2026 Cecilia Laschi: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	60	678	617	11	11	426	21039
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	60	1594	1524	33	31	427	21046

Overview

Cecilia Laschi is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and has established a research profile focused primarily within the field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields including biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, condensed matter physics, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research emphasizes topics related to soft robotics and applications, modular robots and swarm intelligence, robot manipulation and learning, micro and nano robotics, advanced materials and mechanics, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and teleoperation and haptic systems.

The scientist has a notable publication record in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
Science Robotics
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Recent papers authored by Cecilia Laschi include:

"Octopus-inspired sensorized soft arm for environmental interaction" (2023, Science Robotics)
"Bioinspired underwater legged robot for seabed exploration with low environmental disturbance" (2020, Science Robotics)
"Actuation Technologies for Soft Robot Grippers and Manipulators: A Review" (2021, Current Robotics Reports)
"Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration" (2023, Nature Communications)
"A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics" (2022, Nature Reviews Physics)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Egidio Falotico, Marcello Calisti, Matteo Cianchetti, Peiyi Wang, and Barbara Mazzolai.

In addition to journal articles, Cecilia Laschi has contributed to scholarly books, including a publication titled "Experimental Robotics" released by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Best Publications

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics.

Sangbae Kim;Cecilia Laschi;Barry Trimmer

2240
Citations
Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the boundaries of robot abilities.

Cecilia Laschi;Barbara Mazzolai;Matteo Cianchetti

1531
Citations
Biomedical applications of soft robotics

Matteo Cianchetti;Cecilia Laschi;Arianna Menciassi;Paolo Dario

1327
Citations
Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus

Cecilia Laschi;Matteo Cianchetti;Barbara Mazzolai;Laura Margheri

1126
Citations
Control Strategies for Soft Robotic Manipulators: A Survey.

Thomas George Thuruthel;Yasmin Ansari;Egidio Falotico;Cecilia Laschi

637
Citations
Soft robot perception using embedded soft sensors and recurrent neural networks

Thomas George Thuruthel;Benjamin Shih;Cecilia Laschi;Michael Thomas Tolley

609
Citations
An octopus-bioinspired solution to movement and manipulation for soft robots.

M Calisti;M Giorelli;G Levy;B Mazzolai

518
Citations
Dynamic Model of a Multibending Soft Robot Arm Driven by Cables

Federico Renda;Michele Giorelli;Marcello Calisti;Matteo Cianchetti

482
Citations
Soft Robotics: New Perspectives for Robot Bodyware and Control

Cecilia Laschi;Matteo Cianchetti

438
Citations
Model-Based Reinforcement Learning for Closed-Loop Dynamic Control of Soft Robotic Manipulators

Thomas George Thuruthel;Egidio Falotico;Federico Renda;Cecilia Laschi

389
Citations
STIFF-FLOP surgical manipulator: Mechanical design and experimental characterization of the single module

Matteo Cianchetti;Tommaso Ranzani;Giada Gerboni;Iris De Falco

340
Citations
Soft-robotic arm inspired by the octopus: II. From artificial requirements to innovative technological solutions.

B Mazzolai;L Margheri;M Cianchetti;P Dario

321
Citations
Design of a biomimetic robotic octopus arm.

C Laschi;C Laschi;B Mazzolai;B Mazzolai;V Mattoli;M Cianchetti;M Cianchetti

306
Citations
Bioinspired locomotion and grasping in water: the soft eight-arm OCTOPUS robot.

M Cianchetti;M Calisti;L Margheri;M Kuba

304
Citations
Fundamentals of soft robot locomotion.

M. Calisti;G. Picardi;C. Laschi

296
Citations
Soft Robotics: Challenges and Perspectives

Fumiya Iida;Cecilia Laschi

279
Citations
A 3D steady-state model of a tendon-driven continuum soft manipulator inspired by the octopus arm

F Renda;M Cianchetti;M Giorelli;A Arienti

249
Citations
Neural Network and Jacobian Method for Solving the Inverse Statics of a Cable-Driven Soft Arm With Nonconstant Curvature

Michele Giorelli;Federico Renda;Marcello Calisti;Andrea Arienti

224
Citations
Design concept and validation of a robotic arm inspired by the octopus

M. Cianchetti;A. Arienti;M. Follador;B. Mazzolai

202
Citations
Educational Robotics intervention on Executive Functions in preschool children

Maria Chiara Di Lieto;Emanuela Inguaggiato;Emanuela Castro;Francesca Cecchi

199
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Matteo Cianchetti Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Barbara Mazzolai Italian Institute of Technology

Eugenio Guglielmelli Università Campus Bio-Medico

Federico Renda Khalifa University

Maria Chiara Carrozza Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Virgilio Mattoli Italian Institute of Technology

Atsuo Takanishi Waseda University

Giovanni Cioni University of Pisa

Alain Berthoz Collège de France

External Links

Personal website of Cecilia Laschi Google Scholar page

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