ISI Journals and Book Chapters

- B. Mazzolai, L. Margheri, P.Dario, C. Laschi (2013) Measurements of octopus arm elongation: Evidence of differences by body size and gender Journal Of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology
- S. Kim, C. Laschi, B. Trimmer (2013) Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics Trends In Biotechnology
- Maurizio Follador, Matteo Cianchetti, Andrea Arienti, Cecilia Laschi(2012)A general method for the design and fabrication of shape memory alloy active spring actuators Smart Materials And Structures br />- M. Calisti, M. Giorelli, C. Laschi A locomotion strategy for an octopus-inspired octopus 337-338; Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems; Springer; ISBN: 9783642315244 (2012)
- F. Giorgio-Serchi, A. Arienti, C. Laschi A Biomimetic, Swimming Soft Robot Inspired by the Octopus vulgaris 349-351; Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems; Springer; ISBN: 9783642315244 (2012)
- L. Margheri, M. Follador, M. Cianchetti, B. Mazzolai, C. Laschi Bio-inspired design of an artificial muscular hydrostat unit for soft robotic systems 375-376; Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems; Springer; ISBN: 9783642315244 (2012)
- C. Laschi, M. Cianchetti, B. Mazzolai, L. Margheri, M. Follador, P. Dario (2012) Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus Advanced Robotics
- Margheri L, Laschi C, Mazzolai B (2012) Soft robotic arm inspired by the octopus. I. From biological functions to artificial requirements. Bioinsp. & Biomim.
- Mazzolai B, Margheri L, Cianchetti M, Dario P, Laschi C (2012) Soft robotic arm inspired by the octopus. II. From artificial requirements to innovative technological solutions. Bioinsp. & Biomim.
- Renda F, Cianchetti M, Giorelli M, Arienti A, Laschi C (2012) A 3D Steady State Model of a Tendon-Driven Continuum Soft Manipulator Inspired by Octopus Arm. Bioinsp. & Biomim.
- Zullo L, Fossati SM, Benfenati F (2012) Transmission of sensory responses in the peripheral nervous system of the arm of Octopus vulgaris. Vie et Milieu/Life & Environment.
- Li T, Nakajima K, Kuba M J, Gutnick T, Hochner B, Pfeifer R (2012) From the octopus to soft robots control: an octopus inspired behavior control architecture for soft robots, Vie et Milieu / Life and Environment.
- Fossati SM, Benfenati F, Zullo L. (2012) Morphological characterization of the Octopus arm. Vie et Milieu/Life & Environment.
- Hou JP, Bonser RHC, Jeronimidis G (2011) Design of a Biomimetic skin for an octopus- inspired robot- Part I: Characterising octopus skin. Journal of Bionic Engineering, Vol 8: 288-296.
- Hou JP, Bonser RHC, Jeronimidis G (2011) Design of a Biomimetic skin for an octopus- inspired robot- Part II: development of the skin artefact. Journal of Bionic Engineering, Vol 8: 297-304.
- Shomrat T, Graindorge N, Bellanger C, Fiorito G, Loewenstein Y, Hochner B (2011) Alternative Sites of Synaptic Plasticity in Two Homologous 'Fan-out Fan-in' Learning and Memory Networks. Current Biology. 21(21):1773-1782.
- Kang R, Branson D T, Guglielmino E, Caldwell D G (2012) Dynamic Model and Control of a Multiple Continuum Arm Robot Inspired by Octopus. In Computers and Mathematics with Applications.
- C. Laschi, B. Mazzolai, M. Cianchetti, L. Margheri, M. Follador, P. Dario (2011) A Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus, Adv. Robotics 26 709-726.
- L. Margheri, G. Ponte, B. Mazzolai, C. Laschi, G. Fiorito (2011) Non invasive study of the Octopus vulgaris arm morphology using ultrasound. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 3727-3731.
- M. Calisti, M. Giorelli, G. Levy, B. Mazzolai, B. Hochner, C. Laschi, P. Dario (2011) An octopus-bioinspired solution to movement and manipulation for soft robots. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics - 6 036002.
- T. Gutnick, R. A. Byrne, B. Hochner, M. Kuba (2011) Octopus vulgaris Uses Visual Information to Determine the Location of Its Arm. Current Biology Volume 21, Issue 6, 460-462.
- M. Cianchetti, A. Arienti, M. Follador, B. Mazzolai, P. Dario, C. Laschi (2011) Design concept and validation of a robotic arm inspired by the octopus. Materials Science and Engineering C 31 1230-1239.
- L. Zullo and B. Hochner (2011) A new perspective on the organization of an invertebrate brain. Communicative & Integrative Biology 4:1, 1-4.
- M. Cianchetti, V. Mattoli, B. Mazzolai, C. Laschi, P. Dario (2009) A new design methodology of electrostrictive actuators for bio-inspired robotics Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 142 (1) 288-297
- C. Laschi, B. Mazzolai, V. Mattoli, M. Cianchetti and P. Dario (2009) Design of a biomimetic robotic octopus arm Bioinspir. Biomim. Vol.4, No.1.
- C. Laschi, B. Mazzolai, V. Mattoli, M. Cianchetti and P. Dario (2009) Design and Development of a Soft Actuator for A Robot Inspired by the Octopus Arm in Experimental Robotics, The 11th International Symposium, O. Khatib, V. Kumar, G. Pappas (Ed.s), Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR Series), Springer, pp.25-33.
- I. Zelman, M. Galun, A. Akselrod-Ballin, Y. Yekutieli, B. Hochner, and T. Flash (2009) Nearly automatic motion capture system for tracking octopus arm movements in 3D space Journal of Neuroscience Methods Volume 182: 97-109
- L. Zullo, G. Sumbre, C. Agnisola, T. Flash, B. Hochner (2009) Nonsomatotopic Organization of the Higher Motor Centers in Octopus Current Biology 19:1632-1636


Peer-reviewed Conferences and Seminars

2013
- F. Renda, C. Laschi (2013) Cosserat Geometrically Exact Approach for Modelling Tendon Driven Continuum Soft Robot Arms 2013 International Workshop on Soft Robotics and Morphological Computation

2012
- M. Cianchetti, F. Renda, A. Licofonte, C. Laschi (2012) Sensorization of continuum soft robots for reconstructing their spatial configuration International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics; 634-639
- M. Follador, M. Cianchetti, C. Laschi (2012) Development of the functional unit of a completely soft octopus-likerobotic arm International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics; 640-645
- Kuwabara J, Nakajima K, Kang R, Branson DT, Guglielmino E, Caldwell DG, Pfeifer R (2012) Timing-Based Control via Echo State Network for Soft Robotic Arm, accepted at 2012 Int. Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Brisbane Australia, June 2012.
- Kuwabara J, Nakajima K, Kang R, Branson DT, Guglielmino E, Caldwell DG, Pfeifer R (2012) Timing-Based Control via Echo State Network for Soft Robotic Arm. Proceedings of IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2012).
- Michele Giorelli, Federico Renda, Andrea Arienti, Marcello Calisti, Matteo Cianchetti, Gabriele Ferri, Cecilia Laschi Inverse and Direct Model of a Continuum Manipulator Inspired by the Octopus Arm Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems First International Conference, Living Machines 2012, Barcelona, Spain, July 9-12, 2012. Proceedings; 347-348 (2012)
- Branson DT, Kang R, Guglielmino E, Caldwell DG (2012) Control Architecture for Robots with Continuum Arms Inspired by Octopus vulgaris Neurophysiology. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Giorelli M, Renda F, Calisti M, Arienti A, Ferri G, Laschi C (2012) A two dimensional inverse kinetics model of a cable driven manipulator inspired by the octopus arm. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Godage I, Branson DT, Guglielmino E, Caldwell DG (2012) Pneumatic Muscle Actuated Continuum Arms: Modeling and Experimental Assessment. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Guglielmino E, Zullo L, Cianchetti M, Follador M, Branson DT, Caldwell DG (2012) The Application of Embodiment Theory to the Design and Control of an Octopus-like Robotic Arm. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Held D, Yekutieli Y, Flash T (2012) Characterizing the Stiffness of a Multi-Segment Flexible Arm During Motion. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Hou JP, Bonser RHC, Jeronimidis G (2012) Developing sensorized arm skin for an octopus inspired robot. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Kang R, Branson DT, Guglielmino E, Caldwell DG (2012) Bio-inspired Dynamic Model for a Reconfigurable Multiple Continuum Arm Robot, accepted at The Second ASME/IEEE International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2012), July 2012, Tianjin, China.
- Kazakidi A, Kuba M, Botvinnik A, Sfakiotakis M, Gutnick T, Hanassy S, Levy G, Ekaterinaris JA, Flash T, Hochner B, Tsakiris DP (2012) Swimming Patterns of the Octopus Vulgaris. 22nd Annual Meeting of Neural Control of Movement Society, April 23-29, 2012, Venice, Italy.
- Kazakidi A, Vavourakis V, Pateromichelakis N, Ekaterinaris JA, Tsakiris DP (2012) Hydrodynamic Analysis of Octopus-like Robotic Arms. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Kazakidi A, Vavourakis V, Pateromichelakis N, Tsakiris DP, Ekaterinaris JA (2012) Flow patterns around moving octopus-like arms. 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 8-13, 2012, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Li T, Nakajima K, Cianchetti M, Laschi C, Pfeifer R (2012) Behavior Switching by Using Reservoir Computing for a Soft Robotic Arm. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Calisti M, Arienti A, Renda F, Levy G, Hochner B, Mazzolai B, Dario P, Laschi C (2012) Design and development of a soft robot with crawling and grasping capabilities. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Renda F, Laschi C (2012) A General Mechanical Model for Tendon-Driven Continuum Manipulators. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Sfakiotakis M, Kazakidi A, Pateromichelakis N, Ekaterinaris JA, Tsakiris DP (2012) Robotic Underwater Propulsion Inspired by the Octopus Multi-arm Swimming. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Zheng T, Branson DT, Kang R, Cianchetti M, Guglielmino E, Follador M, Medrano-Cerda G A, Godage I, Caldwell DG (2012) Dynamic Continuum arm Model for Use with Underwater Robotic Manipulators Inspired by Octopus vulgaris. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012.
- Tramacere F., Beccai L., Mattioli F., Sinibaldi E., and Mazzolai B., “Artificial Adhesion Mechanisms inspired by Octopus Suckers”,  2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics    and    Automation    (ICRA).

2011
- Nakajima K., Li T., Sumioka H., Cianchetti M., Pfeifer R. (2011) Information Theoretic Analysis on a Soft Robotic Arm Inspired by the Octopus, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE-ROBIO 2011), 2011 (accepted).
- Nakajima K., Li T., Pfeifer R. (2011) Timing and Behavioral Efficiency in Controlling a Soft Body: A Case Study in Octopus Reaching Behavior, In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC2011), pp. 132- 134.
- Li T., Nakajima K., Cianchetti M (2011) Finding Structure in Deadtime, In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC2011), pp. 47- 49.
- Nakajima K., Li T., Kuppuswamy N., Pfeifer R. (2011) Harnessing the Dynamics of a Soft Body with 'Timing': Octopus Inspired Control via Recurrent Neural Networks, In Proceedings of IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), pp. 277 - 284.
- Nakajima K., Li T., Kuppuswamy N., Pfeifer R. (2011) Biologically inspired control of a simulated octopus arm via recurrent neural networks, In Proceedings of the 2011 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2011), ACM Press, pp. 21-22.
- Margheri L. (2011) The octopus: biomechanical measurements of a biological model for novel soft-robotics design principles, The Science Cafe' at the FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
- Nakajima K., Li T., Kuppuswamy N., Pfeifer R. (2011) How to Harness the Dynamics of a Soft Body, In Proceedings of the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (FET11), Elsevier, 2011 (accepted.
- Margheri L., Mazzolai B., Dario P., Laschi C. (2011) A bioengineering approach for in vivo measurements of the octopus arms. Awarded by Scientific Program Committee EuroCeph2011. In Press within December issue 2011 of Journal of Shellfish Research.
- Margheri L., Cianchetti M., Mazzolai B., Dario P., Laschi C. (2011) Novel Design Principles for a Biomimetic Soft-Robot based on the In Vivo Characterization of the Morphology and Mechanics of Octopus Arm, Bio-inspired Robots Workshop 2011, 6-8 April, Nantes, France.
- Renda F., Cianchetti M., Giorelli M., Mazzolai B., Dario P., Laschi C. (2011) Planar steady-state physical modelling for a cable-driven octopus-like arm manipulator, Bio-inspired Robots Workshop 2011, 6-8 April, Nantes, France.
- Godage I.S.,Branson D.T., Guglielmino E., Caldwell D.G. (2011) Shape Function-based Kinematics and Dynamics For Variable Length Continuum Robotic Arms Proc. of the 27th IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'11), May 9-13, Shanghai, China
- Zheng T., Branson D.T., Guglielmino E., Caldwell D.G. (2011) A 3D Dynamic Model for Continuum Robots Inspired by An Octopus Arm Proc. of the 27th IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'11), May 9-13, Shanghai, China

2010
- Guglielmino E., Tsagarakis N., Caldwell D. G.(2010) An Octopus Anatomy-inspired Robotic Arm IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent R0bots and Systems (IROS), Taiwan, October 2010
- Margheri L., Mazzolai B., Dario P., Laschi C. (2010) A non-invasive anatomical study and biomechanical measurements of the Octopus vulgaris arms for biomimetic robotics design 1st International Conference on Applied Bionics and Biomechanics (ICABB-2010), Venice, Italy.
- Margheri L., Mazzolai B., Ponte G., Fiorito G., Dario P., Laschi C. (2010) Methods and tools for the anatomical study and experimental in vivo measurement of the Octopus vulgaris arm for biomimetic design Third IEEE RAS / EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2010), Tokyo, Japan.
- Calisti M, Arienti A, Giannaccini M, Follador M, Giorelli M, Cianchetti M, Mazzolai B, Laschi C and Dario P (2010) Study and fabrication of bioinspired octopus arm mockups tested on a multipurpose platform IEEE/RAS-EMBS Int. Conf. on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2010), Tokyo, Japan.
- Margheri L., Ponte G., Mazzolai B., Dario P., Fiorito G., Laschi C. (2010) Anatomical study and in vivo measurement of the elongation and strength capability of the octopus arm Secondo Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria (Congresso GNB2010), Torino, Italy, July, 8-10, 2010.
- Cianchetti M., Follador M., Arienti A., Calisti M., Giannaccini M., Mazzolai B., Laschi C., Dario P. (2010) Study and development of a robotic muscular hydrostat inspired by the octopus arm Secondo Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria (Congresso GNB2010), Torino, Italy, July, 8-10, 2010.

2009
- M. Sfakiotakis and D.P. Tsakiris (2009) Undulatory and Pedundulatory Robotic Locomotion via Direct and Retrograde Body Waves Proc. of the 25th IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'09), pp. 3457-3463, Kobe, Japan
- G. Lopez-Nicolas, M. Sfakiotakis, D.P. Tsakiris, A.A. Argyros, C. Sagues and J.J. Guerrero (2009) Visual Homing for Undulatory Robotic Locomotion Proc. of the 25th IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'09), pp. 2629-2636, Kobe, Japan
- November 2009 - The abstracts of the 18th Annual meeting of Israel Society for Neuroscience (ISFN) are now published in the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
- Margheri L., Ponte G., Mazzolai B., Laschi C. and Fiorito G (2009) In vivo investigation of the arm nerve cord morphology of the Octopus vulgaris, using ultrasound techniques J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Margheri L., Mazzolai B., Laschi C. and Dario P. (2009) Methods and tools for the experimental in-vivo measurement and characterization of the Octopus vulgaris arm mechanical properties J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Tsakiris D. (2009) Bio-inspired motion control for pedundulatory robotic locomotion J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Zullo L., Fossati S.M., Hochner B. and Benfenati F. (2009) Physiological characterization of octopus arm and sucker J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Fossati S.M., Benfenati F., Hochner B and Zullo L. (2009) Morphological characterization of the octopus arm relevant to robotics J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Gutnik T., Byrne R.A., Hochner B. and Kuba M.J. (2009) Octopus vulgaris visually guides complex arm movement J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Hanassy S., Botvinnik A. and Hochner B. (2009) Elongation and bend propagation in the reaching movement of Octopus vulgaris J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Hochner B., Zullo L. and Subre G. (2009) The control of goal directed movements in the flexible arm of the octopus J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Kuppuswamy N.S, Li T., Nakajima K., Cianchetti M. and Pferifer R. (2009) A biologically inspired approach to the control of octopus-like soft robot arms J Mol Neurosci 39 (Suppl 1):S1-S132.
- Margheri L., Mazzolai B., Cianchetti M., Dario P. and Laschi C. (2009) Tools and Methods for Experimental In-vivo Measurement and Biomechanical Characterization of an Octopus vulgaris Arm Proceedings of the 31st IEEE EMBS Int. Conf. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.


Patents:
- Matteo Cianchetti, Maurizio Follador, Andrea Arienti, Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai, Paolo Dario 'Arto robotico continuo bioispirato' - (2010)
- Marcello Calisti, Andrea Arienti, Michele Giorelli, Barbara Mazzolai, Cecilia Laschi, Paolo Dario 'Robot con arti morbidi adibiti a locomozione e presa' .

                  

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