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List of works by Cesare Stefanini

A Computer-Assisted Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy System for Video-Assisted Surgery

A Mechanism for Biomimetic Actuation in Lamprey-like Robots

A Novel Biomimetic micro-Inclinometer: modeling and preliminary prototypes

A Novel SMA-Based Actuator for a Legged Endoscopic Capsule

A bioinspired autonomous swimming robot as a tool for studying goal-directed locomotion

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

A bioinspired concept for high efficiency locomotion in micro robots: the jumping Robot Grillo

A bioinspired multi-modal flying and walking robot

scientific article published on 19 January 2015

A compliant bioinspired swimming robot with neuro-inspired control and autonomous behavior

A mobile microrobot actuated by a new electromagnetic wobble micromotor

A multi-depth sensorised micro sampling system

A novel artificial hair receptor based on aligned PVDF micro/nano fibers

A novel autonomous, bioinspired swimming robot developed by neuroscientists and bioengineers

scientific article published in June 2012

A novel bioinspired PVDF micro/nano hair receptor for a robot sensing system

scientific article

A novel fluid driven, foldable joint for minimally invasive surgery

A novel spiking CPG-based implementation system to control a lamprey robot

A novel technological process for fabricating micro-tips for biomimetic adhesion

A procedure for the computational investigation of stress-relaxation phenomena

A reliable and fast hydrogen gas leakage detector based on irreversible cracking of decorated palladium nanolayer upon aligned polymer fibers

A spiking implementation of the lamprey's Central Pattern Generator in neuromorphic VLSI

ANALYSIS OF THE PASSIVE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF TAENIAE COLI: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACH

An underwater reconfigurable robot with bioinspired electric sense

Analysis and development of locomotion devices for the gastrointestinal tract

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Analysis of the structural behaviour of colonic segments by inflation tests: Experimental activity and physio-mechanical model.

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Analysis on heat resistance of the micro heat pipe with arteries

Associative learning for danger avoidance nullifies innate positive chemotaxis to host olfactory stimuli in a parasitic wasp

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

Asymmetric courtship boosts male mating success in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Asymmetry of mating behaviour affects copulation success in two stored-product beetles

Autonomous Underwater Biorobots: A Wireless System for Power Transfer

Beetle-robot hybrid interaction: sex, lateralization and mating experience modulate behavioural responses to robotic cues in the larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus (Horn)

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), to male- and female-borne sex attractants

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Bioinspired Jumping Locomotion in Small Robots: Natural Observation, Design, Experiments

Bioinspired Jumping Robot with Elastic Actuators and Passive Forelegs

Biomimetic flexible/compliant sensors for a soft-body lamprey-like robot

scholarly article in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 58 no. 10, October 2010

Characterization of the anisotropic mechanical behaviour of colonic tissues: experimental activity and constitutive formulation

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Clamping Tools of a Capsule for Monitoring the Gastrointestinal Tract Problem Analysis and Preliminary Technological Activity

CoCoRo -- The Self-Aware Underwater Swarm

Constitutive formulations for the mechanical investigation of colonic tissues

scientific article published on May 24, 2013

Courtship and mating behaviour in the fruit fly parasitoid Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): the role of wing fanning

scholarly article by Giovanni Benelli et al published 15 October 2011 in Journal of Pest Science

Design and Development of the Long-Jumping "Grillo" Mini Robot

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Design and Fabrication of a Motor Legged Capsule for the Active Exploration of the Gastrointestinal Tract

article by Marco Quirini et al published April 2008 in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Design of a Bionic Saltatorial Leg for Jumping Mini Robot

Design of a Robotic Module for Autonomous Exploration and Multimode Locomotion

Does geographical origin affect lateralization and male mating success in Rhyzopertha dominica beetles?

Electrolocation Sensors in Conducting Water Bio-Inspired by Electric Fish

Electromagnetic wobble micromotor for microrobots actuation

Encoding lateralization of jump kinematics and eye use in a locust via bio-robotic artifacts

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

Experimental research on thermo-direct fiber drawing technique

First Quantification of Courtship Behavior in a Silver Fly, Leucopis palumbii (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae): Role of Visual, Olfactory and Tactile Cues

article by Giovanni Benelli et al published 26 February 2014 in Journal of Insect Behavior

Grasping and dissecting instrument for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery

scientific article published on 03 May 2002

High-speed micro-milling: Novel coatings for tool wear reduction

Human-Robot Shared Control for Robot-Assisted Endoscopy of the Spinal Cord

Impact of geographical origin and rearing medium on mating success and lateralization in the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

scholarly article by Donato Romano published in October 2016

Integration of a miniaturised triaxial force sensor in a minimally invasive surgical tool

scientific article published in November 2006

Is bigger better? Male body size affects wing-borne courtship signals and mating success in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae).

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Jumping Mini-Robot as a Model of Scale Effects on Legged Locomotion

article published in 2007

Jumping like an insect: Design and dynamic optimization of a jumping mini robot based on bio-mimetic inspiration

article by Fei Li et al published March 2012 in Mechatronics

Jumping mini-robot with bio-inspired legs

Lateralisation of aggressive displays in a tephritid fly.

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Lateralized courtship in a parasitic wasp

scientific article published in March 2016

Low Power Piezoelectric Micro Mass Flow Controller for Liquid Fuel Injection

Male Wing Fanning Performance During Successful and Unsuccessful Mating in the Parasitic Wasp Lariophagus distinguendus Förster (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

scholarly article by Giovanni Benelli et al published 5 October 2012 in Journal of Insect Behavior

Male Wing Vibration in the Mating Behavior of the Olive Fruit Fly Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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May the wild male loose? Male wing fanning performances and mating success in wild and mass-reared strains of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae)

scholarly article by Giovanni Benelli et al published 25 May 2014 in BioControl

Mechatronic design of a miniature underwater robot for swarm operations

Micro Mass Flow Controller for a Mini-HCCI-Motor Driven Power Generator

Miniaturization of biomedical micromachines

Modeling a vertebrate motor system: pattern generation, steering and control of body orientation

scientific article published on January 2007

Modeling and Experiments on a Legged Microrobot Locomoting in a Tubular, Compliant and Slippery Environment

Modeling and Experiments on a Legged Microrobot Locomoting in a Tubular, Compliant and Slippery Environment

Modeling and preliminary analysis of a miniaturized rotary motor driven by single piezoelectric stack actuator

Multiple behavioural asymmetries impact male mating success in the khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium

Multiscale fabrication of biomimetic scaffolds for tympanic membrane tissue engineering

scientific article published on 7 May 2015

Novel biological/biohybrid prostheses for the ossicular chain: fabrication feasibility and preliminary functional characterization

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Novel universal system for 3-dimensional orthodontic force-moment measurements and its clinical use

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Optical-guided autonomous docking method for underwater reconfigurable robot

Ossicular replacement prostheses from banked bone with ergonomic and functional geometry

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Parasitoid learning: Current knowledge and implications for biological control

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Piezoelectric energy harvesting solutions

scientific article (publication date: 10 March 2014)

Preformed homologous cortical bone prostheses for ossiculoplasty: preliminary clinical results in eighteen patients

scientific article published in October 2012

Preliminary results on the design of a tool for inserting of transverse intrafascicular multichannel electrodes (TIME) into the peripheral nervous system

scientific article published in January 2011

Preliminary study on development of PVDF nanofiber based energy harvesting device for an artery microrobot

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Real-time control and evaluation of a teleoperated miniature arm for Single Port Laparoscopy

scientific article published on January 2011

Robot-assisted endoscopic exploration of the spinal cord

Sensory feedback exploitation for robot-assisted exploration of the spinal cord

Shape memory alloy clamping devices of a capsule for monitoring tasks in the gastrointestinal tract

Singing on the wings! Male wing fanning performances affect female willingness to copulate in the aphid parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae).

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

Special issue featuring selected papers from the International Workshop on Bio-Inspired Robots (Nantes, France, 6-8 April 2011).

scientific article published in June 2012

The green leafhopper, Cicadella viridis (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae), jumps with near-constant acceleration

scientific article

The green leafhopper, Cicadella viridis (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae), jumps with near-constant acceleration

scientific article published in 2013

The production of female sex pheromone inBactrocera oleae(Rossi) young males does not influence their mating chances

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The use of compliant joints and elastic energy storage in bio-inspired legged robots

Towards a New Generation of Hybrid Bionic Systems for Telepresence: the Lamprey Model

Towards active capsular endoscopy: preliminary results on a legged platform

scientific article published in January 2006

Towards docking for small scale underwater robots

Underwater navigation based on passive electric sense: New perspectives for underwater docking