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Jonathan Rossiter is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on several specialized subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Soft Robotics and Applications, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Micro and Nano Robotics, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, and Dielectric materials and actuators.

Jonathan Rossiter's recent scholarly publications include the following papers:

  • Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics (2021) published in Science Robotics
  • Tunable, multi-modal, and multi-directional vibration energy harvester based on three-dimensional architected metastructures (2020) published in Applied Energy
  • Liquid-amplified zipping actuators for micro-air vehicles with transmission-free flapping (2022) published in Science Robotics
  • The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: a review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions (2023) published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
  • Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles (2020) published in Soft Robotics

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Andrew T. Conn
  • Richard Suphapol Diteesawat
  • Majid Taghavi
  • Tim Helps
  • Qiukai Qi

Jonathan Rossiter's publications appear regularly in scientific venues such as:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol)
  • Soft Robotics
  • Science Robotics
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • The TacTip Family: Soft Optical Tactile Sensors with 3D-Printed Biomimetic Morphologies.

    Benjamin Ward-Cherrier;Nicholas Pestell;Luke Cramphorn;Luke Cramphorn;Benjamin Winstone

  • Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA2013

    Lars Espen Knoop;Jonathan M Rossiter

  • Development of a tactile sensor based on biologically inspired edge encoding

    Craig Chorley;Chris Melhuish;Tony Pipe;Jonathan Rossiter

  • Electro-ribbon actuators and electro-origami robots

    Majid Taghavi;Tim Helps;Jonathan Rossiter

  • Soft pneumatic grippers embedded with stretchable electroadhesion

    Jianglong Guo;Jianglong Guo;Khaled Elgeneidy;Khaled Elgeneidy;Chao Qun Xiang;Niels Lohse

  • Shape memory polymer hexachiral auxetic structures with tunable stiffness

    Jonathan M Rossiter;Kazuto Takashima;Fabrizio Scarpa;Peter Walters

  • Printing 3D dielectric elastomer actuators for soft robotics

    Jonathan Rossiter;Peter Walters;Boyko Stoimenov

  • Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics

    Richard Suphapol Diteesawat;Tim Helps;Majid Taghavi;Jonathan Rossiter

  • Electroadhesion Technologies for Robotics: A Comprehensive Review

    Jianglong Guo;Jinsong Leng;Jonathan Rossiter

  • Stretchable Piezoelectric Sensing Systems for Self-Powered and Wireless Health Monitoring

    Rujie Sun;Sara Correia Carreira;Yan Chen;Chaoqun Xiang

  • A new crystal plasticity scheme for explicit time integration codes to simulate deformation in 3D microstructures: Effects of strain path, strain rate and thermal softening on localized deformation in the aluminum alloy 5754 during simple shear

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  • Towards holonomic electro-elastomer actuators with six degrees of freedom

    Andrew T Conn;Jonathan M Rossiter

  • McKibben artificial muscle using shape-memory polymer

    Kazuto Takashima;Jonathan Rossiter;Toshiharu Mukai

  • Comparing the short and long term stability of biodegradable, ceramic and cation exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells.

    Jonathan Winfield;Lily D. Chambers;Jonathan Rossiter;Ioannis Ieropoulos

  • Spray deposited multilayered dielectric elastomer actuators

    O.A. Araromi;A.T. Conn;C.S. Ling;J.M. Rossiter

  • Swimming like algae: biomimetic soft artificial cilia

    Sina Sareh;Jonathan M Rossiter;Andrew T Conn;Knut Drescher

  • Soft Robotics - The Next Industrial Revolution? [Industrial Activities]

    Jonathan Rossiter;Helmut Hauser

  • Tunable, multi-modal, and multi-directional vibration energy harvester based on three-dimensional architected metastructures

    Rujie Sun;Qinyu Li;Jianfei Yao;Fabrizio Scarpa

  • A soft matter computer for soft robots

    Martin Stephen Garrad;Gabor Soter;Andrew Conn;Helmut Hauser

  • Biodegradation and proton exchange using natural rubber in microbial fuel cells

    Jonathan Winfield;Ioannis Ieropoulos;Jonathan M Rossiter;John Greenman

  • Urine-activated origami microbial fuel cells to signal proof of life

    Jonathan Winfield;Lily D. Chambers;Jonathan Rossiter;John Greenman

  • Proprioceptive Flexible Fluidic Actuators Using Conductive Working Fluids

    Tim Helps;Jonathan Rossiter

  • Kirigami stretchable strain sensors with enhanced piezoelectricity induced by topological electrodes

    Rujie Sun;Bing Zhang;Lu Yang;Wenjiao Zhang

  • Kirigami artificial muscles with complex biologically inspired morphologies

    Sina Sareh;Jonathan M Rossiter

  • Cast and 3D Printed Ion Exchange Membranes for Monolithic Microbial Fuel Cell Fabrication

    Hemma Philamore;Jonathan M Rossiter;Peter Walters;Jonathan Winfield

  • Bodily Aware Soft Robots: Integration of Proprioceptive and Exteroceptive Sensors

    Gabor Soter;Andrew Conn;Helmut Hauser;Jonathan Rossiter

  • A novel tactile sensor using a matrix of LEDs operating in both photoemitter and photodetector modes

    J. Rossiter;T. Mukai

  • Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges

    Cecilia Laschi;Jonathan Rossiter;Fumiya Iida;Matteo Cianchetti

  • Data from Stretchable Piezoelectric Sensing Systems for Self-powered and Wireless Health Monitoring

    Fabrizio Scarpa;Rujie Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Ioannis Ieropoulos
Ioannis Ieropoulos University of Southampton
Chris Melhuish
Chris Melhuish University of the West of England
John Porrill
John Porrill University of Sheffield
Fabrizio Scarpa
Fabrizio Scarpa University of Bristol
Paul Dean
Paul Dean University of Sheffield
Charl F. J. Faul
Charl F. J. Faul University of Bristol
Paul M. Weaver
Paul M. Weaver University of Limerick
John Greenman
John Greenman University of the West of England
William R. Jacobs
William R. Jacobs Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Anthony G. Pipe
Anthony G. Pipe University of the West of England

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