Publications by type

Journal Articles

2026

3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications

Y. Sun; J. Petrš; O. Aloui; D. Floreano 

Advanced Robotics Research. 2026. DOI : 10.1002/adrr.202500185.

RoboCake: Baking Robotics Science and Culinary Art

B. Kwak; V. Galli; A. Demongeot; A. Soussan; J. Boutonnet et al. 

Future Foods. 2026. DOI : 10.1016/j.fufo.2026.100997.

From Food to Power: Hydrogel Thermoelectrics for Ingestible Electronics

A. Georgopoulou; B. Kwak; D. Floreano; E. Amstad 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2026. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202525982.

2025

Edible Pneumatic Battery for Sustained and Repeated Robot Actuation

B. Kwak; S. Zhang; A. Keller; Q. Qi; J. Rossiter et al. 

Advanced Science. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202509350.

Miniature Multihole Airflow Sensor for Lightweight Aircraft Over Wide Speed and Angular Range

L. Stuber; S. L. Jeger; R. Zufferey; D. Floreano 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 10, p. 10722 – 10728. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2025.3604704.

In Memoriam: Prof. Reymond Clavel [RAM Society News]

A. Billard; M. Bouri; M. S. Sakar; J. Paik; A. Ijspeert et al. 

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 2025. Vol. 32, num. 3, p. 213 – 214. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3586085.

Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

O. Aloui; R. Zufferey; M. Askari; W. Stewart; S. Jeger et al. 

Advanced Robotics Research. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/adrr.202500050.

Edible aquatic robots with Marangoni propulsion

S. Zhang; B. Kwak; R. Zhu; M. Pankhurst; L. Zhang et al. 

Nature Communications. 2025. Vol. 16. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-59559-8.

First-Person View Interfaces for Teleoperation of Aerial Swarms

B. Jarvis; C. Toumieh; D. Floreano 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 5, p. 4476 – 4483. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2025.3553062.

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.

Instant variable stiffness in cardiovascular catheters based on fiber jamming

Y. Sun; Y. Piskarev; E. Hofstetter; C. Fischer; Q. Boehler et al. 

Science Advances. 2025. Vol. 11, num. 6. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adn1207.

Multi-Aerial Robotic System for Power Line Inspection and Maintenance: Comparative Analysis from the AERIAL-CORE Final Experiments

A. Ollero; A. Suarez; C. Papaioannidis; I. Pitas; J. M. Marredo et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics. 2025.  p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1109/tfr.2025.3586991.

Evolutionary Codesign and Fabrication of Tensegrity Joints with Integrated Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

J. Petrš; R. Kobayashi; F. van Diggelen; H. Nabae; K. Suzumori et al. 

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202500310.

2024

Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs

W. D. Shin; H. V. Phan; M. A. Daley; A. Ijspeert; D. Floreano 

Nature. 2024. Vol. 636, p. 86 – 91. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-024-08228-9.

A twist of the tail in turning maneuvers of a bird-inspired feathered drone

H. V. Phan; D. Floreano 

Science Robotics. 2024. Vol. 9, num. 96. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.ado3890.

Adaptive morphing of wing and tail for stable, resilient, and energy-efficient flight of avian-inspired drones

S. Jeger; V. Wüest; C. Toumieh; D. Floreano 

npj Robotics. 2024. Vol. 2, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-024-00015-y.

Conference Papers

2025

Tensegrity-based Robot Leg Design with Variable Stiffness

E. Mortensen; J. Petrs; A. Dittrich; D. Floreano 

2025. 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-23 – 2025-04-27.

Rapid and Continuous Stiffness Control of Fiber-Jamming Catheters for Cardiac Ablation

E. Hofstetter; Y. Piskarev; D. Floreano 

2025. 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-04-23 – 2025-04-27.

Theses

2025

Avian-inspired designs for multi-modal robots

W. D. Shin / D. Floreano (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Patents

2025

Variable stiffness catheter for surgical applications, system for remote magnetic navigation surgical approach and method for manufacturing said catheter

Y. Piskarev; Y. Sun; E. H. Hofstetter; D. Floreano 

WO2025186256.

2025.