Selected papers: see the full list in google scholar

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• S.Li, R.Batra, D.Brown, H.Chang, N.Ranganathan, C.Hoberman, D.Rus, and H.Lipson, “Particle robotics based on statistical mechanics of loosely-coupled cells”, Nature, 567 (7748), 361, 2019.

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• S.Li, D.Vogt, D.Rus, and R.J.Wood, “Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 201713450, 2017.

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• S.Li, D.Vogt, N.W.Bartlett, D.Rus, and R.J.Wood, “Tension piston: amplifying piston force using fluid-induced tension in flexible materials”, Advanced Functional Materials, May, 2019.

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• S.Li, S.Awale, K.Bacher, T.Buchner, C.Della Santina, R.J.Wood, and D.Rus, “Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System”, Soft Robotics, Dec, 2021

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• S.Li, J.J.Stampfli, H.J.Xu, E.Malkin, E.V.Diaz, D.Rus, and R.J.Wood, “A Vacuum-driven Origami Magic-ball Soft Gripper”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA2019, Montreal, Canada, May 2019.

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• R.Truby and S.Li, “Integrating chemical fuels and artificial muscles for untethered microrobots”, Science Robotics, 5(45):eabd7338, 2020, (Invited review article).

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• S.Miyashita, S.Guitron, S.Li, and D.Rus, “Robotic metamorphosis by origami exoskeletons”, Science Robotics, 2(10):eaao4369, 2017. (Contributed the idea and designed the research).​

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• F.Nigl, S.Li, J.Blum, and H.Lipson, “Autonomous Truss Reconfiguration and Manipulation Robot”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Sept.2013.

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• S.Li, J.Yuan, and H.Lipson, “Ambient Wind Energy Harvesting using Cross-Flow Fluttering”, Journal of Applied Physics, 109(2), 2011.

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• S.Li and H.Lipson, “Vertical-Stalk Flapping-Leaf Generator For Wind Energy Harvesting”, Proceedings of the ASME/AIAA 2009 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2009, Oxnard, CA, USA, September 2009. (Best student paper award).