Matteo Cianchetti

13.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
139 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Matteo Cianchetti is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matteo Cianchetti has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 42 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 41 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matteo Cianchetti's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (100 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (39 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (33 papers). Matteo Cianchetti is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (100 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (39 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (33 papers). Matteo Cianchetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Matteo Cianchetti's co-authors include Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai, Arianna Menciassi, Paolo Dario, Mariangela Manti, Giada Gerboni, Tommaso Ranzani, Laura Margheri, Maurizio Follador and Vito Cacucciolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Matteo Cianchetti

129 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the bound... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2016 2018 2017 2012 2016 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the boundaries of robot abilities
    2016 1.1k citations Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai et al. profile →
  2. Biomedical applications of soft robotics
    2018 1.1k citations Matteo Cianchetti, Cecilia Laschi et al. profile →
  3. Soft Robotics: Review of Fluid‐Driven Intrinsically Soft Devices; Manufacturing, Sensing, Control, and Applications in Human‐Robot Interaction
    2017 789 citations Matteo Cianchetti et al. profile →
  4. Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus
    2012 757 citations Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti et al. profile →
  5. Stiffening in Soft Robotics: A Review of the State of the Art
    2016 492 citations Matteo Cianchetti et al. profile →
  6. Soft Robotics Technologies to Address Shortcomings in Today's Minimally Invasive Surgery: The STIFF-FLOP Approach
    2014 418 citations Matteo Cianchetti, Kaspar Althoefer et al. profile →
  7. Dynamic Model of a Multibending Soft Robot Arm Driven by Cables
    2014 348 citations Federico Renda, Marcello Calisti et al. profile →
  8. A Bioinspired Soft Robotic Gripper for Adaptable and Effective Grasping
    2015 340 citations Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matteo Cianchetti Italy 43 9.3k 4.2k 3.2k 2.7k 562 139 10.4k
Kyu‐Jin Cho South Korea 48 6.9k 0.7× 3.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 593 1.1× 252 9.6k
Bobak Mosadegh United States 36 8.3k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 429 0.8× 96 9.8k
Sangbae Kim United States 47 8.6k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 314 0.6× 148 11.0k
Michael T. Tolley United States 39 11.5k 1.2× 7.3k 1.7× 2.3k 0.7× 3.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 104 13.8k
Panagiotis Polygerinos United States 28 6.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 512 0.9× 68 6.9k
Conor J. Walsh United States 67 15.4k 1.7× 3.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 1.6k 2.8× 255 17.7k
Çağdaş D. Önal United States 31 4.7k 0.5× 2.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 312 0.6× 98 5.5k
Elliot W. Hawkes United States 44 4.0k 0.4× 2.9k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 410 0.7× 106 5.8k
Gürsel Alıcı Australia 61 8.2k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 822 0.3× 544 1.0× 366 12.5k
Koichi Suzumori Japan 36 4.5k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 711 0.3× 212 0.4× 423 5.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beani, Elena, Matteo Cianchetti, Martina Maselli, et al.. (2025). Wearable sensors for measuring spontaneous upper limb use in children with unilateral cerebral palsy and typical development. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 22(1). 71–71.
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Laake, Lucas C. van, Anthal I.P.M. Smits, Matteo Cianchetti, et al.. (2025). A soft robotic total artificial hybrid heart. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5146–5146.
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Laschi, Cecilia, Li Wen, Fumiya Iida, et al.. (2025). Soft robotics: what’s next in bioinspired design and applications of soft robots?. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 21(1). 11501–11501.
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Maselli, Martina, et al.. (2025). SoftTex: Soft Robotic Arm With Learning-Based Textile Proprioception. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(4). 3779–3786. 1 indexed citations
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Maselli, Martina, et al.. (2025). Soft Robots Proprioception Through Stretchable Laser‐Induced Graphene Strain Sensors. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 7(10). 3 indexed citations
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Cianchetti, Matteo, et al.. (2024). Fiber Jamming of Magnetorheological Elastomers as a Technique for the Stiffening of Soft Robots. Robotics. 13(1). 16–16. 4 indexed citations
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Renda, Federico, et al.. (2024). Data-Driven Methods Applied to Soft Robot Modeling and Control: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 2241–2256. 29 indexed citations
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Cianchetti, Matteo, et al.. (2024). Soft Crawling Robot With a Dual-Morphing Origami Configuration. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 6(4). 1771–1780. 1 indexed citations
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Otón, Claudio J., et al.. (2024). Enriching Contact Information Through Fiber Bragg Gratings-Based Exteroception in Soft Bending Actuators. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies). 1082–1087. 1 indexed citations
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Marchese, Maria Raffaella, Silvia Campagnini, Matteo Cianchetti, et al.. (2023). Artificial intelligence for the recognition of benign lesions of vocal folds from audio recordings. Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica. 43(5). 317–323. 1 indexed citations
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Stano, Gianni, et al.. (2023). Inexpensive monolithic additive manufacturing of silicone structures for bio-inspired soft robotic systems. Engineering Research Express. 5(1). 15016–15016. 7 indexed citations
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Picardi, Giacomo, et al.. (2023). User-Driven Design and Development of an Underwater Soft Gripper for Biological Sampling and Litter Collection. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(4). 771–771. 6 indexed citations
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Firrincieli, Andrea, Luigi Manfredi, Matteo Cianchetti, et al.. (2023). Flexible Over-the-Tube Device for Soft-Tethered Colonoscopy. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 29(3). 1611–1621. 4 indexed citations
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Maselli, Martina, Alice Zoso, Valeria Chiono, et al.. (2022). Development of an Innovative Soft Piezoresistive Biomaterial Based on the Interconnection of Elastomeric PDMS Networks and Electrically-Conductive PEDOT:PSS Sponges. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 13(3). 135–135. 3 indexed citations
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Diodato, Alessandro, Margherita Brancadoro, Giacomo De Rossi, et al.. (2018). Soft Robotic Manipulator for Improving Dexterity in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Surgical Innovation. 25(1). 69–76. 52 indexed citations
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Oliveri, Alberto, Martina Maselli, Matteo Lodi, Marco Storace, & Matteo Cianchetti. (2018). Model-Based Compensation of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis in a Piezoresistive Strain Sensor. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 66(10). 8205–8213. 37 indexed citations
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Cecchi, Francesca, et al.. (2017). Warp-Knitted Textile as a Strain Sensor: Characterization Procedure and Application in a Comfortable Wearable Goniometer. IEEE Sensors Journal. 17(18). 5927–5936. 24 indexed citations
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Cianchetti, Matteo, Maurizio Follador, Barbara Mazzolai, Paolo Dario, & Cecilia Laschi. (2012). Design and development of a soft robotic octopus arm exploiting embodied intelligence. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies). 5271–5276. 59 indexed citations
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Renda, Federico, Matteo Cianchetti, Michele Geronazzo, et al.. (2011). Planar steady-state physical model for a soft cable-driven octopus-like arm manipulator. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies). 1 indexed citations

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