Publications

2025

Journal Articles

An optical/electronic artificial skin extends the robotic sense to molecular sensing

B. Dai; Y. Zheng; Y. Qian; X. Hu; Z. Sun et al. 

npj Flexible Electronics. 2025. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 87. DOI : 10.1038/s41528-025-00431-6.

3D printing of self-healing longevous multi-sensory e-skin

A. Georgopoulou; S. Lee; B. Dai; F. Bono; J. Hughes et al. 

Communications Materials. 2025. Vol. 6, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s43246-025-00839-7.

Dead Matter, Living Machines: Repurposing Crustaceans’ Abdomen Exoskeleton for Bio‐Hybrid Robots

S. Kim; K. Gilday; J. Hughes 

Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202517712.

From Rigid to Soft Robotic Approaches for Neuroendoscopy

K. Gilday; I. Zubak; A. Raabe; J. Hughes 

Advanced Robotics Research. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/adrr.202500017.

Inverse Co‐Design of Mechanical And Sensory Properties in Soft Lattice Foams for Multifunctional Wearables

Q. Guan; B. Dai; H. Sonar; J. Hughes 

Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202507102.

Embodied intelligence paradigm for human-robot communication

N. Obayashi; A. Abdulali; F. Iida; J. Hughes 

Science Robotics. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 105. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.ads8528.

Automated Benchmarking of Variable‐Property Soft Robotic Fingertips to Enable Task‐Optimized Sensor Selection

D. Hardman; B. Dai; Q. Guan; A. Georgopoulou; F. Iida et al. 

Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202509991.

Mechanoreceptive soft robotic molluscoids made of granular hydrogel-based organoelectronics

A. Georgopoulou; N. Obayashi; F. Bono; L. Lucherini; J. Hughes et al. 

Materials and Design. 2025. Vol. 256, p. 114297. DOI : 10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114297.

Lattice Structure Musculoskeletal Robots: Harnessing Programmable Geometric Topology and Anisotropy

Q. Guan; B. Dai; H. H. Cheng; J. Hughes 

SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2025. Vol. 11, num. 29. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adu9856.

Embodied manipulation with past and future morphologies through an open parametric hand design

K. Gilday; C. Sirithunge; F. Iida; J. Hughes 

Science Robotics. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 102. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.ads6437.

Spatially distributed biomimetic compliance enables robust anthropomorphic robotic manipulation

K. Junge; J. Hughes 

Communications Engineering. 2025. Vol. 4, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44172-025-00407-4.

Plant-inspired decentralized controller for robust orientation control of soft robotic manipulators

G. Pei; J. Hughes 

BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS. 2025. Vol. 20, num. 2. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/adb116.

Synergy-based robotic quadruped leveraging passivity for natural intelligence and behavioural diversity

F. Stella; M. M. Achkar; C. Della Santina; J. Hughes 

NATURE MACHINE INTELLIGENCE. 2025. Vol. 7, p. 386 – 399. DOI : 10.1038/s42256-025-00988-x.

Decoding the Discourse: Analyzing the Linguistic Features and Strategies Behind the Querdenken Movement’s COVID-19 Narrative

A. Sobieska; M. Hampel; R. Weidenspointner; V. Pauli; C. Pan et al. 

HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 2025. DOI : 10.1080/10410236.2025.2469936.

Robotic locomotion through active and passive morphological adaptation in extreme outdoor environments

M. Polzin; Q. Guan; J. Hughes 

SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 99. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adp6419.

Editorial: AI-powered musical and entertainment robotics

H. Wang; J. Hughes; T. Nonaka; A. Abdulali; T. D. Lalitharatne et al. 

FRONTIERS IN ROBOTICS AND AI. 2025. Vol. 12. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2025.1572828.

Edible Jumpers Powered by Shell Snapping

B. Kwak; J. Hars; D. Floreano 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 8, p. 2401230. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202401230.

Robot-Assisted Measurement of the Critical Micelle Concentration

V. Scamarcio; G. Slor; J. Hughes; F. Stellacci 

ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202400386.

Reliable and robust robotic handling of microplates via computer vision and touch feedback

V. Scamarcio; J. Tan; F. Stellacci; J. Hughes 

FRONTIERS IN ROBOTICS AND AI. 2025. Vol. 11. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2024.1462717.

A Versatile Neural Network Configuration Space Planning and Control Strategy for Modular Soft Robot Arms

Z. Chen; Q. Guan; J. Hughes; A. Menciassi; C. Stefanini 

IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2025.  p. 1 – 14. DOI : 10.1109/tro.2025.3582807.

Soft Pneumatic Gripper With Interchangeable Fingertips by Using Reversible Polymers: The GraspBerry, a Raspberry Picking Case Study

F. Furia; N. Pagliarani; K. Junge; E. Roels; S. Terryn et al. 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3577167.

Robotic optimization of powdered beverages leveraging computer vision and Bayesian optimization

E. Szymańska; J. Hughes 

Frontiers in robotics and AI. 2025. Vol. 12. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2025.1603729.

The 2D-drone swarm, a safe open-source sample transfer system for fully automated laboratories

E. Mariano; Y. Coderey; Y. El Goumi; J. Tan; T. Cavagna et al. 

Digital Discovery. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5dd00342c.

Wavelength-Selective Parallel Sensing of Soft Optical Fibers for Wearable Applications

H. Jeong; T. Wang; C. R. Opreni; P. Zheng; J. Hughes 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2025.  p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1109/lra.2025.3621970.

8-DoFs Cable Driven Parallel Robots for Bimanual Teleoperation

H. H. Cheng; J. Hughes 

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2025.  p. 1 – 12. DOI : 10.1109/tmech.2025.3610192.

Enhancing Lift and Dynamic Stability Through Morphological Optimization of Wings for Tailless Flapping-Wing Robots

Q. Guo; C. Wu; X. Wu; F. Cui; J. G. Lu et al. 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2025.3551548.

FLEXIV: Adaptive Locomotion via Morphological Changes in a Flexible Track Vehicle

S. Kim; D. Filimonov; J. Hughes 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3577162.

A graphical pipeline platform for MRS data processing and analysis: MRSpecLAB

Y. Xiao; A. Kaiser; M. Kockisch; A. Back; R. Carlet et al. 

Frontiers in neuroimaging. 2025. Vol. 4. DOI : 10.3389/fnimg.2025.1610658.

Programmable Shape-Changing System Through Origami Pop-Up Cells

S. Kim; D. Y. Lee; J. S. Koh; K. J. Cho 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 9, p. 9136 – 9143. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2025.3588796.

A Survey on Soft Robot Adaptability: Implementations, Applications, and Prospects [Survey]

Z. Chen; D. Wu; Q. Guan; D. Hardman; F. Renda et al. 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2025.  p. 2 – 14. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3584346.

Conference Papers

High-fidelity Model and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Flip Maneuvers of Tailless Flapping-Wing Robots

Q. Guo; C. Wu; J-G. Lu; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 15759 – 15765. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11245981.

Control the Soft Robot Arm with its “Physical Twin”

Q. Guan; H. H. Cheng; B. Dai; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 6891 – 6897. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11246354.

Camera-tracked Soft Underwater Robot Enabling Robust Orientation Control for Maneuverability

G. Bianchi; N. Obayashi; A. Petitti; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 8394 – 8399. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11245825.

Computing forward statics from tendon-length in flexible-joint hyper-redundant manipulators

W. Feng; K. L. Walker; Y. Yang; F. Giorgio-Serchi 

2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 16287 – 16294. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247715.

Observation of Snails and a Bionic Snail Robot Crawling with Distributed Suction

Q. Ji; A. Song; S. Wang; S. Kim; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 5577 – 5584. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247638.

CAFEs: Cable-Driven Collaborative Floating End-Effectors for Agriculture Applications

H. H. Cheng; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025-05-19 – 2025-05-23. p. 15225 – 15231. DOI : 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11127592.

Dexterous Three-Finger Gripper based on Offset Trimmed Helicoids (OTHs)

Q. Guan; H. H. Cheng; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025-05-19 – 2025-05-23. p. 7865 – 7871. DOI : 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11128534.

Octopus-Inspired Swimming Robot with Web-Coupled Multi-Arm Coordination

S. Kim; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-26. p. 1 – 6. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020935.

Environmentally-Driven Morphogenesis of Reconfigurable Floating Structures using Markov Models

N. Obayashi; G. Meyer; K. Junge; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-26. p. 1 – 6. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020845.

Polynomial Curvature Model for IMU-Based Proprioception in Soft Robotic Manipulators Under External Forces

G. Pei; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-26. p. 1 – 7. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020862.

Behaviour Range Optimization of the Dexterous Robotic Open Parametric Hand

R. Carlet; K. Gilday; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-26. p. 1 – 7. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020976.

Mod-VSA: A Modular Variable Stiffness Actuator for Multi-fingered Robotic Hands

K. Junge; T. Noda; J. Hughes 

2025. 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-26. p. 1 – 6. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020906.

Determining Feasible Cable Attachment Locations for Cable-Driven-Parallel Robot

H. H. Cheng; D. Lau; J. Hughes 

2025. 7th International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots, HKG, China, 2025-07-08 – 2025-07-11. p. 261 – 273. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-94608-0_21.

Closed-Loop Control and Disturbance Mitigation of an Underwater Multi-Segment Continuum Manipulator

K. L. Walker; H. Y. Chen; A. J. Parlridge; A. A. Stokes; L. C. Da Silva et al. 

2025. 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-26. p. 1 – 7. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020896.

Improving the Fluency of Robot-Human Interaction Through Embodied Expression of Emotion via Foundation Models

N. Obayashi; Y-S. Wu; J. Hughes 

2025. 17th International Workshop on Human Friendly Robotics, Lugano, Switzerland, 2024-09-30 – 2024-10-01. p. 153 – 167. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-81688-8_12.

Reviews

A democratized bimodal model of research for soft robotics: Integrating slow and fast science

N. Obayashi; D. Howard; K. L. Walker; J. Jorgensen; M. Gepner et al. 

SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 99. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adr2708.

Carbon-nanomaterial-enabled terahertz technology

L. Xie; C. Criollo; R. Zhou; M. Zhang; B. Dai et al. 

Nature Reviews Physics. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s42254-025-00851-3.

Theses

Design of robotic physical intelligence

F. Stella / J. A. E. H. Hughes; C. Della Santina (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

(Un)leashed Robots Leverage Environmental Constraints and Compliant Interactions To Explore Extreme Environments

M. M. Polzin / J. A. E. Hughes (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Design, modeling, and optimization of robots exploiting fluid structure interactions

N. Obayashi / J. A. E. Hughes (Dir.)  

Lausanne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2025. 

Interact with Earth Observation Images using AI: Transparent Methods and Evaluation for Visual Question Answering

C. Tartini-Chappuis / D. Tuia; S. Lobry (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

A Bio-Inspired Learning and Control Framework for Cross-Embodiment and Cross-Task Locomotion

M. Shafiee Ashtiani / A. Ijspeert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Experimental assessment, design, and control of compliance in dexterous robotic hands

K. C. Junge / J. A. E. Hughes (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Design, Characterization and Tuning of 1-DOF and 2-DOF Balanced Flexure-Based Horological Oscillators

H. P-M. B. Schneegans / S. N. Henein (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Working Papers

ScaFi: Length-Scalable, Compliant, Parametric Robotic Fish Design for Operation in Multiple Environmental Niches

N. Obayashi; A. Anastasiadis; J. Gumowski; K. Junge; K. L. Walker et al. 

2025

Programmable somatosensory soft robots

A. Georgopoulou; M. A. Calvo; L. Lucherini; S. Lee; J. Hughes et al. 

2025

The 2D-drone swarm, a safe open-source sample transfer system for laboratory full automation

E. Mariano; Y. Coderey; Y. E. Goumi; J. Tan; T. Cavagna et al. 

2025

A Robotic Hand Surpassing Human Capabilities in Dexterity and Functionality

X. Gao; K. Yao; K. Junge; J. Hughes; A. G. Billard 

2025

Patents

Structure of architectured material for a mechatronic manipulator and mechatronic manipulator using the same

Q. Guan; F. Stella; J. Hughes 

WO2025045640; EP4516461.

2025.

2024

Journal Articles

Morphological computation-Past, present and future

H. Hauser; J. Hughes 

DEVICE. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.device.2024.100439.

Soft Robotics: A Route to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Robotics

S. Aracri; J. Hughes; C. Della Santina; J. Jovanova; S. Hoh et al. 

Soft Robotics. 2024. DOI : 10.1089/soro.2023.0225.

Soft Robot Shape Estimation With IMUs Leveraging PCC Kinematics for Drift Filtering

F. Stella; C. Della Santina; J. Hughes 

Ieee Robotics And Automation Letters. 2024. Vol. 9, num. 2, p. 1945 – 1952. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2023.3339063.

Into the ice: Exploration and data capturing in glacial moulins by a tethered robot

M. Polzin; J. Hughes 

Journal Of Field Robotics. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/rob.22280.

Exploiting passive behaviours for diverse musical playing using the parametric hand

K. D. Gilday; D. Pyeon; S. Dhanush; K. J. Cho; J. Hughes 

Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 2024. Vol. 11, p. 1463744. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2024.1463744.

Fiber-Optic Force Sensing of Modular Robotic Skin for Remote and Autonomous Robot Control

S. Lee; J. I. Kim; Y. Baek; D. Chang; J. Lee et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2024. Vol. 40, p. 2373 – 2389. DOI : 10.1109/TRO.2024.3378178.

Anniversary AI reflections

N. Ferruz; M. Zitnik; P-Y. Oudeyer; E. Hine; N. Sengupta et al. 

Nature Machine Intelligence. 2024. Vol. 6, num. 1, p. 6 – 12. DOI : 10.1038/s42256-023-00784-5.

Online Hydraulic Stiffness Modulation of a Soft Robotic Fish tail for Improved Thrust and Efficiency

N. Obayashi; K. Junge; P. Singh; J. Hughes 

Soft Robotics. 2024. DOI : 10.1089/soro.2024.0030.

Conference Papers

IMU Based Pose Reconstruction and Closed-loop Control for Soft Robotic Arms

G. Pei; F. Stella; O. Meebed; Z. Bing; C. D. Santina et al. 

2024. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2024-10-14 – 2024-10-18. p. 1847 – 1852. DOI : 10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802377.

Toward Long-Lasting Large-Scale Soft Robots: The Durability Challenge in Architectured Materials

F. Stella; G. Pei; O. Meebed; Q. Guan; Z. Bing et al. 

2024. 7 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, San Diego, United States, 2024-04-14 – 2024-04-17. p. 190 – 196. DOI : 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10521957.

Morphological and Material Programability of a Hall-Effect Based Soft Tactile Sensors

S. Lee; J. Hughes 

2024. 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), San Diego, CA, USA, April 14-17, 2024. p. 325 – 331. DOI : 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10521990.

Learning Motion Reconstruction from Demonstration via Multi-Modal Soft Tactile Sensing

C. Pan; K. Gilday; E. Sologuren; K. Junge; J. Hughes 

2024. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, 2024-05-13 – 2024-05-17. p. 7598 – 7604. DOI : 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10610135.

Bio-Inspired Robotic Swallowing Simulator

J. Ziadeh; K. Junge; J. Hughes 

2024. 7 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, San Diego, United States, 2024-04-14 – 2024-04-17. p. 319 – 324. DOI : 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10522002.

Field-evaluated Closed Structure Soft Gripper Enhances the Shelf Life of Harvested Blackberries

P. H. Johnson; K. Junge; C. Whitfield; J. Hughes; M. Calisti 

2024. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, 2024-05-13 – 2024-05-17. p. 9382 – 9388. DOI : 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10610387.

Non-Contact Manipulation of Objects in Fluid with Soft Robots Through Behavioral Primitives and Finite State Machine

A. Klipfel; N. Obayashi; J. Hughes 

2024. 7 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, San Diego, United States, 2024-04-14 – 2024-04-17. p. 305 – 310. DOI : 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10521972.

Rapid Action Evaluation and Optimization Through Mutual Information Using a Multi-Modal Soft Tactile Sensor

K. Junge; G. Meyer; E. R. Sologuren; K. Gilday; J. Hughes 

2024. 7 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, San Diego, United States, 2024-04-14 – 2024-04-17. p. 678 – 683. DOI : 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10521945.

Reviews

Soft robotics for farm to fork: applications in agriculture & farming

C. Armanini; K. Junge; P. Johnson; C. Whitfield; F. Renda et al. 

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2024. Vol. 19, num. 2, p. 021002. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ad2084.

Theses

Gas Sensing with Rotary-Wing Nano Aerial Vehicles

C. Ercolani / A. Martinoli (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Multifunctional Wings and Appendages for Flight, Perching, and Locomotion

M. Askari / D. Floreano (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Investigating neural resource allocation in the sensorimotor control of extra limbs

G. Dominijanni / S. Micera; S. Shokur (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Materials science experiments by robotic automation

V. Scamarcio / F. Stellacci; J. Hughes (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Additively manufactured stretchable zipping electrostatic actuators

G. Grasso / H. Shea; S. Rosset (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

Journal Articles

Lab2Field transfer of a robotic raspberry harvester enabled by a soft sensorized physical twin

K. Junge; C. Pires; J. Hughes 

Communications Engineering. 2023. Vol. 2, num. 1, p. 40. DOI : 10.1038/s44172-023-00089-w.

Soft Bending Actuator With Fiber-Jamming Variable Stiffness and Fiber-Optic Proprioception

J. Kang; S. Lee; Y-L. Park 

Ieee Robotics And Automation Letters. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 11, p. 7344 – 7351. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2023.3316075.

Non-contact robotic manipulation of floating objects: exploiting emergent limit cycles

S. Jacquart; N. Obayashi; J. Hughes 

Frontiers In Robotics And Ai. 2023. Vol. 10, p. 1267019. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2023.1267019.

4D printing of Metal-Reinforced double network granular hydrogels

M. Hirsch; L. D’Onofrio; Q. Guan; J. Hughes; E. Amstad 

Chemical Engineering Journal. 2023. Vol. 473, p. 145433. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2023.145433.

A Provably Stable Iterative Learning Controller for Continuum Soft Robots

M. Pierallini; F. Stella; F. Angelini; B. Deutschmann; J. Hughes et al. 

Ieee Robotics And Automation Letters. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 10, p. 6427 – 6434. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2023.3307007.

Environmental Adaptability of Legged Robots with Cutaneous Inflation and Sensation

T. Kim; S. Lee; S. Chang; S. Hwang; Y-L. Park 

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202300172.

Special issue on robotics technology for agriculture

T. Fukao; J. Hughes; K. Hosoda 

Advanced Robotics. 2023. Vol. 37, num. 15, p. 959 – 959. DOI : 10.1080/01691864.2023.2241210.

Automation in steep terrain agriculture: an optimal controller to prevent tipping and slipping of tethered robots on slopes

M. Polzin; J. Hughes 

Advanced Robotics. 2023. DOI : 10.1080/01691864.2023.2229901.

How can LLMs transform the robotic design process?

F. Stella; C. Della Santina; J. Hughes 

Nature Machine Intelligence. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s42256-023-00669-7.

Prescribing Cartesian Stiffness of Soft Robots by Co-Optimization of Shape and Segment-Level Stiffness

F. Stella; J. Hughes; D. Rus; C. Della Santina 

Soft Robotics. 2023. DOI : 10.1089/soro.2022.0025.

Exploration of the Design of Spiderweb-Inspired Structures for Vibration-Driven Sensing

M. Naderinejad; K. Junge; J. Hughes 

Biomimetics. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 111. DOI : 10.3390/biomimetics8010111.

Control and Morphology Optimization of Passive Asymmetric Structures for Robotic Swimming

N. Obayashi; A. Vicari; K. Junge; K. Shakir; J. Hughes 

Ieee Robotics And Automation Letters. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 3, p. 1495 – 1500. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2023.3240334.

Conference Papers

Heading for the Abyss: Control Strategies for Exploiting Swinging of a Descending Tethered Aerial Robot

M. Polzin; F. Centamori; J. Hughes 

2023. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, May 29 – June 2, 2023. DOI : 10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160347.

A multi-material robotic finger with integrated proprioceptive and tactile capabilities produced with a circular process

A. Georgopoulou; S. Hamelryckx; K. Junge; L. M. Eckey; S. Rogler et al. 

2023. IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Singapore, SINGAPORE, Apr 03-07, 2023. DOI : 10.1109/ROBOSOFT55895.2023.10122054.

Piecewise Affine Curvature model: a reduced-order model for soft robot-environment interaction beyond PCC

F. Stella; Q. Guan; C. Della Santina; J. Hughes 

2023. IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Singapore, SINGAPORE, Apr 03-07, 2023. DOI : 10.1109/ROBOSOFT55895.2023.10121939.

Accessible Soft Robotics Education with Re-configurable Balloon Robots

Y-S. Wu; K. D. Gilday; J. Hughes 

2023. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, MI, OCT 01-05, 2023. p. 8331 – 8336. DOI : 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10342299.

Proprioceptive Sensing of Soft Tentacles with Model Based Reconstruction for Controller Optimization

A. Vicari; N. Obayashi; F. Stella; G. Raynaud; K. Mulleners et al. 

2023. Robosoft 2023 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics, Singapore, April 3-7, 2023. DOI : 10.1109/RoboSoft55895.2023.10121999.

Reviews

The science of soft robot design: A review of motivations, methods and enabling technologies

F. Stella; J. Hughes 

Frontiers In Robotics And Ai. 2023. Vol. 9, p. 1059026. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2022.1059026.

Theses

Controlling the Microstructure and Composition of 3D Printed Soft Load-Bearing Hydrogels

M. Hirsch / E. Amstad (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.