Tommaso Ranzani

According to our database, Tommaso Ranzani authored at least 26 papers between 2011 and 2022.

Collaborative distances:

• Dijkstra number of five.
• Erdős number of four.

2022

Modulation of Magnetorheological Fluid Flow in Soft Robots Using Electropermanent Magnets.

Kevin J. McDonald, Lorenzo Kinnicutt, Anna Maria Moran, Tommaso Ranzani

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2022

A Collapsible Soft Actuator Facilitates Performance in Constrained Environments.

Jacob Rogatinsky, Kiran Gomatam, Zi Heng Lim, Megan Lee, Lorenzo Kinnicutt, Christian Duriez, Perry Thomson, Kevin J. McDonald, Tommaso Ranzani

Adv. Intell. Syst., 2022

2021

Biologically inspired electrostatic artificial muscles for insect-sized robots.

Hongqiang Wang, Peter York, Yufeng Chen, Sheila Russo, Tommaso Ranzani, Conor J. Walsh, Robert J. Wood

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2021

Hardware Methods for Onboard Control of Fluidically Actuated Soft Robots.

Kevin J. McDonald, Tommaso Ranzani

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Soft Robotic Deployable Origami Actuators for Neurosurgical Brain Retraction.

Tomas Amadeo, Daniel Van Lewen, Taylor Janke, Tommaso Ranzani, Anand Devaiah, Urvashi Upadhyay, Sheila Russo

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

2020

Magnetorheological Fluid-Based Flow Control for Soft Robots.

Kevin J. McDonald, Abigail Rendos, Stephanie J. Woodman, Keith A. Brown, Tommaso Ranzani

Adv. Intell. Syst., 2020

A Soft Ionic Sensor for Simultaneous Pressure and Strain Measurements.

A. Gupte, Lorenzo Kinnicutt, Kevin J. McDonald, Tommaso Ranzani

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2020

2019

Combining Locomotion and Grasping Functionalities in Soft Robots.

Alexander Yin, Hung-Ching Lin, Joanna Thelen, Benjamin Mahner, Tommaso Ranzani

Adv. Intell. Syst., 2019

2018

Preface: special issue on morphological design for haptic interaction and perception.

Van Anh Ho, Hongbin Liu, Tommaso Ranzani

Adv. Robotics, 2018

2017

Pop-up tissue retraction mechanism for endoscopic surgery.

Samuel Becker, Tommaso Ranzani, Sheila Russo, Robert J. Wood

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

Deployable stabilization mechanisms for endoscopic procedures.

Tommaso Ranzani, Sheila Russo, Fabian Schwab, Conor J. Walsh, Robert J. Wood

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

2016

A Soft Modular Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Design and Characterization of a Single Module.

Tommaso Ranzani, Matteo Cianchetti, Giada Gerboni, Iris De Falco, Arianna Menciassi

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2016

Soft pop-up mechanisms for micro surgical tools: Design and characterization of compliant millimeter-scale articulated structures.

Sheila Russo, Tommaso Ranzani, Joshua B. Gafford, Conor J. Walsh, Robert J. Wood

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Snap-on robotic wrist module for enhanced dexterity in endoscopic surgery.

Joshua B. Gafford, Tommaso Ranzani, Sheila Russo, Hiroyuki Aihara, Christopher Thompson, Robert J. Wood, Conor J. Walsh

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

2015

A 7.5mm Steiner chain fibre-optic system for multi-segment flex sensing.

Sina Sareh, Yohan Noh, Tommaso Ranzani, Helge A. Wurdemann, Hongbin Liu, Kaspar Althoefer

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

2014

A Miniature Robot for Retraction Tasks under Vision Assistance in Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Giuseppe Tortora, Tommaso Ranzani, Iris De Falco, Paolo Dario, Arianna Menciassi

Robotics, 2014

A new coefficient-adaptive orthonormal basis function model structure for identifying a class of pneumatic soft actuators.

Xiaochen Wang, Tao Geng, Yahya Elsayed, Tommaso Ranzani, Chakravarthini M. Saaj, Constantina Lekakou

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014

A three-axial body force sensor for flexible manipulators.

Yohan Noh, Sina Sareh, Jungwhan Back, Helge A. Wurdemann, Tommaso Ranzani, Emanuele Lindo Secco, Angela Faragasso, Hongbin Liu, Kaspar Althoefer

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Elastic mesh braided worm robot for locomotive endoscopy.

Thomas Manwell, Tomas Vitek, Tommaso Ranzani, Arianna Menciassi, Kaspar Althoefer, Hongbin Liu

Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014

2013

Safety systems in magnetically driven wireless capsule endoscopy.

Marco Salerno, Tommaso Mazzocchi, Tommaso Ranzani, Francesca Mulana, Paolo Dario, Arianna Menciassi

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

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

Matteo Cianchetti, Tommaso Ranzani, Giada Gerboni, Iris De Falco, Cecilia Laschi, Arianna Menciassi

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

A novel trocar-less, multi-point of view, magnetic actuated laparoscope.

Tommaso Ranzani, Michele Silvestri, A. Argiolas, Monica Vatteroni, Arianna Menciassi

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

A modular magnetic platform for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery.

Giuseppe Tortora, Marco Salerno, Tommaso Ranzani, Selene Tognarelli, Paolo Dario, Arianna Menciassi

Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013

2012

Trans-abdominal Active Magnetic Linkage for robotic surgery: Concept definition and model assessment.

Christian Di Natali, Tommaso Ranzani, Massimiliano Simi, Arianna Menciassi, Pietro Valdastri

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

2011

Heterogeneity for Increasing Performance and Reliability of Self-Reconfigurable Multi-Robot Organisms

Serge Kernbach, Florian Schlachter, Raja Humza, Jens Liedke, Sergej Popesku, Sheila Russo, Tommaso Ranzani, Luigi Manfredi, Cesare Stefanini, Rene Matthias, Christopher S. F. Schwarzer, Benjamin Girault, P. Alschbach, Eugen Meister, Oliver Scholz

CoRR, 2011

Design of Scout Robot as a robotic module for symbiotic multi-robot organisms.

Kanako Harada, Sheila Russo, Tommaso Ranzani, Arianna Menciassi, Paolo Dario

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, 2011