Benjamin Ward-Cherrier

985 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 677 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Ward-Cherrier is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 677 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Ward-Cherrier's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (12 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (6 papers). Benjamin Ward-Cherrier is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (12 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (6 papers). Benjamin Ward-Cherrier collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy. Benjamin Ward-Cherrier's co-authors include Nathan F. Lepora, Luke Cramphorn, Nicholas Pestell, Benjamin Winstone, Maria Elena Giannaccini, Jonathan Rossiter, Nicolás Rojas, Martin J. Pearson, Jörg Conradt and Manuel G. Catalano and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Ward-Cherrier

20 papers receiving 666 citations

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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.

The TacTip Family: Soft Optical Tactile Sensors with 3D-Printed Biomimetic Morphologies

2018 383 citations Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, Nicholas Pestell et al. Soft Robotics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Ward-Cherrier United Kingdom	11	537	467	215	92	84	21	677
Nicholas Pestell United Kingdom	6	464 0.9×	404 0.9×	189 0.9×	76 0.8×	81 1.0×	8	589
Luke Cramphorn United Kingdom	7	459 0.9×	405 0.9×	196 0.9×	83 0.9×	77 0.9×	7	574
Zhanat Kappassov Kazakhstan	9	592 1.1×	486 1.0×	307 1.4×	106 1.2×	136 1.6×	25	815
Benjamin Winstone United Kingdom	6	377 0.7×	301 0.6×	151 0.7×	65 0.7×	71 0.8×	7	510
Jeremy A. Fishel United States	12	635 1.2×	716 1.5×	274 1.3×	130 1.4×	106 1.3×	15	945
Kazuto Kamiyama Japan	11	431 0.8×	331 0.7×	173 0.8×	116 1.3×	106 1.3×	53	668
Maria Elena Giannaccini United Kingdom	7	605 1.1×	268 0.6×	292 1.4×	53 0.6×	180 2.1×	15	747
Nicholas Wettels United States	10	495 0.9×	379 0.8×	207 1.0×	54 0.6×	67 0.8×	15	635
Florian Bergner Germany	14	344 0.6×	184 0.4×	245 1.1×	43 0.5×	103 1.2×	27	549
H.R. Nicholls United Kingdom	6	693 1.3×	424 0.9×	310 1.4×	62 0.7×	152 1.8×	11	868

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Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Exploratory Movement Strategies for Texture Discrimination with a Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor. 17869–17874.

Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Neuromorphic touch for robotics—a review. Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering. 5(3). 32001–32001. 1 indexed citations

Lepora, Nathan F., et al.. (2025). A Neuromorphic Tactile System for Reliable Braille Reading in Noisy Environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(6). 5225–5232. 2 indexed citations

Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). A Neuromorphic System for the Real-time Classification of Natural Textures. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1070–1076. 4 indexed citations

Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous Velocity and Texture Classification from a Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Using Spiking Neural Networks. Electronics. 13(11). 2159–2159. 5 indexed citations

Lepora, Nathan F., et al.. (2023). Incipient Slip Detection with a Biomimetic Skin Morphology. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 8972–8978. 3 indexed citations

Smith, A., et al.. (2022). Evaluating Multi-Channel Vibrational Feedback Arrays in a Digit Discrimination Task. 2 indexed citations

Lepora, Nathan F., et al.. (2022). Neuromorphic Tactile Edge Orientation Classification in an Unsupervised Spiking Neural Network. Sensors. 22(18). 6998–6998. 11 indexed citations

Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Temporal and Spatio-temporal domains for Neuromorphic Tactile Texture Classification. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 50–57. 11 indexed citations

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Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Feeling the Pressure: The Influence of Vibrotactile Patterns on Feedback Perception. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 634–640. 5 indexed citations

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Elkington, Michael, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, Nicholas Pestell, et al.. (2021). Real time defect detection during composite layup via Tactile Shape Sensing. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials. 28(1). 1–10. 5 indexed citations

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Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, Jörg Conradt, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, & Nathan F. Lepora. (2020). A Miniaturised Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor integrated with an Anthropomorphic Robot Hand. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 9883–9889. 12 indexed citations

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Elkington, Michael, et al.. (2019). Layup end effectors with tactile sensing capabilities. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations

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Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, Nicholas Pestell, Luke Cramphorn, et al.. (2018). The TacTip Family: Soft Optical Tactile Sensors with 3D-Printed Biomimetic Morphologies. Soft Robotics. 5(2). 216–227. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, Luke Cramphorn, & Nathan F. Lepora. (2017). Exploiting Sensor Symmetry for Generalized Tactile Perception in Biomimetic Touch. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(2). 1218–1225. 16 indexed citations

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Cramphorn, Luke, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, & Nathan F. Lepora. (2017). Addition of a Biomimetic Fingerprint on an Artificial Fingertip Enhances Tactile Spatial Acuity. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(3). 1336–1343. 28 indexed citations

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Ward-Cherrier, Benjamin, Nicolás Rojas, & Nathan F. Lepora. (2017). Model-Free Precise in-Hand Manipulation with a 3D-Printed Tactile Gripper. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(4). 2056–2063. 44 indexed citations

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Lepora, Nathan F. & Benjamin Ward-Cherrier. (2016). Tactile Quality Control With Biomimetic Active Touch. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 1(2). 646–652. 17 indexed citations

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Cramphorn, Luke, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, & Nathan F. Lepora. (2016). Tactile manipulation with biomimetic active touch. Explore Bristol Research. 123–129. 20 indexed citations

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Lepora, Nathan F. & Benjamin Ward-Cherrier. (2015). Superresolution with an optical tactile sensor. Explore Bristol Research. 2686–2691. 59 indexed citations

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