Barbara Mazzolai

Orcid: 0000-0003-0722-8350

According to our database1, Barbara Mazzolai authored at least 118 papers between 2007 and 2024.

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2024
A Soft Continuum Robotic Arm with a Climbing Plant-Inspired Adaptive Behavior for Minimal Sensing, Actuation, and Control Effort.
Adv. Intell. Syst., April, 2024

A growing soft robot with climbing plant-inspired adaptive behaviors for navigation in unstructured environments.
Sci. Robotics, January, 2024

A ridge-based detection algorithm with filament overlap identification for 2D mycelium network analysis.
Ecol. Informatics, 2024

Mastering Contact-rich Tasks by Combining Soft and Rigid Robotics with Imitation Learning.
CoRR, 2024

Modular Growing Mechanism with Multi-axis Deformation.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2024

2023
Soft robotics towards sustainable development goals and climate actions.
Frontiers Robotics AI, October, 2023

Editorial: 'Bioinspired Adaptive Intelligent Robots'.
Neuromorph. Comput. Eng., September, 2023

A Methodology to Investigate the Design Requirements of Plant Root-Inspired Robots for Soil Exploration.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., June, 2023

Device for Simultaneous Wind and Raindrop Energy Harvesting Operating on the Surface of Plant Leaves.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., April, 2023

Octopus-Inspired Suction Cups with Embedded Strain Sensors for Object Recognition.
Adv. Intell. Syst., February, 2023

Perspectives on Computation in Plants.
Artif. Life, 2023

Climbing mini-machines using plant-inspired micropatterned adhesive wheels fabricated via two-photon lithography.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2023

Effects of lateral undulation in granular medium burrowing with a peristaltic soft robot.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2023

Programmable inflatable origami.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2023

Sporify: An Automated Tool to Quantify Spores in Z-Stacked 3D Samples.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 12th International Conference, 2023

Understanding Preload Force for Grasping Objects with Different Stiffness Using Sensorized Suction Cups.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 12th International Conference, 2023

Miniature Soil Moisture Sensors for a Root-Inspired Burrowing Growing Robot.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 12th International Conference, 2023

A 3D-Printed Biomimetic Porous Cellulose-Based Artificial Seed with Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystals for Colorimetric Humidity Sensing.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 12th International Conference, 2023

Bioinspired Soft Actuator Based on Photothermal Expansion of Biodegradable Polymers.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 12th International Conference, 2023

Triboelectric Charging During Insect Walking on Leaves: A Potential Tool for Sensing Plant-Insect Interactions.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 12th International Conference, 2023

2022
3D-printed biomimetic artificial muscles using soft actuators that contract and elongate.
Sci. Robotics, 2022

A Plant Tendril-Like Soft Robot That Grasps and Anchors by Exploiting its Material Arrangement.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2022

Measuring Triboelectric Energy Conversion in Leaves of Living Plants.
IEEE Instrum. Meas. Mag., 2022

Physics-Data Driven Machine Learning Based Model: A Hybrid Way for Nonlinear, Dynamic, and Open-loop Identification of IPMC Soft Artificial Muscles.
CoRR, 2022

A Plant-Inspired Multifunctional, Two Way, and Fiberless Soft Gripper with Sensorized Kinaesthesia.
CoRR, 2022

3D micromolding of seed-like probes for self-burying soft robots.
Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2022

A plant-hybrid system for wind monitoring connected with social media.
Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2022

Underwater Light Modulators: Iridescent Structures of the Seagrass Posidonia Oceanica.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 11th International Conference, 2022

Advancing environmental intelligence through novel approaches in soft bioinspired robotics and allied technologies: I-Seed project position paper for Environmental Intelligence in Europe.
Proceedings of the GoodIT 2022: ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, Limassol, Cyprus, September 7, 2022

2021
The softness distribution index: towards the creation of guidelines for the modeling of soft-bodied robots.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2021

Editorial: Generation Growbots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Morphological Computation in Plant Seeds for a New Generation of Self-Burial and Flying Soft Robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

A novel fully 3D, microfluidic-oriented, gel-based and low cost stretchable soft sensor.
CoRR, 2021

Sensorized Foam Actuator with Intrinsic Proprioception and Tunable Stiffness Behavior for Soft Robots.
Adv. Intell. Syst., 2021

Support localization strategy for growing robots aided by light perception inspired by climbing plants <sup>*</sup>.
Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2021

Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Nature-inspired Solutions for Artificial Intelligent Systems.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 2021

Towards new frontiers for distributed environmental monitoring based on an ecosystem of plant seed-like soft robots.
Proceedings of the GoodIT '21: Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, 2021

2020
Autonomic perspiration in 3D-printed hydrogel actuators.
Sci. Robotics, 2020

A vision for future bioinspired and biohybrid robots.
Sci. Robotics, 2020

A Soft Sensorized Foot Module to Understand Anisotropic Terrains During Soft Robot Locomotion.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2020

Pneumatic Quasi-Passive Actuation for Soft Assistive Lower Limbs Exoskeleton.
Frontiers Neurorobotics, 2020

A New Exploration Strategy for Soft Robots Based on Proprioception.
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2020

Image-based Approach to Reconstruct Curling in Continuum Structures.
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2020

Soft Robotic Locomotion by Peristaltic Waves in Granular Media.
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2020

Biohybrid Wind Energy Generators Based on Living Plants.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 9th International Conference, 2020

Biomechanical Characterization of Hook-Climber Stems for Soft Robotic Applications.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 9th International Conference, 2020

An Image-Based Method for the Morphological Analysis of Tendrils with 2D Piece-Wise Clothoid Approximation Model.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 9th International Conference, 2020

Quantitative Measurements of Octopus vulgaris Arms for Bioinspired Soft Robotics.
Proceedings of the Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals, 2020

2019
Characterization of the Growing From the Tip as Robot Locomotion Strategy.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2019

A purely bioinformatic pipeline for the prediction of mammalian odorant receptor gene enhancers.
BMC Bioinform., 2019

Octopus-Inspired Soft Arm with Suction Cups for Enhanced Grasping Tasks in Confined Environments.
Adv. Intell. Syst., 2019

Simplified Sensing and Control of a Plant-Inspired Cable Driven Manipulator.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2019

Antagonistic Pneumatic Actuators with Variable Stiffness for Soft Robotic Applications.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2019

Rose-Inspired Micro-device with Variable Stiffness for Remotely Controlled Release of Objects in Robotics.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 8th International Conference, 2019

Dynamic Obstacles Detection for Robotic Soil Explorations.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

INFORA: A Novel Inflatable Origami-based Actuator.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

2018
The Rise of the Robots: The European Robotics Flagship [Regional Spotlight].
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2018

Toward Growing Robots: A Historical Evolution from Cellular to Plant-Inspired Robotics.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2018

From plant root's sloughing and radial expansion mechanisms to a soft probe for soil exploration.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2018

Shape estimation based on Kalman filtering: Towards fully soft proprioception.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2018

A plant-inspired kinematic model for growing robots.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2018

Soft sucker shoe for anti-slippage application.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2018

Investigation of Tip Extrusion as an Additive Manufacturing Strategy for Growing Robots.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 7th International Conference, 2018

Artificial System Inspired by Climbing Mechanism of Galium Aparine Fabricated via 3D Laser Lithography.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 7th International Conference, 2018

Continuous Growth in Plant-Inspired Robots Through 3D Additive Manufacturing.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

2017
Active-Braid, a Bioinspired Continuum Manipulator.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2017

SIMBA: Tendon-Driven Modular Continuum Arm with Soft Reconfigurable Gripper.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2017

Dry Adhesion of Artificial Gecko Setae Fabricated via Direct Laser Lithography.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 6th International Conference, 2017

A Closed Loop Shape Control for Bio-inspired Soft Arms.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 6th International Conference, 2017

A Biomechanical Characterization of Plant Root Tissues by Dynamic Nanoindentation Technique for Biomimetic Technologies.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 6th International Conference, 2017

2016
Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the boundaries of robot abilities.
Sci. Robotics, 2016

Biology for Robotics - A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Researcher's Life [Women in Engineering].
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2016

Lessons from Animals and Plants: The Symbiosis of Morphological Computation and Soft Robotics.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2016

Soft-Legged Wheel-Based Robot with Terrestrial Locomotion Abilities.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2016

Circumnutations as a penetration strategy in a plant-root-inspired robot.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

2015
Modulation of cellular responses: The two-photon polymerization approach in the control of the physical micro/nanoenvironment.
Proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2015

2014
Navigation of Magnetic Microrobots With Different User Interaction Levels.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2014

Pulsatile Viscous Flows in Elliptical Vessels and Annuli: Solution to the Inverse Problem, with Application to Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow.
SIAM J. Appl. Math., 2014

Wearable Self Sufficient MFC Communication System Powered by Urine.
Proceedings of the Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems - 15th Annual Conference, 2014

Soil Mechanical Impedance Discrimination by a Soft Tactile Sensor for a Bioinspired Robotic Root.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - Third International Conference, 2014

Towards accurate robot-assisted neuroendoscopy using an ergonomic handling interface and a lightweight robot.
Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014

2013
Soft, Transparent, Electronic Skin for Distributed and Multiple Pressure Sensing.
Sensors, 2013

Plant Root Strategies for Robotic Soil Penetration.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2013

Embodied Behavior of Plant Roots in Obstacle Avoidance.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2013

Bioinspired Design and Energetic Feasibility of an Autonomous Swimming Microrobot.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2013

Octopus-Inspired Innovative Suction Cups.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2013

Soft, Stretchable and Conductive Biointerfaces for Bio-hybrid Tactile Sensing Investigation.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2013

Robotic mechanism for soil penetration inspired by plant root.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

2012
Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus.
Adv. Robotics, 2012

Design of Adhesion Device Inspired by Octopus Sucker.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - First International Conference, 2012

Root-Soil Interaction Models for Designing Adaptive Exploring Robotic Systems.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - First International Conference, 2012

Bio-inspired Design of an Artificial Muscular-Hydrostat Unit for Soft Robotic Systems.
Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - First International Conference, 2012

Innovative soft robots based on electro-rheological fluids.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

Artificial adhesion mechanisms inspired by octopus suckers.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Wireless swimming microrobots: Design and development of a 2 DoF magnetic-based system.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Design and development of a soft robotic octopus arm exploiting embodied intelligence.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Design and development of a soft robot with crawling and grasping capabilities.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

2011
Mapping multiple gas/odor sources in an uncontrolled indoor environment using a Bayesian occupancy grid mapping based method.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2011

The Robot DustCart.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2011

Adhesion Mechanisms Inspired by Octopus Suckers.
Proceedings of the 2nd European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition, 2011

Novel Smart Concepts for Designing Swimming Soft Microrobots.
Proceedings of the 2nd European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition, 2011

Controlled Magnetic Propulsion of Floating Polymeric Two-Dimensional Nano-Objects.
Adv. Robotics, 2011

Design and development of a soft magnetically-propelled swimming microrobot.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

DustCart, an autonomous robot for door-to-door garbage collection: From DustBot project to the experimentation in the small town of Peccioli.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

Design, fabrication and first sea trials of a small-sized autonomous catamaran for heavy metals monitoring in coastal waters.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

2010
A Universal Intelligent System-on-Chip Based Sensor Interface.
Sensors, 2010

An Investigation on Legal Regulations for Robot Deployment in Urban Areas: A Focus on Italian Law.
Adv. Robotics, 2010

How safe are service robots in urban environments? Bullying a robot.
Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2010

Development of a novel quadruped mobile robot for behavior analysis of rats.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

Experimental results of a novel amphibian solution for aquatic robot.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010

2009
SPIRAL: A novel biologically-inspired algorithm for gas/odor source localization in an indoor environment with no strong airflow.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2009

2008
Bioinspired Robotic Dual-Camera System for High-Resolution Vision.
IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2008

Design and Development of a Soft Actuator for a Robot Inspired by the Octopus Arm.
Proceedings of the Experimental Robotics, The Eleventh International Symposium, 2008

A Solar-Powered Amphibian Robot for Aquatic Monitoring Network.
Proceedings of the Intelligent Robotics and Applications, First International Conference, 2008

2007
Biomechatronic design and development of a legged rat robot.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2007

Explorative Particle Swarm Optimization method for gas/odor source localization in an indoor environment with no strong airflow.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2007

Localizing multiple gas/odor sources in an indoor environment using bayesian occupancy grid mapping.
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 29, 2007


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