| Soft robotics technologies to address shortcomings in today's minimally invasive surgery: the STIFF-FLOP approach M Cianchetti, T Ranzani, G Gerboni, T Nanayakkara, K Althoefer, ... Soft robotics 1 (2), 122-131, 2014 | 595 | 2014 |
| A bioinspired soft manipulator for minimally invasive surgery T Ranzani, G Gerboni, M Cianchetti, A Menciassi Bioinspiration & biomimetics 10 (3), 035008, 2015 | 375 | 2015 |
| STIFF-FLOP surgical manipulator: Mechanical design and experimental characterization of the single module M Cianchetti, T Ranzani, G Gerboni, I De Falco, C Laschi, A Menciassi 2013 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems …, 2013 | 352 | 2013 |
| A soft modular manipulator for minimally invasive surgery: design and characterization of a single module T Ranzani, M Cianchetti, G Gerboni, I De Falco, A Menciassi IEEE Transactions on Robotics 32 (1), 187-200, 2016 | 263 | 2016 |
| Finite element analysis and design optimization of a pneumatically actuating silicone module for robotic surgery applications Y Elsayed, A Vincensi, C Lekakou, T Geng, CM Saaj, T Ranzani, ... Soft Robotics 1 (4), 255-262, 2014 | 251 | 2014 |
| Macrobend optical sensing for pose measurement in soft robot arms S Sareh, Y Noh, M Li, T Ranzani, H Liu, K Althoefer Smart Materials and Structures 24 (12), 125024, 2015 | 162 | 2015 |
| Robotic granular jamming: Does the membrane matter? A Jiang, T Ranzani, G Gerboni, L Lekstutyte, K Althoefer, P Dasgupta, ... Soft Robotics 1 (3), 192-201, 2014 | 139 | 2014 |
| Soft and stretchable sensor using biocompatible electrodes and liquid for medical applications S Russo, T Ranzani, H Liu, S Nefti-Meziani, K Althoefer, A Menciassi Soft robotics 2 (4), 146-154, 2015 | 122 | 2015 |
| Increasing the dimensionality of soft microstructures through injection‐induced self‐folding T Ranzani, S Russo, NW Bartlett, M Wehner, RJ Wood Advanced Materials 30 (38), 1802739, 2018 | 102 | 2018 |
| Multi-fingered haptic palpation utilizing granular jamming stiffness feedback actuators M Li, T Ranzani, S Sareh, LD Seneviratne, P Dasgupta, HA Wurdemann, ... Smart Materials and Structures 23 (9), 095007, 2014 | 83 | 2014 |
| Modular soft mechatronic manipulator for minimally invasive surgery (MIS): overall architecture and development of a fully integrated soft module G Gerboni, T Ranzani, A Diodato, G Ciuti, M Cianchetti, A Menciassi Meccanica 50, 2865-2878, 2015 | 79 | 2015 |
| An additive millimeter‐scale fabrication method for soft biocompatible actuators and sensors S Russo, T Ranzani, CJ Walsh, RJ Wood Advanced Materials Technologies 2 (10), 1700135, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
| Force transfer characterization of a soft exosuit for gait assistance B Quinlivan, A Asbeck, D Wagner, T Ranzani, S Russo, C Walsh International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and …, 2015 | 51 | 2015 |
| Magnetorheological Fluid‐Based Flow Control for Soft Robots K McDonald, A Rendos, S Woodman, KA Brown, T Ranzani Advanced Intelligent Systems 2 (11), 2000139, 2020 | 45 | 2020 |
| Soft pop-up mechanisms for micro surgical tools: design and characterization of compliant millimeter-scale articulated structures S Russo, T Ranzani, J Gafford, CJ Walsh, RJ Wood 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 750-757, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Biologically inspired electrostatic artificial muscles for insect-sized robots H Wang, P York, Y Chen, S Russo, T Ranzani, C Walsh, RJ Wood The International Journal of Robotics Research 40 (6-7), 895-922, 2021 | 43 | 2021 |
| A modular soft manipulator with variable stiffness T Ranzani, M Cianchetti, G Gerboni, I De Falco, G Petroni, A Menciassi 3rd Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery …, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Design of a robotic module for autonomous exploration and multimode locomotion S Russo, K Harada, T Ranzani, L Manfredi, C Stefanini, A Menciassi, ... IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 18 (6), 1757-1766, 2012 | 41 | 2012 |
| Robotic platform for mini-invasive surgery P Valdastri, C Di Natali, M Simi, T Ranzani, A Menciassi, P Dario US Patent 9,579,163, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
| Modulation of magnetorheological fluid flow in soft robots using electropermanent magnets KJ McDonald, L Kinnicutt, AM Moran, T Ranzani IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (2), 3914-3921, 2022 | 38 | 2022 |
Arianna Menciassi, PhDFull Professor, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa (Italy)Verified email at santannapisa.it