ISI Journals and Book Chapters

- Margheri L, Laschi C, Mazzolai B (2012) Soft robotic arm inspired by the octopus. I. From biological functions to artificial requirements. Bioinsp. & Biomim. In Press
- 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. In Press
- 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. In Press
- 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. In Press
- 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. In Press
- Fossati SM, Benfenati F, Zullo L. (2012) Morphological characterization of the Octopus arm. Vie et Milieu/Life & Environment. In Press
- 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
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.


Patent: Matteo Cianchetti, Maurizio Follador, Andrea Arienti, Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai, Paolo Dario 'Arto robotico continuo bioispirato' - (2010)

                  

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