Ningbin Zhang

2.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ningbin Zhang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ningbin Zhang has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ningbin Zhang's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (17 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (15 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (8 papers). Ningbin Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (17 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (15 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (8 papers). Ningbin Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Ningbin Zhang's co-authors include Guoying Gu, Xiangyang Zhu, Ningyuan Ding, Zequn Shen, Haipeng Xu, Jinhao Li, Dong Wang, Yuan‐Fang Zhang, Hardik Hingorani and Yu Rong and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ningbin Zhang

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High‐Stretchability, Ultralow‐Hysteresis ConductingPolymer Hydrogel Strain Sensors for Soft Machines

2022 427 citations Zequn Shen, Zhilin Zhang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing

2019 425 citations Yuan‐Fang Zhang, Ningbin Zhang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
A soft neuroprosthetic hand providing simultaneous myoelectric control and tactile feedback

2021 312 citations Guoying Gu, Ningbin Zhang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ningbin Zhang China	16	1.4k	532	442	367	246	30	1.8k
Yingtian Li China	18	1.4k 1.0×	650 1.2×	214 0.5×	491 1.3×	162 0.7×	41	1.7k
Hritwick Banerjee Singapore	18	1.2k 0.9×	469 0.9×	313 0.7×	106 0.3×	227 0.9×	38	1.5k
Seppe Terryn Belgium	18	1.1k 0.8×	524 1.0×	670 1.5×	146 0.4×	78 0.3×	54	1.6k
Bryan Peele United States	9	1.6k 1.2×	481 0.9×	516 1.2×	99 0.3×	418 1.7×	11	1.9k
Michelle C. Yuen United States	21	1.2k 0.8×	527 1.0×	155 0.4×	155 0.4×	211 0.9×	43	1.4k
Eric Acome United States	11	1.6k 1.1×	753 1.4×	453 1.0×	90 0.2×	198 0.8×	18	1.9k
Song Qi China	20	1.1k 0.8×	439 0.8×	607 1.4×	62 0.2×	333 1.4×	53	1.9k
Benjamin Shih United States	13	1.4k 1.0×	476 0.9×	156 0.4×	293 0.8×	380 1.5×	18	1.7k
Aniket Pal United States	15	1.1k 0.8×	803 1.5×	161 0.4×	112 0.3×	76 0.3×	18	1.6k
Xu Cheng China	26	1.2k 0.9×	906 1.7×	247 0.6×	88 0.2×	295 1.2×	61	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ningbin Zhang

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Ren, Jieji, et al.. (2026). Look-to-Touch: A Vision-Enhanced Proximity and Tactile Sensor for Distance and Geometry Perception in Robotic Manipulation. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1–11.

Zhang, Ningbin, et al.. (2025). Soft robotic hand with tactile palm-finger coordination. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2395–2395. 10 indexed citations

Ren, Jieji, et al.. (2025). GelLight: Illumination Design, Modeling, and Optimization for Camera‐Based Tactile Sensor. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 7(5).

Zhang, Ningbin, et al.. (2025). Wearable, Wireless, Stretchable, High‐Density Surface Electromyography Interface. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(15). 2 indexed citations

Shen, Zequn, Jieji Ren, Ningbin Zhang, Jinhao Li, & Guoying Gu. (2024). Hierarchically‐Interlocked, Three‐Axis soft Iontronic Sensor for Omnidirectional Shear and Normal Forces. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(5). 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Ningbin, et al.. (2024). Multidirectional Bending Soft Pneumatic Actuator With Fishbone-Like Strain-Limiting Layer for Dexterous Manipulation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(4). 3815–3822. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Haipeng, et al.. (2023). A Learning‐Based Sensor Array for Untethered Soft Prosthetic Hand Aiming at Restoring Tactile Sensation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(10). 12 indexed citations

Gu, Guoying, Ningbin Zhang, Chen Chen, Haipeng Xu, & Xiangyang Zhu. (2023). Soft Robotics Enables Neuroprosthetic Hand Design. ACS Nano. 17(11). 9661–9672. 35 indexed citations

Chai, Guohong, et al.. (2022). Restoring finger-specific tactile sensations with a sensory soft neuroprosthetic hand through electrotactile stimulation. 2(4). 19–19. 10 indexed citations

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Shen, Zequn, Zhilin Zhang, Ningbin Zhang, et al.. (2022). High‐Stretchability, Ultralow‐Hysteresis ConductingPolymer Hydrogel Strain Sensors for Soft Machines. Advanced Materials. 34(32). e2203650–e2203650. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Guoying, Ningbin Zhang, Haipeng Xu, et al.. (2021). A soft neuroprosthetic hand providing simultaneous myoelectric control and tactile feedback. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 7(4). 589–598. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chai, Xinxue, Ningbin Zhang, Leiying He, Qinchuan Li, & Wei Ye. (2020). Kinematic Sensitivity Analysis and Dimensional Synthesis of a Redundantly Actuated Parallel Robot for Friction Stir Welding. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 33(1). 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ningbin, Lisen Ge, Haipeng Xu, Xiangyang Zhu, & Guoying Gu. (2020). 3D printed, modularized rigid-flexible integrated soft finger actuators for anthropomorphic hands. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 312. 112090–112090. 47 indexed citations

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Liu, Kai, Lin Cheng, Ningbin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Biomimetic Impact Protective Supramolecular Polymeric Materials Enabled by Quadruple H-Bonding. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(2). 1162–1170. 148 indexed citations

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Sheng, Xinjun, Haipeng Xu, Ningbin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Multi-material 3D printing of caterpillar-inspired soft crawling robots with the pneumatically bellow-type body and anisotropic friction feet. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 316. 112398–112398. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuan‐Fang, Ningbin Zhang, Hardik Hingorani, et al.. (2019). Soft Robots: Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2019). Advanced Functional Materials. 29(15). 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ningbin, et al.. (2019). Dimension Optimization of Pneumatically Actuated Soft Continuum Manipulators. 13–18. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuan‐Fang, Ningbin Zhang, Hardik Hingorani, et al.. (2019). Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(15). 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ge, Lisen, et al.. (2018). Fabrication of Soft Pneumatic Network Actuators with Oblique Chambers. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong Lin, Ningbin Zhang, Xinxue Chai, & Qinchuan Li. (2016). Kinematic/dynamic analysis and optimization of a 2-URR-RRU parallel manipulator. Nonlinear Dynamics. 88(1). 503–519. 24 indexed citations

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