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D-Index
34
Citations
4559
World Ranking
2854
National Ranking
15

Federico Renda 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 Federico Renda sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 110 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Federico Renda 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 Federico Renda 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: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Federico Renda is affiliated with Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates. Their main area of research is in Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Ocean Engineering.

The research topics covered by Federico Renda include:

  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Federico Renda are:

  • Anup Teejo Mathew
  • Frédéric Boyer
  • Costanza Armanini
  • Daniel Feliu-Talegón
  • Vincent Lebastard

Federico Renda has published extensively in several venues, with the most common being:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • Soft Robotics

Selected recent publications include:

  • Soft Robots Modeling: A Structured Overview, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Dynamics of Continuum and Soft Robots: A Strain Parameterization Based Approach, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics, 2022, Nature Reviews Physics
  • A Geometric Variable-Strain Approach for Static Modeling of Soft Manipulators With Tendon and Fluidic Actuation, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Concentric Tube Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Current Applications and Future Opportunities, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics

Best Publications

  • Dynamic Model of a Multibending Soft Robot Arm Driven by Cables

    Federico Renda;Michele Giorelli;Marcello Calisti;Matteo Cianchetti

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

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

  • Discrete Cosserat Approach for Multisection Soft Manipulator Dynamics

    Federico Renda;Frederic Boyer;Jorge Dias;Lakmal Seneviratne

  • Soft Robots Modeling: A Structured Overview

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Dynamics of Continuum and Soft Robots: A Strain Parameterization Based Approach

    Frederic Boyer;Vincent Lebastard;Fabien Candelier;Federico Renda

  • A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics

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  • Learning dynamic models for open loop predictive control of soft robotic manipulators.

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

  • A feed-forward neural network learning the inverse kinetics of a soft cable-driven manipulator moving in three-dimensional space

    Michele Giorelli;Federico Renda;Gabriele Ferri;Cecilia Laschi

  • A Geometric Variable-Strain Approach for Static Modeling of Soft Manipulators With Tendon and Fluidic Actuation

    Federico Renda;Costanza Armanini;Vincent Lebastard;Fabien Candelier

  • Discrete Cosserat approach for soft robot dynamics: A new piece-wise constant strain model with torsion and shears

    Federico Renda;Vito Cacucciolo;Jorge Dias;Lakmal Seneviratne

  • Concentric Tube Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Current Applications and Future Opportunities

    Hessa Alfalahi;Federico Renda;Cesare Stefanini

  • Design and development of a soft robot with crawling and grasping capabilities

    Marcello Calisti;Andrea Arienti;Federico Renda;Guy Levy

  • Design and prototyping soft–rigid tendon-driven modular grippers using interpenetrating phase composites materials

    Irfan Hussain;Oraib Al-Ketan;Oraib Al-Ketan;Federico Renda;Monica Malvezzi;Monica Malvezzi

  • A two dimensional inverse kinetics model of a cable driven manipulator inspired by the octopus arm

    Michele Giorelli;Federico Renda;Marcello Calisti;Andrea Arienti

  • SoRoSim: A MATLAB Toolbox for Hybrid Rigid–Soft Robots Based on the Geometric Variable-Strain Approach

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  • A unified multi-soft-body dynamic model for underwater soft robots:

    Federico Renda;Francesco Giorgio-Serchi;Frederic Boyer;Cecilia Laschi

  • Data-Driven Methods Applied to Soft Robot Modeling and Control: A Review

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  • Discrete Cosserat Approach for Multi-Section Soft Robots Dynamics.

    Federico Renda;Frédéric Boyer;Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias;Lakmal D. Seneviratne

  • Learning the inverse kinetics of an octopus-like manipulator in three-dimensional space.

    M Giorelli;F Renda;M Calisti;A Arienti

  • Modelling cephalopod-inspired pulsed-jet locomotion for underwater soft robots

    Frederico Renda;Frederico Renda;Francesco Giorgio-Serchi;Frédéric Boyer;Cecilia Laschi

  • Modeling and Prototyping of an Underactuated Gripper Exploiting Joint Compliance and Modularity

    Irfan Hussain;Federico Renda;Zubair Iqbal;Monica Malvezzi

  • Sensorization of continuum soft robots for reconstructing their spatial configuration

    M. Cianchetti;F. Renda;A. Licofonte;C. Laschi

Frequent Co-Authors

Cecilia Laschi
Cecilia Laschi National University of Singapore
Lakmal Seneviratne
Lakmal Seneviratne Khalifa University
Matteo Cianchetti
Matteo Cianchetti Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Cesare Stefanini
Cesare Stefanini Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Domenico Prattichizzo
Domenico Prattichizzo University of Siena
Monica Malvezzi
Monica Malvezzi University of Siena
Barbara Mazzolai
Barbara Mazzolai Italian Institute of Technology
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Binyamin Hochner
Binyamin Hochner Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fumiya Iida
Fumiya Iida University of Cambridge

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