Publications
2020
Fiorello I., Tricinci O., Naselli G.A., Mondini A., Filippeschi C., Tramacere F., Mishra A.K., Mazzolai B.
Climbing Plant-Inspired Micropatterned Devices for Reversible Attachment
Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 30, (no. 38)
2020
Mazzolai B., Del Dottore E., Margheri L., Mondini A., Tramacere F.
Generation GrowBots: learning from plants how to design self-morphing, growing robots
APS March Meeting 2020
Abstract Report
Conference
2020
Calusi B., Tramacere F., Gualtieri S., Pugno N.M., Mazzolai B.
Plant root penetration and growth as a mechanical inclusion problem
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, vol. 120
2020
Fiorello I., Del Dottore E., Tramacere F., Mazzolai B.
Taking inspiration from climbing plants: methodologies and benchmarks-a review
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 15, (no. 3)
2020
Mazzolai B., Tramacere F., Fiorello I., Margheri L.
The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 7
2020
Greco G., Bosia F., Tramacere F., Mazzolai B., Pugno N.M.
The role of hairs in the adhesion of octopus suckers: a hierarchical peeling approach
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 15, (no. 3)
2019
Mazzolai B., Mondini A., Tramacere F., Riccomi G., Sadeghi A., Giordano G., Del Dottore E., Scaccia M., Zampato M., Carminati S.
Octopus‐Inspired Soft Arm with Suction Cups for Enhanced Grasping Tasks in Confined Environments
Advanced Intelligent System, vol. 1, (no. 3)
2019
Mazzolai B., Mondini A., Tramacere F., Del Dottore E.
Octopus-inspired Technologies for Grasping and Manipulation Tasks
Conferenza Italiana di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti
Abstract Report
Conference
2018
Fiorello I., Tricinci O., Mishra A.K., Tramacere F., Filippeschi C., Mazzolai B.
Artificial system inspired by climbing mechanism of galium aparine fabricated via 3D laser lithography
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10928 LNAI, pp. 168-178
2018
Mishra A.K., Tramacere F., Guarino R., Pugno N.M., Mazzolai B.
A study on plant root apex morphology as a model for soft robots moving in soil
PLoS ONE, vol. 13, (no. 6)
2018
Mishra A.K., Tramacere F., Mazzolai B.
From plant root's sloughing and radial expansion mechanisms to a soft probe for soil exploration
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2018, pp. 71-76
2018
Mishra A.K., Mondini A., Del Dottore E., Sadeghi A., Tramacere F., Mazzolai B.
Modular continuum manipulator: Analysis and characterization of its basic module
Biomimetics, vol. 3, (no. 1)
2018
Mazzolai B., Del Dotore E., Sadeghi A., Mondini A., Tramacere F.
Robots that grow like plants
American Physical Society
Abstract Report
Conference
2017
Calusi B., Tramacere F., Filippeschi C., Pugno N. M., Mazzolai B.
A Biomechanical Characterization of Plant Root Tissues by Dynamic Nanoindentation Technique for Biomimetic Technologies
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
2017
Sareh S., Althoefer K., Li M., Noh Y., Tramacere F., Sareh P., Mazzolai B., Kovac M.
Anchoring like octopus: Biologically inspired soft artificial sucker
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 14, (no. 135)
Principal Investigator
Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future Technologies