Publications by year

2026

Journal Articles

Biodegradable and Edible Milli‐Fluidic Logic Circuits

S. Zhang; B. Kwak; Ö. Ekrem; D. Floreano 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2026.  p. 1 – 13. DOI : 10.1002/admt.71326.

Bio-inspired edible self-spinning flyers

R. Zhu; B. Kwak; M. A. Schutyser; R. M. Boom; D. Floreano et al. 

Materials & Design. 2026. DOI : 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.117038.

An Edible Chitosan-Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound-Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots

Valerio Francesco Annese; B. Kwak; G. De Marzo; G. Coco; V. Antonaci et al. 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2026. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.77579.

Aerial and ground locomotion of winged drones powered by a single actuator

W. D. Shin; H. V. Phan; S. L. Jeger; T. Bonato; A. J. Ijspeert et al. 

npj Robotics. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s44182-026-00108-w.

Roadmap on sustainable soft robotics by additive manufacturing

Q. Qi; Z. Wang; Z. Qiu; H. Zhang; J. Rossiter et al. 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2026. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665x/ae8f8e.

Leaping out of the water: Aerial-aquatic locomotion with flapping wings

R. Zufferey; S. Jeger; M. Hüsser; F. Ruíz; A. B. Lapsansky et al. 

Science. 2026. Vol. 393, num. 6807, p. 207 – 211. DOI : 10.1126/science.aeb6744.

High‐Speed Altitude Regulation With Neuromorphic Camera and Lightweight Embedded Computation

S. L. Jeger; A. Marchei; C. Toumieh; D. Floreano 

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2026. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202500904.

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.

Accurate Trajectory Tracking with Model Predictive Contouring Control for Bird-Scale Flapping-Wing MAVs

C. Toumieh; J. Zeng; N. Mistry; D. Floreano 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2026.  p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1109/lra.2026.3728377.

Conference Papers

Hebbian Attractor Networks for Robot Locomotion

A. Dittrich; F. van Diggelen; D. Floreano 

2026. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vienna, Austria, 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-05.

Flying Together: Human-Guided Immersive Shared Control for Aerial Robot Teams in Unknown Environments

L. De Bel-Air; L. Morando; R. Chen; K. Wang; B. Jarvis et al. 

2026. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vienna, Austria, 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-05. DOI : 10.48550/arXiv.2605.21680.

Contractile Actuators for Edible Robots

B. Kwak; S. Zammouri; D. Floreano 

2026. 9th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, Kanazawa, Japan, 2026-04-07 – 2026-04-11.

2025

Journal Articles

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.

Conference Papers

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.