2026
Journal Articles
A Multimodal, Multicontact, and Scalable Soft Robot Skin Enabled by Layered Structures
Soft Robotics. 2026. DOI : 10.1177/21695172261485887.Special Issue on Arts and Robotics [From the Guest Editors]
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 2026. Vol. 33, num. 3, p. 4 – 5. DOI : 10.1109/mra.2026.3715384.Efficient model-based reinforcement learning for robot control via online optimization
The International Journal of Robotics Research. 2026. DOI : 10.1177/02783649261457560.Aerial and ground locomotion of winged drones powered by a single actuator
npj Robotics. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-026-00108-w.ScaFi: length-scalable, compliant, parametric robotic fish design for operation in multiple environmental niches
npj Robotics. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-026-00105-z.𝐵-jet fragmentation with 𝐵± →𝐽/𝜓𝐾± decays in √𝑠 =13 TeV 𝑝𝑝 collisions at LHCb
Physical Review D. 2026. Vol. 113. DOI : 10.1103/3d7r-c3y4.Integrated sensing and colour expression of spatial status using a fibre optic sensor pair
Optics and Laser Technology. 2026. Vol. 198, p. 114907. DOI : 10.1016/j.optlastec.2026.114907.Data Release 1 of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Astronomical Journal. 2026. Vol. 171, num. 5, p. 285. DOI : 10.3847/1538-3881/ae4c43.Observation of the Electromagnetic Radiative Decays of the Λ(1520) and Λ(1690) to γΣ0
Physical Review Letters. 2026. Vol. 136, num. 14, p. 141801. DOI : 10.1103/l6g2-2wg6.Observation of a Threshold Enhancement in the π+π- Spectrum in ψ (3686) →π+π-J/ψ Decays
Physical Review Letters. 2026. Vol. 136, num. 14, p. 141902. DOI : 10.1103/5h6z-p6nl.Aesthetics as a core design dimension for human-centred robotic systems
Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s44222-026-00435-5.Precise measurement of WASP-31 b’s Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterization of the planet transmission spectra
Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2026. Vol. 708, p. A269. DOI : 10.1051/0004-6361/202555811.Study of the Magnetic Dipole Transition of J/ψ →γηc via ηc →p p ¯
Physical Review Letters. 2026. Vol. 136, num. 5, p. 051901. DOI : 10.1103/r6yf-q6kv.A detachable crawling robotic hand
Nature Communications. 2026. Vol. 17, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-67675-8.Tendon-Driven Robotic Shoulder Joint With Passive Stabilization for Large Workspace
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2026. p. 1 – 11. DOI : 10.1109/tmech.2026.3674717.Visual Proprioception and Contact Prediction for Soft Robotic Arms Using Onboard Sensing and Generative Models
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2026. p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1109/lra.2026.3664615.Environmental Adaptation Enabled by an Amplitude-Tunable Traveling Wave Robot with a Soft Corkscrew (ATWBot)
IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2026. p. 1 – 18. DOI : 10.1109/tro.2026.3697245.Robust Teleoperation of an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Through Gesture Classification and Continuous Mapping: Benchmarking Intuitive Control Across Users, Disturbances, and Objects
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2026. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2026.3650854.Design, Characterization, and Application of a Continuously Tunable Wavelength Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging System for Measuring the Optical Properties of Fruits
Engineering. 2026. DOI : 10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.029.Robotic system for automated visual detection of physical instability in protein systems
Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies. 2026. p. 104386. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifset.2025.104386.An Underactuated Variable Stiffness Continuum Robot with Multi-Layer Jamming Spherical Joints
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 2026. p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1109/tase.2026.3673298.A Survey of Behavior Foundation Model: Next-Generation Whole-Body Control System of Humanoid Robots
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 2026. DOI : 10.1109/tpami.2025.3649177.Conference Papers
State Estimation for Compliant and Morphologically Adaptive Robots
2026. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vienna, Austria, 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-05. p. 13374 – 13381. DOI : 10.1109/icra57385.2026.11697279.Simple Models, Real Swimming: Digital Twins for Tendon-Driven Underwater Robots
2026. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vienna, Austria, 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-05. p. 17809 – 17816. DOI : 10.1109/icra57385.2026.11697241.Fast-SmartWay: Panoramic-Free End-to-End Zero-Shot Vision-and-Language Navigation
2026. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vienna, Austria, 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-05. p. 13788 – 13795. DOI : 10.1109/icra57385.2026.11696618.Polymander II: an amphibious salamander-inspired robot with contact and flow sensors
2026. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vienna, Austria, 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-05. p. 5438 – 5445. DOI : 10.1109/icra57385.2026.11696137.Improving Efficiency and Maneuverability through Design of a Robotic Fish with Independent Control of Tail and Caudal Fin Deflection
2026. 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2026), Kanazawa, Japan, 2026-04-07 – 2026-04-12. p. 780 – 785. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft67810.2026.11522952.Cross-Coupled Pneumatic–Cable–Driven Soft Robotic Arm for Overhead Manipulation
2026. 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2026), Kanazawa, Japan, 2026-04-07 – 2026-04-12. p. 1018 – 1024. DOI : 10.1109/robosoft67810.2026.11522959.Books
Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems
The MIT Press, 2026.Theses
Design and Validation of Robotic Systems for Lab-Scale Food Experimentation and Optimization
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Multifunctional Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for in vitro Cell Mechanostimulation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Flapping behaviour of flags with increasing shape complexity
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Feasibility-Guided Exploration and Adaptation for Constrained Robotic Manipulation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Performance trade-offs and gait adaptation strategies in undulatory swimming characterised via bio-inspired robotics
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Designing and Evaluating LLM Tutors to Help Students Learn with AI in Computing Education
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Book Chapters
Introduction: Toward Embodied Intelligence
Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems; The MIT Press, 2026. p. 1 – 31.Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Enabling the Next Intelligence Revolution
Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems; The MIT Press, 2026. p. 387 – 395.Patents
A robotic system for manipulation of objects
EP4792639.
2026.Compliant robot with active and passive reconfiguration
EP4748692.
2026.2025
Journal Articles
Adhesive Double‐Network Granular Organogel E‐Skin
Advanced Materials Technologies. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202502608.An optical/electronic artificial skin extends the robotic sense to molecular sensing
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
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
Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202517712.Enhancing bimanual teleoperation with variable shoulder distance: manipulation in varying-scale of applications
npj Robotics. 2025. Vol. 3, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-025-00057-w.From Rigid to Soft Robotic Approaches for Neuroendoscopy
Advanced Robotics Research. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/adrr.202500017.Inverse Co‐Design of Mechanical And Sensory Properties in Soft Lattice Foams for Multifunctional Wearables
Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202507102.ADAPT-Teleop: robotic hand with human matched embodiment enables dexterous teleoperated manipulation
npj Robotics. 2025. Vol. 3, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-025-00034-3.Embodied intelligence paradigm for human-robot communication
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
Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202509991.Mechanoreceptive soft robotic molluscoids made of granular hydrogel-based organoelectronics
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
SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2025. Vol. 11, num. 29. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adu9856.ScaFi: length-scalable, compliant, parametric robotic fish design for operation in multiple environmental niches
npj Robotics. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-026-00105-z.Embodied manipulation with past and future morphologies through an open parametric hand design
Science Robotics. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 102. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.ads6437.BabyBot: Robot with infant-like feeding behaviours and developmental oral skills
npj Robotics. 2025. Vol. 3, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-025-00026-3.Spatially distributed biomimetic compliance enables robust anthropomorphic robotic manipulation
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
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
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
HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 2025. DOI : 10.1080/10410236.2025.2469936.Robotic locomotion through active and passive morphological adaptation in extreme outdoor environments
SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 99. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adp6419.Editorial: AI-powered musical and entertainment robotics
FRONTIERS IN ROBOTICS AND AI. 2025. Vol. 12. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2025.1572828.Edible Jumpers Powered by Shell Snapping
Advanced Materials Technologies. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 8, p. 2401230. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202401230.Robot-Assisted Measurement of the Critical Micelle Concentration
ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202400386.Reliable and robust robotic handling of microplates via computer vision and touch feedback
FRONTIERS IN ROBOTICS AND AI. 2025. Vol. 11. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2024.1462717.Soft Pneumatic Gripper With Interchangeable Fingertips by Using Reversible Polymers: The GraspBerry, a Raspberry Picking Case Study
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3577167.Enhancing Lift and Dynamic Stability Through Morphological Optimization of Wings for Tailless Flapping-Wing Robots
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2025.3551548.8-DoFs Cable Driven Parallel Robots for Bimanual Teleoperation
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2025. p. 1 – 12. DOI : 10.1109/tmech.2025.3610192.Robotic optimization of powdered beverages leveraging computer vision and Bayesian optimization
Frontiers in robotics and AI. 2025. Vol. 12. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2025.1603729.A graphical pipeline platform for MRS data processing and analysis: MRSpecLAB
Frontiers in neuroimaging. 2025. Vol. 4. DOI : 10.3389/fnimg.2025.1610658.The 2D-drone swarm, a safe open-source sample transfer system for fully automated laboratories
Digital Discovery. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5dd00342c.Programmable Shape-Changing System Through Origami Pop-Up Cells
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]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2025. p. 2 – 14. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3584346.FLEXIV: Adaptive Locomotion via Morphological Changes in a Flexible Track Vehicle
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3577162.Conference Papers
NavBench: Probing Multimodal Large Language Models for Embodied Navigation
2025. 39th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, San Diego, USA, 2025-12-02 – 2025-12-07. p. 105664 – 105684. DOI : 10.52202/085713-3188.Towards the Benchmarking of Embodied Sensors for Pose Tracking in Octopus-inspired Robotic Arms
2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 13009 – 13016. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11246390.Human-Inspired Planning and Control of Shotcrete Robots based on Dynamical Systems Mapping
2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 4897 – 4904. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247579.Computing forward statics from tendon-length in flexible-joint hyper-redundant manipulators
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
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.High-fidelity Model and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Flip Maneuvers of Tailless Flapping-Wing Robots
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”
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
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.Online Imitation Learning for Manipulation via Decaying Relative Correction through Teleoperation
2025. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025-10-19 – 2025-10-25. p. 15510 – 15516. DOI : 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11246547.CAFEs: Cable-Driven Collaborative Floating End-Effectors for Agriculture Applications
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)
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.Behaviour Range Optimization of the Dexterous Robotic Open Parametric Hand
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.Environmentally-Driven Morphogenesis of Reconfigurable Floating Structures using Markov Models
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.Octopus-Inspired Swimming Robot with Web-Coupled Multi-Arm Coordination
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.Polynomial Curvature Model for IMU-Based Proprioception in Soft Robotic Manipulators Under External Forces
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.Improving the Fluency of Robot-Human Interaction Through Embodied Expression of Emotion via Foundation Models
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.Mod-VSA: A Modular Variable Stiffness Actuator for Multi-fingered Robotic Hands
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.Reviews
Foundations of Embodied Intelligence for Robotic Systems
Foundations and Trends in Robotics. 2025. Vol. 12, num. 4, p. 350 – 435. DOI : 10.1561/2300000080.A democratized bimodal model of research for soft robotics: Integrating slow and fast science
SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 99. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adr2708.Carbon-nanomaterial-enabled terahertz technology
Nature Reviews Physics. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s42254-025-00851-3.Theses
Design, Characterization and Tuning of 1-DOF and 2-DOF Balanced Flexure-Based Horological Oscillators
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.Design of robotic physical intelligence
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.Experimental assessment, design, and control of compliance in dexterous robotic hands
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.Working Papers
Programmable somatosensory soft robots
2025
The 2D-drone swarm, a safe open-source sample transfer system for laboratory full automation
2025
A Robotic Hand Surpassing Human Capabilities in Dexterity and Functionality
2025
Patents
A multimodal haptic device for rendering cutaneous and kinesthetic tactile cues of a target, and method for rendering cutaneous and kinesthetic tactile cues of a target
US2025278990; EP4610788.
2025.Structure of architectured material for a mechatronic manipulator and mechatronic manipulator using the same
WO2025045640; EP4516461.
2025.