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Italy
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
68
Citations
36176
World Ranking
428
National Ranking
8

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
68
Citations
36178
World Ranking
985
National Ranking
18

Bruno Siciliano publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Siciliano sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 469 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Bruno Siciliano D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Siciliano sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2000 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to dynamic modeling and control of robotic systems and for leadership in robotics education.

Overview

Bruno Siciliano is a researcher affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their academic work focuses primarily on Engineering with a strong emphasis on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Additional subfields of study include Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition as well as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their research spans several key topics, such as:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

Siciliano has published extensively in various reputable venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Robotica

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Autonomy in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Brief Survey" (2021), published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Modeling of Deformable Objects for Robotic Manipulation: A Tutorial and Review" (2020), published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • "Vision-Based Dynamic Virtual Fixtures for Tools Collision Avoidance in Robotic Surgery" (2020), published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Hybrid Force-Impedance Control for Fast End-Effector Motions" (2023), published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "An External Force Sensing System for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery" (2020), published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers including Fanny Ficuciello, Vincenzo Lippiello, Luigi Villani, Fabio Ruggiero, and Pierluigi Arpenti.

Bruno Siciliano has contributed to the literature through books published by established publishers such as Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature, and Advanced textbooks in control and signal processing. Titles include:

  • Experimental Robotics (2021)
  • Robotics for Intralogistics in Supermarkets and Retail Stores (2022)
  • Foundations of Robotics (2025)

Throughout their career, Siciliano has received several honors including Fellowships from the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2009, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2002, and the IEEE in 2000 for contributions to dynamic modeling and control of robotic systems and leadership in robotics education.

Best Publications

  • Springer Handbook of Robotics

    Bruno Siciliano;Oussama Khatib

  • Robotics: Modelling, Planning and Control

    Bruno Siciliano;Lorenzo Sciavicco;Luigi Villani;Giuseppe Oriolo

  • Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators

    L. Sciavicco;Bruno Siciliano;B. Sciavicco

  • Modeling and Control of Robot Manipulators

    Lorenzo Sciavicco;Bruno Siciliano

  • Theory of Robot Control

    Carlos Canudas de Wit;Georges Bastin;Bruno Siciliano

  • An atlas of physical human-robot interaction

    Agostino De Santis;Bruno Siciliano;Alessandro De Luca;Antonio Bicchi

  • Robot Force Control

    Bruno Siciliano;Luigi Villani

  • A general framework for managing multiple tasks in highly redundant robotic systems

    B. Siciliano;J.-J.E. Slotine

  • Kinematic control of redundant robot manipulators: A tutorial

    Bruno Siciliano

  • A singular perturbation approach to control of lightweight flexible manipulators

    Bruno Siciliano;Wayne J. Book

  • Closed-form dynamic model of planar multilink lightweight robots

    A. De Luca;B. Siciliano

  • A solution algorithm to the inverse kinematic problem for redundant manipulators

    L. Sciavicco;B. Siciliano

  • Variable Impedance Control of Redundant Manipulators for Intuitive Human–Robot Physical Interaction

    Fanny Ficuciello;Luigi Villani;Bruno Siciliano

  • Review of the damped least-squares inverse kinematics with experiments on an industrial robot manipulator

    S. Chiaverini;B. Siciliano;O. Egeland

  • Closed-loop inverse kinematics schemes for constrained redundant manipulators with task space augmentation and task priority strategy

    Pasquale Chiacchio;Stefano Chiaverini;Lorenzo Sciavicco;Bruno Siciliano

  • The Tricept robot: Inverse kinematics, manipulability analysis and closed-loop direct kinematics algorithm

    Bruno Siciliano

  • PD control with on-line gravity compensation for robots with elastic joints: Theory and experiments

    Alessandro De Luca;Bruno Siciliano;Loredana Zollo

  • Safe and Dependable Physical Human-Robot Interaction in Anthropic Domains: State of the Art and Challenges

    R. Alami;A. Albu-Schaeffer;A. Bicchi;R. Bischoff

  • A survey of robot interaction control schemes with experimental comparison

    S. Chiaverini;B. Siciliano;L. Villani

  • Six-DOF impedance control based on angle/axis representations

    F. Caccavale;C. Natale;B. Siciliano;L. Villani

  • Global task space manipulability ellipsoids for multiple-arm systems

    P. Chiacchio;S. Chiaverini;L. Sciavicco;B. Siciliano

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Villani
Luigi Villani University of Naples Federico II
Vincenzo Lippiello
Vincenzo Lippiello University of Naples Federico II
Stefano Chiaverini
Stefano Chiaverini University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Fabrizio Caccavale
Fabrizio Caccavale University of Basilicata
Ciro Natale
Ciro Natale University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Loredana Zollo
Loredana Zollo Università Campus Bio-Medico
Eugenio Guglielmelli
Eugenio Guglielmelli Università Campus Bio-Medico
Claudio Melchiorri
Claudio Melchiorri University of Bologna
Gianluca Palli
Gianluca Palli University of Bologna

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