Publications
2026
Exley T., Johnson D., Jafari A.
Estimating stiffness and damping of a novel variable impedance actuator based on adjusting viscoelastic properties of thermoresponsive polycaprolactone in harmonic motions
Scientific Reports, vol. 16, (no. 1)
2026
Trunin P., Cafiso D., Nardin A.B., Exley T., Beccai L.
MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant-Inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors
Advanced Science
2025
Koolani M., Bamford S., Trunin P., Müller-Cleve S. F., Preti M. L., Mastrogiovanni F., Beccai L., Bartolozzi C.
An Event-Based Opto-Tactile Skin
Frontiers in Neuroscience - Neuromorphic Engineering
Article in Press
Journal
2025
Huang L., Du C., Scharff R.B.N., Beccai L., Wang J., Du D.
Application of biomimetic tongue substrate to investigate the role of friction and vibration in sensory texture perception
Food Research International, vol. 203
2025
Trunin P., Cafiso D., Beccai L.
Design and 3D printing of soft optical waveguides towards monolithic perceptive systems
Additive Manufacturing, vol. 100
2025
Nardin A.B., Joe S., Bliah O., Magdassi S., Beccai L.
Exploring Effective Approaches to the Modelling of Lattice-based Structures for Soft Robots
2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2025
2025
Sparnacci F., Donato E., Setti E., Agabiti C., Garabini M., Beccai L., Falotico E.
Learning from Elephants: Trajectory Planning via Kinematic Invariants
IX Congress of the National Group of Bioengineering
Conference Paper
Conference
2025
Du C., Bernabei F., Du Z., Decherchi S., Lo Preti M., Beccai L.
Magnetic Tactile-Driven Soft Actuator for Intelligent Grasping and Firmness Evaluation
arXiv
2025
Du Z., Du C., Beccai L.
Multi-Touch Characterization of the SoftMag Tactile Sensor
7th Italian Conference in Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Conference Paper
Conference
2025
Dacre B., Bessone N., Preti M.L., Cafiso D., Moreno R., Faina A., Beccai L.
Neural Cellular Automata for Decentralized Sensing Using a Soft Inductive Sensor Array for Distributed Manipulator Systems
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics, ICCAR, (no. 2025), pp. 314-321
2025
Preti M.L., Trunin P., Cafiso D., Beccai L.
The HexSOWS: A Modular Soft and Robust Skin Concept for Multimodal Tactile Sensing
2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2025
2025
Exley T., Wijesundara R., Wang S., Moridani A., Nilforooshan T., Jafari A.
TVIM: Thermoactive Variable Impedance Module Evaluating Shear-Mode Capabilities of Polycaprolactone
IEEE Access
2024
Naselli G.A., Scharff R.B.N., Thielen M., Visentin F., Speck T., Mazzolai B.
A Soft Continuum Robotic Arm with a Climbing Plant-Inspired Adaptive Behavior for Minimal Sensing, Actuation, and Control Effort
Advanced Intelligent Systems, vol. 6, (no. 4)
2024
Alvira M., Mondini A., Puleo G.L., Tahirbegi I.B., Beccai L., Sadeghi A., Mazzolai B., Mir M., Samitier J.
Biomimetic Plant-Root-Inspired Robotic Sensor System
Biosensors, vol. 14, (no. 12)
2024
Cafiso D., Bernabei F., Lo Preti M., Lantean S., Roppolo I., Pirri C., Beccai L.
Development of conductive aerogels for DLP-3D printed sensors.
2024 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
Poster
Conference
2024
Bliah O., Joe S., Reinberg R., Beccai L., Magdassi S.
Digital light processing 3D printing of stretchable and compressible porous polymers for soft robotics
2nd International Electronic Conference on Actuator Technology
Abstract Report
Conference
2024
Cafiso D., Bernabei F., Lo Preti M., Lantean S., Roppolo I., Pirri C.F., Beccai L.
DLP-Printable Porous Cryogels for 3D Soft Tactile Sensing
Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 9, (no. 10)
2024
Bernabei F., Lo Preti M., Beccai L.
The T-Blep: A Soft Optical Sensor for Stiffness and Contact Force Measurement
Micromachines, vol. 15, (no. 2)