Stefano Mintchev

According to our database, Stefano Mintchev authored at least 50 papers between 2012 and 2025.

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2025

Optical Tactile Sensing for Aerial Multicontact Interaction: Design, Integration, and Evaluation.

Emanuele Aucone, Carmelo Sferrazza, Manuel Gregor, Raffaello D'Andrea, Stefano Mintchev

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2025

2024

Design, Modeling, and Control of AVOCADO: A Multimodal Aerial-Tethered Robot for Tree Canopy Exploration.

Steffen Kirchgeorg, Emanuele Aucone, Florian Wenk, Stefano Mintchev

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2024

Learning Occluded Branch Depth Maps in Forest Environments Using RGB-D Images.

Christian Geckeler, Emanuele Aucone, Yannick Schnider, Andri Simeon, Jan-Philipp von Bassewitz, Yunying Zhu, Stefano Mintchev

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2024

Optical Tactile Sensing for Aerial Multi-Contact Interaction: Design, Integration, and Evaluation.

Emanuele Aucone, Carmelo Sferrazza, Manuel Gregor, Raffaello D'Andrea, Stefano Mintchev

CoRR, 2024

User-Centric Payload Design and Usability Testing for Agricultural Sensor Placement and Retrieval using Off-the-Shelf Micro Aerial Vehicles.

Christian Geckeler, Iris Kong, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots, 2024

Vine Robots that Evert through Bending.

Rui Wu, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2024

Biodegradable Gliding Paper Flyers Fabricated Through Inkjet Printing.

Luca Girardi, Rui Wu, Yuki Fukatsu, Hiroki Shigemune, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2024

2023

Robotic Volatile Sampling for Early Detection of Plant Stress: Precision Agriculture Beyond Visual Remote Sensing.

Christian Geckeler, Sergio E. Ramos, Meredith C. Schuman, Stefano Mintchev

IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., December, 2023

Drone-assisted collection of environmental DNA from tree branches for biodiversity monitoring.

Emanuele Aucone, Steffen Kirchgeorg, Alice Valentini, Loïc Pellissier, Kristy Deiner, Stefano Mintchev

Sci. Robotics, January, 2023

Biodegradable Origami Gripper Actuated with Gelatin Hydrogel for Aerial Sensor Attachment to Tree Branches.

Christian Geckeler, Benito Armas Pizzani, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

Design and Control of a Micro Overactuated Aerial Robot with an Origami Delta Manipulator.

Eugenio Cuniato, Christian Geckeler, Maximilian Brunner, Dario Strübin, Elia Bähler, Fabian Ospelt, Marco Tognon, Stefano Mintchev, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

2022

HEDGEHOG: Drone Perching on Tree Branches With High-Friction Origami Spines.

Steffen Kirchgeorg, Stefano Mintchev

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2022

Dual Stiffness Tensegrity Platform for Resilient Robotics.

Davide Zappetti, Yi Sun, Matthieu Gevers, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

Adv. Intell. Syst., 2022

Bistable Helical Origami Gripper for Sensor Placement on Branches.

Christian Geckeler, Stefano Mintchev

Adv. Intell. Syst., 2022

Crash 2 Squash: An Autonomous Drone for the Traversal of Narrow Passageways.

Amedeo Fabris, Emanuele Aucone, Stefano Mintchev

Adv. Intell. Syst., 2022

Whisker-based Haptic Perception System for Branch Detection in Dense Vegetation.

Leiv Andresen, Emanuele Aucone, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2022

Multimodal aerial-tethered robot for tree canopy exploration.

Steffen Kirchgeorg, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

Soft Gripper with Adjustable Microspines for Adhering to Tree Branches.

Steffen Kirchgeorg, Bram Benist, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the Robotics in Natural Settings, 2022

2021

A professional slackliner robot.

Stefano Mintchev

Sci. Robotics, 2021

A Portable and Passive Gravity Compensation Arm Support for Drone Teleoperation.

Carine Rognon, Loïc Grossen, Stefano Mintchev, Jenifer Miehlbradt, Silvestro Micera, Dario Floreano

CoRR, 2021

A Soft Drone with Multi-modal Mobility for the Exploration of Confined Spaces.

Amedeo Fabris, Steffen Kirchgeorg, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2021

2020

A bioinspired Separated Flow wing provides turbulence resilience and aerodynamic efficiency for miniature drones.

Matteo Di Luca, Stefano Mintchev, Yunxing Su, Eric Shaw, Kenneth Breuer

Sci. Robotics, 2020

Bioinspired wing and tail morphing extends drone flight capabilities.

Enrico Ajanic, Mir Feroskhan, Stefano Mintchev, Flavio Noca, Dario Floreano

Sci. Robotics, 2020

Ori-Pixel, a Multi-DoFs Origami Pixel for Modular Reconfigurable Surfaces.

Marco Salerno, Jamie Paik, Stefano Mintchev

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

2019

The Foldable Drone: A Morphing Quadrotor That Can Squeeze and Fly.

Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, Davide Scaramuzza

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2019

A portable three-degrees-of-freedom force feedback origami robot for human-robot interactions.

Stefano Mintchev, Marco Salerno, Alexandre Cherpillod, Simone Scaduto, Jamie Paik

Nat. Mach. Intell., 2019

The current state and future outlook of rescue robotics.

Jeffrey A. Delmerico, Stefano Mintchev, Alessandro Giusti, Boris Gromov, Kamilo Melo, Tomislav Horvat, Cesar Cadena, Marco Hutter, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Dario Floreano, Luca Maria Gambardella, Roland Siegwart, Davide Scaramuzza

J. Field Robotics, 2019

Embodied Flight with a Drone.

Alexandre Cherpillod, Dario Floreano, Stefano Mintchev

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, 2019

2018

Forceful manipulation with micro air vehicles.

Stefano Mintchev, David L. Christensen, Mark R. Cutkosky, Dario Floreano

Sci. Robotics, 2018

FlyJacket: An Upper Body Soft Exoskeleton for Immersive Drone Control.

Carine Rognon, Stefano Mintchev, Fabio Dell'Agnola, Alexandre Cherpillod, David Atienza, Dario Floreano

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Last-Centimeter Personal Drone Delivery: Field Deployment and User Interaction.

Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, Anand Bhaskaran, Gregoire M. Heitz, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Variable stiffness strip with strain sensing for wearable robotics.

Alice Tonazzini, Jun Shintake, Carine Rognon, Vivek Ramachandran, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2018

A Soft Robot for Random Exploration of Terrestrial Environments.

Stefano Mintchev, Davide Zappetti, Jérôme Willemin, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Haptic Guidance with a Soft Exoskeleton Reduces Error in Drone Teleoperation.

Carine Rognon, Amy R. Wu, Stefano Mintchev, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications, 2018

Stiffness Perception of Virtual Objects Using FOLDAWAY-Touch.

Marco Salerno, Stefano Mintchev, Alexandre Cherpillod, Simone Scaduto, Jamie Paik

Proceedings of the Haptic Interaction - Perception, Devices and Algorithms, 2018

2017

Insect-Inspired Mechanical Resilience for Multicopters.

Stefano Mintchev, Sébastien de Rivaz, Dario Floreano

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2017

Bio-inspired Tensegrity Soft Modular Robots.

Davide Zappetti, Stefano Mintchev, Jun Shintake, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 6th International Conference, 2017

Development of bio-inspired underwater robot with adaptive morphology capable of multiple swimming modes.

Thibaut Paschal, Jun Shintake, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

An origami-inspired cargo drone.

Przemyslaw M. Kornatowski, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

2016

Adaptive Morphology: A Design Principle for Multimodal and Multifunctional Robots.

Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2016

A pocket sized foldable quadcopter for situational awareness and reconnaissance.

Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, 2016

A drone with insect-inspired folding wings.

L. Dufour, K. Owen, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

2015

Underwater navigation based on passive electric sense: New perspectives for underwater docking.

Frédéric Boyer, Vincent Lebastard, Christine Chevallereau, Stefano Mintchev, Cesare Stefanini

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2015

Towards docking for small scale underwater robots.

Stefano Mintchev, Raffaele Ranzani, Filippo Fabiani, Cesare Stefanini

Auton. Robots, 2015

Foldable and self-deployable pocket sized quadrotor.

Stefano Mintchev, Ludovic Daler, Géraud L'Eplattenier, L. Saint-Raymond, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

2014

Mechatronic design of a miniature underwater robot for swarm operations.

Stefano Mintchev, Elisa Donati, Stefano Marrazza, Cesare Stefanini

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

2013

A bioinspired autonomous swimming robot as a tool for studying goal-directed locomotion.

Luigi Manfredi, Tareq Assaf, Stefano Mintchev, Stefano Marrazza, L. Capantini, Stefano Orofino, Luca Ascari, Sten Grillner, Peter Wallén, Örjan Ekeberg, Cesare Stefanini, Paolo Dario

Biol. Cybern., 2013

Optical-guided autonomous docking method for underwater reconfigurable robot.

Donny K. Sutantyo, David Buntoro, Paul Levi, Stefano Mintchev, Cesare Stefanini

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, 2013

2012

A compliant bioinspired swimming robot with neuro-inspired control and autonomous behavior.

Cesare Stefanini, Stefano Orofino, Luigi Manfredi, Stefano Mintchev, Stefano Marrazza, Tareq Assaf, L. Capantini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Sten Grillner, Peter Wallén, Paolo Dario

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

An underwater reconfigurable robot with bioinspired electric sense.

Stefano Mintchev, Cesare Stefanini, Alexis Girin, Stefano Marrazza, Stefano Orofino, Vincent Lebastard, Luigi Manfredi, Paolo Dario, Frédéric Boyer

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012