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Dr Dandan Zhang
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Research, awards and conversations from the MSEI community.
NOVEMBER 2026 · AWARD
Best Student Paper Award
Our compact 3D-printed soft finger with cyclic hydraulic actuation received the Best Student Paper Award at ICAC 2026.
OCTOBER 2026 · PREPRINT
PhysLadder
A matched simulation-and-real-world benchmark for contact-rich robotic manipulation. Read the latest preprint.
OCTOBER 2026 · EVENT
Physical World Models
Dandan co-organised the IROS 2026 workshop on scaling embodied AI, held in Pittsburgh on 1 October.
Blogs
Personal reflections on learning, teaching and human judgement in the age of AI.
Talks, workshops, interviews and public events connecting research with wider communities.
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