国家自然科学基金青年项目：变刚度曲面折纸机械臂创新设计及其力学与机械特性研究，2023.01-2025.12，主持；

机械系统与振动全国重点实验室开放基金：高折展比变刚度折纸机器人设计与控制研究，2025.01-2026.12，主持;

国家自然科学基金原创探索专项项目：变形折纸架构下机械触感的力学实现，2024.01-2026.12，第一参与人；

国家自然科学基金面上项目：大变形柔性连杆并联机构变形协调运动分析与设计方法研究，2019.01-2022.12，第一参与人；

国家重点研发计划“智能机器人”重点专项：可穿戴沉浸式介电作动触觉反馈人机交互系统，2024.11-2027.10，项目骨干

国家重点研发计划变革性技术专项：重型运载火箭薄壁结构立式装配原理及形性综合控制，2020.01-2024.12，项目骨干；

机械系统与振动国家重点实验室自主课题重点项目：基于气动-绳索耦合驱动的折展机器人设计与控制方法研究，2019.01-2020.12，第一参与人;

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Zhang Z (张壮), Long Y, Chen G, Wu Q, Wang H, Jiang H. Soft and Lightweight Fabric Enables Powerful and High-Range Pneumatic Actuation. Science Advances, 2023, 9(15): eadg1203.

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Qiu Y, Wang F, Zhang Z (张壮), et al. Quantitative softness and texture bimodal haptic sensors for robotic clinical feature identification and intelligent picking. Science Advances, 2024, 10(30): eadp0348.

Guo, Q, Sun, Y, Zhang, T, Xie, S, Chen, X, Zhang Z* (张壮), Jiang H, Yang, L. Bistable Insect‐Scale Jumpers with Tunable Energy Barriers for Multimodal Locomotion. Advanced Science, 2024: 2404404.

Fan W, Wang J, Zhang Z* (张壮), Chen G, Wang H. Vacuum-Driven Parallel Continuum Robots with Self-Sensing Origami Linkages. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024, 29(5): 3370-3380.

Wang Z, Long Y, Zhang Z* (张壮), Liu R, Wang H, Chen, G. Rapid, Powerful multidirectional pneumatic jumper with lightweight fabric chambers and buckling-controllable elastic beams. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024, 9(4): 3347-3354.

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Zhang Z (张壮), Tang S, Fan W, Xun Y, Chen G, Wang H. Design and Analysis of Hybrid-driven Origami Continuum Robots with Extensible and Stiffness-Tunable Sections. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022, 169: 104607.

Zhang Z (张壮), Chen G, Wu H, Kong L, Wang H. A Pneumatic/Cable-driven Hybrid Linear Actuator with Combined Structure of Origami Chambers and Deployable Mechanism. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020, 5(2): 3564-3571.