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2025
Obayashi N., Howard D., Walker K.L., Jørgensen J., Gepner M., Sameoto D., Lida F., Hughes J. (2025) A democratized bimodal model of research for soft robotics: Integrating slow and fast science, Science Robotics 10, eadr2708.
Seyidoğlu B., Parvaresh A., Taherkhani B. & Rafsanjani A. (2025) Inflatable Kirigami Crawlers, arXiv.
Tirado J. (2025) Multigait Limbless Soft Robotic Locomotion, PhD Thesis, University of Southern Denmark.
Goshtasbi A., Seyidoğlu B., Murali Babu S.P., Parvaresh A., Do C.D., & Rafsanjani A. (2025) Weld n’Cut: Automated fabrication of inflatable fabric actuators, 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2025), arXiv. | 🎥
Parvaresh A., Goshtasbi A., Tirado J., & Rafsanjani A. (2025) Proprioceptive Origami Manipulator, 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2025), arXiv. | 🎥
2024
Christiansen M.B. (2024) Bioinspired Aesthetic Design of Soft Robots for Human-Robot Interaction, PhD Thesis, University of Southern Denmark.
Christiansen M.B., Rafsanjani A., & Jørgensen J. (2024). Nature Redux: Interrogating Biomorphism and Soft Robot Aesthetics Through Generative AI, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 11:1472051.
Murali Babu S.P., Parvaresh A., & Rafsanjani A. (2024) Tailoring materials into kirigami robots, Device 2(9), 100469.
Vandeputte, H. J. C., Manoonpong, P., & Jørgensen, J. (2024). Informative but Discomforting. Adding Dynamic Light to a Hexapod Robot with a Soft Skin. Robotics Reports, 2(1), 134-140. | 🎥
Tirado J., Moisson de Vaux J., Seyidoğlu B., Murali Babu S. P., Jørgensen J., & Rafsanjani A. (2024). Feedback Control of a Modular Proprioceptive Soft Actuator. Robotics Reports, 2(1), 128-133. | 🎥
Christiansen M.B., Rafsanjani A., & Jørgensen J. (2024). Ex Silico: Soft Biomorphs. .able journal. | 🎥
Christiansen M.B, Rafsanjani A., & Jørgensen J. (2024) “It brings the good vibes”: Exploring biomorphic aesthetics in the design of soft personal robots, International Journal of Social Robotics 16, 835-855. | 🎥
Tirado J., Do C.D., Moisson de Vaux J., Jørgensen J., & Rafsanjani A. (2024) Earthworm-Inspired Soft Skin Crawling Robot, Advanced Science, 11(23), 2400012 | 🎥
Goshtasbi A., Murali Babu S.P., Moreira R., Jamshidiyan Tehrani M., Hyldgaard R., Rasmussen M.N., Rafsanjani A. (2024) AI-infused soft fluidic tactile sensing, 7th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2024) | 🎥
Parvaresh A., Seyidoğlu B., Rafsanjani A. (2024) Metamaterial soft snake robot for rectilinear locomotion, 7th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2024) | 🎥
Seyidoğlu B., Rafsanjani A. (2024). A textile origami snake robot for rectilinear locomotion, Device 2, 100226. | Research Highlight in Nature | 🎥
2023
Mirkhalaf M., Rafsanjani A. (2023). Harnessing machine mechanisms to continuously reprogram metamaterials, Matter, 6(11), 3719-3731.
Duhr P., Meier Y.A., Damanpack A., Carpenter J., Studart A.R., Rafsanjani A., Demirörs A.F. (2023) Kirigami makes a soft magnetic sheet crawl, Advanced Science, 10(25), 2301895. | 🎥
Christiansen M.B., Asawalertsak N., Do C.D., Nantareekurn W., Rafsanjani A., Manoonpong P., Jørgensen J. (2023). BioMORF: A Soft Robotic Skin to Increase Biomorphism and Enable Nonverbal Communication, In 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (pp. 370-377). | 🎥
Jørgensen J., Christiansen M.B. (2023) Sounding softness and the (artificial) subject. In ISEA 2023: Symbiosis: 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art.
Asawalertsak N., Heims F., Kovalev A., Gorb S.N., Jørgensen J., Manoonpong P. (2023) Frictional anisotropic locomotion and adaptive neural control for a soft crawling robot, Soft Robotics, 10(3), 545-555..
Das, R., Murali Babu S.P., Visentin, F., Palagi, S., Mazzolai, B. (2023). An earthworm-like modular soft robot for locomotion in multi-terrain environments. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1571.
Giordano G., Murali Babu S.P., Mazzolai B. (2023). Soft robotics towards sustainable development goals and climate actions. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10.
Tirado J., Jørgensen J., Rafsanjani A. (2023) Earthworm-inspired multimodal soft actuators, 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023).
Seyidoğlu B., Murali Babu S.P., Rafsanjani A. (2023) Reconfigurable kirigami skins steer a soft robot, 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023).
Murali Babu S.P., Das R., Mazzolai B., Rafsanjani A. (2023) Programmable inflatable origami, , 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023).
2022
Rafsanjani A., Coulter F. B., Studart A. R. (2022). Giving life to robotic skins. Matter, 5(7), 1990-1992.
Rafsanjani, A. (2022). Turning materials into robots. Science, 376(6599), 1272-1273.
Jørgensen J. (2022) Towards a Soft Science of Soft Robots: A Call for a Place for Aesthetics in Soft Robotics Research, ACM transactions on human-robot interaction, 12(2), 1-11.
Branyan C., Rafsanjani A., Bertoldi K., Hatton R.L., Mengüç Y. (2022). Curvilinear kirigami skins let soft bending actuators slither faster. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9: 872007.
Poloni E., Rafsanjani A., Place V., Ferretti D., Studart A.R. (2022). Stretchable soft composites with strain‐induced architectured color. Advanced Materials, 34(6), 2104874.
Klausen T.A., Farhadi U., Vlachos E., Jørgensen J. (2022). Signalling emotions with a breathing soft robot. IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2022).
Larsen B., Manoonpong P., Jørgensen J., (2022). WISARD: Weight informing soft artificial robotic dermis. IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2022).
Farhadi U., Klausen T.A., Jørgensen J., Vlachos E. (2022). Exploring the interaction kinesics of a soft social robot. In HCI International 2022 Posters: 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26–July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part IV (pp. 292-299)
Jørgensen J., Bojesen K.B., Jochum E. (2022). Is a soft robot more “natural”? Exploring the perception of soft robotics in human–robot interaction. International Journal of Social Robotics 14, 95–113.
2021
Paunović, N., Bao, Y., Coulter, F.B., Masania, K., Geks, A.K., Klein, K., Rafsanjani, A., Cadalbert, J., Kronen, P.W., Kleger, N. and Karol, A., 2021. Digital light 3D printing of customized bioresorbable airway stents with elastomeric properties. Science Advances, 7(6), p.eabe9499.
Carpenter, J.A., Eberle, T.B., Schuerle, S., Rafsanjani, A. and Studart, A.R., 2021. Facile manufacturing route for magneto‐responsive soft actuators. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 3(8), p.2000283.
Poloni, E., Rafsanjani, A., Place, V., Ferretti, D. and Studart, A.R., 2022. Stretchable Soft Composites with Strain‐Induced Architectured Color. Advanced Materials, 34(6), p.2104874.
Jørgensen, J. and Christiansen, M.B., 2021. The sounds of softness. designing sound for human-soft robot interaction. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, p.674121.
Jørgensen, J., 2021. TeMoG–An accessible tool for creating custom soft robotics parts. In Interactivity and Game Creation: 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, December 10–11, 2020, Proceedings 9 (pp. 331-342).
2020
Christiansen, M.B., Jørgensen, J., Belling, A.S.E. and Beloff, L., 2020. Soft robotics and posthuman entities. Journal for Artistic Research, (22).
Jeppesen, M.H., Jørgensen, J. and Manoonpong, P., 2020. Adaptive neural CPG-based control for a soft robotic tentacle. In Neural Information Processing: 27th International Conference, ICONIP 2020, Bangkok, Thailand, November 23–27, 2020, Proceedings, Part II 27 (pp. 762-774).