MS Thesis about Modelling and Model Predictive Control of Soft Robots, comments are welcome!
First Author Publications
Prompt-to-State Stable Vision-Language MPC for Approximated Neural Network Dynamics
E. Nicotra et al.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2026)
End-to-end Learning-based Bronchoscope Tracking Enhanced with Medical CT Imaging and a Novel Open-Source Simulator
E. Nicotra et al.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO 2025)
Soft Robotic Catheter for Safe Aneurysm Treatment with Enhanced Kinematics and Contact Force Model
E. Nicotra et al.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB 2025)
A Micro-Robotic Catheter for Aneurysm Treatment: A Novel Design and Enhanced Euler-Bernoulli Model with Cross-Section Optimization
E. Nicotra et al.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024)
Model Predictive Control for the Execution of Tasks in Soft Robots
E. Nicotra et al.
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2022).
Co-Author Publications
A Soft Robotic Model for Simulating Heart Valve Disease and Cardiac Interventions
J. Davies, E. Nicotra et al.
Advanced Science (2026)
Motor-Free Soft Robots for Cancer Detection, Surgery, and In Situ Bioprinting
C.C. Nguyen et al.
Advanced Healthcare Materials (2025)
Compliance Control with Dynamic and Self-Sensing Hydraulic Artificial Muscles for Wearable Assistive Devices
B. Sharma, E. Nicotra et al.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2025)
Model-Agnostic Fluidic Proprioception Framework for State Estimation and Precise Movement in Soft Musculoskeletal Robots
B. Sharma et al.
Results in Engineering (2025)
A Soft Robotic Textile-Actuated Anthropomorphic Artificial Shoulder Mechanism
B. Sharma et al.
Advanced Intelligent Systems (2025)
Development of a Bioinspired Soft Robotic System for Teleoperated Endoscopic Surgery
K. Zhu et al.
Cyborg and Bionic Systems (2025)
Development of a Self-Deploying Extra-Aortic Compression Device for Medium-Term Hemodynamic Stabilization: A Feasibility Study
A. Ji et al.
Advanced Science (2025)
Soft Robotic Artificial Left Ventricle Simulator Capable of Reproducing Myocardial Biomechanics
J. Davies et al.
Science Robotics (2024)
Soft Fibrous Syringe Architecture for Electricity-Free and Motorless Control of Flexible Robotic Systems
C.C. Nguyen et al.
Advanced Science (2024)
Soft Wearable Haptic Display and Flexible 3D Force Sensor for Teleoperated Surgical Systems
M.T. Thai et al.
Advanced Sensor Research (2024)
Soft Upper-Limb Wearable Robotic Devices: Technology and Applications
B. Sharma et al.
Advanced Intelligent Systems (2024)
Development of a Smart Textile-Driven Soft Spine Exosuit for Lifting Tasks in Industrial Applications
K. Zhu et al.
IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII 2024)
Robotic Cardiac Compression Device Using Artificial Muscle Filaments for the Treatment of Heart Failure
P.T. Phan et al.
Advanced Intelligent Systems (2024)
A Smart, Textile-Driven, Soft Exosuit for Spinal Assistance
K. Zhu et al.
Italian National Conference on Sensors (2023)
Hydraulically Actuated Soft Tubular Gripper
J. Davies et al.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022)
Bidirectional Soft Robotic Catheter for Arrhythmia Treatment
C.C. Nguyen et al.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022)
Handwritten Notes
The result of merging lectures and books during University courses.
Don’t take them too seriously there are a lot of mistakes…
Autonomous and Mobile Robotics
Multivariable Feedback Control