Benjamin Gorissen

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Gorissen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Gorissen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 32 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 18 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Gorissen's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (24 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (20 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (18 papers). Benjamin Gorissen is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (24 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (20 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (18 papers). Benjamin Gorissen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Benjamin Gorissen's co-authors include Dominiek Reynaerts, Michaël De Volder, Katia Bertoldi, David Melancon, Satoshi Konishi, Chuck Hoberman, Nikolaos Vasios, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Joon-wan KIM and Edoardo Milana and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Gorissen

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Elastic Inflatable Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications

2017 362 citations Benjamin Gorissen, Dominiek Reynaerts et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Multistable inflatable origami structures at the metre scale

2021 308 citations Benjamin Gorissen, Katia Bertoldi et al. Nature profile →
Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy

2022 158 citations Cameron A. Aubin, Benjamin Gorissen et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Gorissen Belgium	22	1.5k	1.2k	595	269	219	49	2.1k
Shuguang Li China	19	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	536 0.9×	173 0.6×	259 1.2×	77	2.1k
Hamidreza Marvi United States	19	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	635 1.1×	248 0.9×	176 0.8×	55	2.1k
Andrew T. Conn United Kingdom	24	1.4k 0.9×	685 0.6×	413 0.7×	239 0.9×	136 0.6×	101	1.8k
Yinding Chi United States	13	924 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	375 0.6×	221 0.8×	169 0.8×	23	1.4k
Xiaoguang Dong United States	16	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 2.3×	153 0.6×	68 0.3×	33	2.2k
Amirreza Aghakhani Türkiye	18	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	945 1.6×	99 0.4×	79 0.4×	42	2.2k
Hugo Rodrigue South Korea	29	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	435 0.7×	343 1.3×	422 1.9×	91	3.0k
Yaoye Hong United States	15	819 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	321 0.5×	248 0.9×	122 0.6×	22	1.4k
Maurizio Follador Italy	15	1.3k 0.9×	682 0.6×	366 0.6×	161 0.6×	460 2.1×	16	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Gorissen

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Zareei, Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Reprogrammable sequencing for physically intelligent underactuated robots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(38). e2508310122–e2508310122. 1 indexed citations

Milana, Edoardo, et al.. (2025). Symmetry Breaking Metamaterial Sleeve Actuators. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 7(11).

Migliorini, Lorenzo, et al.. (2025). Electropneumatic Oscillators Using Nonlinear Inflatables. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 7(6).

Wu, Ming, et al.. (2025). Data-driven models with physical interpretability for real-time cavity profile prediction in electrochemical machining processes. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 160. 111807–111807. 9 indexed citations

Gorissen, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Frequency‐Controlled Fluidic Oscillators for Soft Robots. Advanced Science. 11(43). e2408879–e2408879. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yang, Yi Yang, David A. Weitz, et al.. (2024). Shell buckling for programmable metafluids. Nature. 628(8008). 545–550. 28 indexed citations

Milana, Edoardo, et al.. (2023). Nonlinear Inflatable Actuators for Distributed Control in Soft Robots. Advanced Materials. 35(35). e2301487–e2301487. 23 indexed citations

Baines, Robert, Sree Kalyan Patiballa, Benjamin Gorissen, Katia Bertoldi, & Rebecca Kramer‐Bottiglio. (2023). Programming 3D Curves with Discretely Constrained Cylindrical Inflatables. Advanced Materials. 35(26). e2300535–e2300535. 19 indexed citations

Miserez, Marc, et al.. (2023). Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone. Polymers. 15(13). 2964–2964. 1 indexed citations

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Milana, Edoardo, et al.. (2022). Out-of-Plane Soft Lithography for Soft Pneumatic Microactuator Arrays. Soft Robotics. 10(1). 197–204. 10 indexed citations

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Milana, Edoardo, et al.. (2022). Morphological Control of Cilia-Inspired Asymmetric Movements Using Nonlinear Soft Inflatable Actuators. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 8. 788067–788067. 11 indexed citations

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Aubin, Cameron A., Benjamin Gorissen, Edoardo Milana, et al.. (2022). Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy. Nature. 602(7897). 393–402. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gorissen, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). A Modular and Self‐Contained Fluidic Engine for Soft Actuators. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 16 indexed citations

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Vasios, Nikolaos, Bolei Deng, Benjamin Gorissen, & Katia Bertoldi. (2021). Universally bistable shells with nonzero Gaussian curvature for two-way transition waves. Nature Communications. 12(1). 695–695. 62 indexed citations

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Bas, Onur, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast, miniature soft actuators. Lirias (KU Leuven). 4(4). 45001–45001. 24 indexed citations

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Milana, Edoardo, Rongjing Zhang, Maria Rosaria Vetrano, et al.. (2020). Metachronal patterns in artificial cilia for low Reynolds number fluid propulsion. Science Advances. 6(49). 65 indexed citations

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Milana, Edoardo, et al.. (2019). Biomimetics: Artificial Soft Cilia with Asymmetric Beating Patterns for Biomimetic Low‐Reynolds‐Number Fluid Propulsion (Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2019). Advanced Functional Materials. 29(22). 1 indexed citations

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Gorissen, Benjamin, Michaël De Volder, & Dominiek Reynaerts. (2018). Chip-on-tip endoscope incorporating a soft robotic pneumatic bending microactuator. Biomedical Microdevices. 20(3). 73–73. 36 indexed citations

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Gorissen, Benjamin, Chris Van Hoof, Dominiek Reynaerts, & Michaël De Volder. (2016). SU8 etch mask for patterning PDMS and its application to flexible fluidic microactuators. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 2(1). 16045–16045. 32 indexed citations

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Gijbels, Andy, Michaël De Volder, Benjamin Gorissen, et al.. (2011). Precision experiments on a comanipulated robotic system for use in retinal surgery. Lirias (KU Leuven). 6 indexed citations

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