robot. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2022. (Best Paper Finalist)
[43] Hanwen Cao, Junda Huang, Yiming Li, Jianshu Zhou*, and Yunhui Liu. Fuzzy-depth objects grasping based on FSG algorithm and a soft robotic hand. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS),2021.
[44] Wei Chen, Yiang Lu, Bin Li, Jianshu Zhou*, Hanwen Cao, Fai Chen, and Yunhui Liu. Intuitive teleoperation control for flexible robotic endoscopes under unknown environmental interferences. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE 18th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), 2024. (Best Paper Finalist)
[45] Xuchen Wang, Shengzhi Wang, Yiying Liang, Jiajun An, Puchen Zhu, Weibing Li, Jianshu Zhou, and Xin Ma. Visual exploration-enhanced quadruped robot with active-passive composite telescope mechanism. In Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Automatic Control (IRAC), 2024. (Best Conference Paper)
[46] Yang Yi, Weibin Li, Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, Jinfei Hu, R. M. Voyles, and Xin Ma. PTC-FOZNN: A strictly predefined-time convergent fractional-order recurrent neural network for solving time-variant quadratic programming. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE 18th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), pp. 340–346.
[47] Hanwen Cao, Jianshu Zhou*, Junda Huang, Yichuan Li, Ngai Ching Meng, Rui Cao, and Yunhui Liu. Two-stage grasping: A new bin picking framework for small objects. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023.
[48] Junda Huang, Huanrui Wu, Hanwen Cao, Jianshu Zhou*, and Yunhui Liu. Controllability analysis and stabilization of untethered tumbler floating ROV. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2023.
[49] Yiang Lu, Ruofeng Wei, Bin Li, Wei Chen, Jianshu Zhou*, Qi Dou, Dong Sun, and Yunhui Liu. Autonomous intelligent navigation for flexible endoscopy using monocular depth guidance and 3D shape planning. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023.
[50] Yang Yang, Haozhi Zhu, Jingwei Liu, Yiming Li, Jianshu Zhou*, Tao Ren, and Yifan Ren. An untethered soft robotic gripper with adjustable grasping modes and force feedback. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2022.
[51] Yiang Lu, Wei Chen, Zhi Chen, Jianshu Zhou*, and Yunhui Liu. FBG-based variable-length estimation for shape sensing of extensible soft robotic manipulators. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022
[52] Yunquan Li, Ren Tao, Yingtian Li, Yang Yang, Jianshu Zhou, Yonghua Chen. A highly adaptive robotic gripper palm with tactile sensing. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2022.
[53] Wei Chen, Jingyu Wu, Jianshu Zhou*, Hesheng Wang, Yudong Wang, Michael C. F. Tong, and Yunhui Liu. Configurability selection of robotic arm with constrained task and environment in laparoscopic hysterectomy for uterus manipulation. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2022.
[54] Zhi Chen, S. Siu, S. Tin, Yunhui Liu, Hanwen Cao, Yuan Gao, Jianshu Zhou*, and Yunhui Liu. A dexterous origami-inspired soft (DOIS) robot for objects reorientation and overturn. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2021.
[55] Xiaojiao Chen, Jing Peng, Jianshu Zhou, Yonghua Chen, Michael Yu Wang, Zheng Wang. A robotic manipulator design with novel soft actuators. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017.
[56] Honghao Guo, Junda Huang, Ian Zhang, Boyuan Liang, Xin Ma, Yunhui Liu, and Jianshu Zhou*. Fish mouth inspired origami gripper for robust multi-type underwater grasping. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.11049, 2025.
[57] Yanwen Zou, Junda Huang, Boyuan Liang, Honghao Guo, Zhengyang Liu, Xin Ma, Jianshu Zhou*, and Masayoshi Tomizuka. Few-shot Sim2Real based on high-fidelity rendering with force feedback teleoperation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.07381, 2025.
[58] Honghao Guo, Junda Huang, Jianshu Zhou, Fei Chen, and Yunhui Liu. A low-cost bio-inspired soft wrist enhancing robotic manipulation dexterity. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2024.
[59] Weiliang Tang, Jia-Hui Pan, Wei Zhan, Jianshu Zhou, Huaxiu Yao, Yun-Hui Liu, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Mingyu Ding, and Chi-Wing Fu. Embodiment-agnostic action planning via object-part scene flow. arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.10032, 2024. (ICRA 2025 accepted)
[60] Kai Chen, Yiyao Ma, Xingyu Lin, Stephen James, Jianshu Zhou, Yun-Hui Liu, Pieter Abbeel, and Qi Dou. Vision foundation model enables generalizable object pose estimation. In Proceedings of the Thirty-eighth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2024.
US Patents:
[61] Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, and Yunhui Liu. Robots for water tunnel inspection and systems thereof. U.S. Patent Application No. US20240066721A1. 2025.
[62] Yunhui Liu, Tianle Pan, Jiajun An, Xin Ma, and Jianshu Zhou. Soft grippers, methods of making the same, systems and methods of controlling the same. US Patent Application No. US20240066721A1. 2025.
[63] Zheng Wang and Jianshu Zhou.Soft robotic gripper with hybrid structure and grasping reliability. U.S. Patent No. 11,358,288 B2, 2022.
[64] Yunhui Liu, Jianshu Zhou, Hanwen Cao, Lee Andy, Au Gary. Versatile robotic hand with multi-modal grasping modes for e-commerce. US Patent Application No. US20240187208A1, 2023.
[65] Yunhui Liu, Jianshu Zhou, Hanwen Cao, AU Gary. Robotic end effectors and soft grippers thereof. U.S. Patent Application No. 2024/0066721 A1. 2024.