个人简介

基本信息

办公地点：北京航空航天大学沙河校区科研三号楼308

电子邮件：renzy@buaa.edu.cn

教育背景

苏黎世联邦理工学院（ETH Zurich） 信息技术及电气工程学院

马克斯普朗克智能系统所（MPIIS） 物理智能系 博士 2017-2022

北京航空航天大学 机械工程及自动化学院 硕士 2014-2017

北京航空航天大学 机械工程及自动化学院 学士 2010-2014

工作经历

北京航空航天大学 机械工程及其自动化学院 教授 2024至今

马克斯普朗克智能系统所 物理智能系 博士后 2022-2023

研究方向

1、仿生机器人

2、微型机器人

3、软体机器人

4、医疗机器人

讲授课程

1、离散数学 （研究生课程）

2、离散数学（进阶） （研究生课程）

3、AI赋能机器人技术 （研究生课程）

4、Mechatronics Engineering （研究生课程，英文）

代表性科研项目

1、国家自然科学基金委，青年项目，2024-2027，主持

2、北航敢为行动计划，2024-2025，主持

代表性学术论文（*为共同一作，†为通讯作者）

1.Ren, Z., Ucak, K., Yan, Y., & Sitti, M. (2024). Undulatory Propulsion at Milliscale on Water Surface. Advanced Science, 11(19), 2309807.

2.Ren, Z., & Sitti, M. (2024). Design and build of small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots with multimodal locomotion. Nature protocols, 19(2), 441-486.

3.Ren, Z., Zhang, M., Song, S., Liu, Z., Hong, C., Wang, T., ... & Sitti, M. (2022). Soft-robotic ciliated epidermis for reconfigurable coordinated fluid manipulation. Science Advances, 8(34), eabq2345.

4.Ren, Z.*, Zhang, R.*, Soon, R.* H., Liu, Z., Hu, W., Onck, P. R., & Sitti, M. (2021). Soft-bodied adaptive multimodal locomotion strategies in fluid-filled confined spaces. Science advances, 7(27), eabh2022.

5.Ren, Z.*, Hu, W.*, Dong, X., & Sitti, M. (2019). Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming. Nature communications, 10(1), 2703.

6.Ren, Z., Yang, X., Wang, T., & Wen, L. (2016). Hydrodynamics of a robotic fish tail: effects of the caudal peduncle, fin ray motions and the flow speed. Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 11(1), 016008.

7.Ren, Z., Wang, T., Hu, W., & Sitti, M. (2019, June). A Magnetically-Actuated Untethered Jellyfish-Inspired Soft Milliswimmer. In Robotics: Science and Systems (pp. 22-26). (Best Paper Award)

8.Hong, C.*, Ren, Z.*, Wang, C., Li, M., Wu, Y., Tang, D., ... & Sitti, M. (2022). Magnetically actuated gearbox for the wireless control of millimeter-scale robots. Science robotics, 7(69), eabo4401.

9.Soon, R. H.*, Ren, Z.*, Hu, W.*, Bozuyuk, U., Yildiz, E., Li, M., & Sitti, M. (2022). On-demand anchoring of wireless soft miniature robots on soft surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(34), e2207767119.

10.Zhang, J.*, Ren, Z.*, Hu, W.*, Soon, R. H., Yasa, I. C., Liu, Z., & Sitti, M. (2021). Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly. Science robotics, 6(53), eabf0112.

11.Wang, T.*, Ren, Z.*, Hu, W.*, Li, M., & Sitti, M. (2021). Effect of body stiffness distribution on larval fish–like efficient undulatory swimming. Science Advances, 7(19), eabf7364.

12.Wang, H., Zhang, Y., Liu X., Li, H., Chen, X., Cao, Z., Luo, Q., Ren, Z.†, Hu, W. (2025). "Stable magnetic soft structures." Science Advances, 11(46), eadz4952.

学术与社会服务

1、Science Robotics、Science Advances、Nature Communications、IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics、IEEE Transactions on Robotics、npj Robotics、Extreme Mechanics Letter等国际期刊的审稿人。

Profile

Ziyu Ren, Ph.D.

Beihang University

School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation

renzy@buaa.edu.cn

Research Interests

1. Bioinspired Robotics

2. Miniature Robotics

3. Soft Robotics

4. Medical Robotics

Education

ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland / Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany

Ph.D. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, 04/2022

Beihang University, Beijing, China

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 03/2017

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 06/2014

Research and Professional Experience

Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Beihang University, Beijing, China 2024 - present

Post-doctoral Researcher in Physical Intelligence Department

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany 2022 – 2023