Folding for stiffening
Improving stiffness of electrostatic clutches through geometry modification 
Research
Predicting slip of objects that have been picked up
A data driven approach to anticipate slip 
Shielded soft force sensors
Low profile force sensors with robust performance 
Electrostatic Clutches for Variable Stiffness
A new way to change stiffness using electrostatics 
Picking textiles up using electroadhesion
A new way to handle fragile materials 
3D printing with konjac glucomannan gels
A recipe for stimuli-responsive, self-healing soft robots made with gels 
B:Ionic glove
A wearable sensory feedback device for upper limb robotic prostheses 
NeatSkin
A discrete impedance tomography skin sensor 
Quantifying Dynamic Shapes in Soft Morphologies
A mathematical description of dynamically changing shapes 
Bio-inspired Artificial Pellicle
Pellicle like surface for soft robots 
Tiled Auxetic Cylinders
Auxetics made with patterns 
EuMoBot
Replicating euglenoid movement in a soft robot 
Giant Shape change for highly deformable soft robots
Hyperelastic bellows inspired by euglenoids 
Implantable soft robotic devices to treat vocal fold paralysis
A proof of concept design of an implantable device 
Cilia-Inspired microfluidic manipulators for lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices
A microscopic IPMC manipulator
Multi-directional Crawling Robot
A crawling robot made of soft materials 
Concurrent Optimization of Mechanical Design and Locomotion Control
A method to simultaneously optimize design and control parameters for legged robots
Design and Control of Friendly Robots with Personality
A legged robot capable of displaying personality through its movement 
Sketch by Maurizio Nitti and Alessia Marra
Experiments with the Soft Cell Simulator
Investigated the design of mechanical structures using soft materials 
Mechanical Design of a Gripper with Soft Skin
For automated testing of soft skins in control tasks
Hyper-Redundant Manipulator
A cable driven manipulator with multiple degrees of freedom 