Francesco Stella

24 papers A* 1A 1Journal 15Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Bridging Embodiment Gaps: Deploying Vision-Language-Action Models on Soft Robots.
CoRR
Haochen Su, Cristian Meo, Francesco Stella, Andrea Peirone, Kai Junge, Josie Hughes
2025 J jnl
Learning to Move in Rhythm: Task-Conditioned Motion Policies with Orbital Stability Guarantees.
CoRR
Maximilian Stölzle, T. Konstantin Rusch, Zach J. Patterson, Rodrigo Pérez-Dattari, Francesco Stella, Josie Hughes, Cosimo Della Santina, Daniela Rus
2025 J jnl
Soft yet Effective Robots via Holistic Co-Design.
CoRR
Maximilian Stölzle, Niccolò Pagliarani, Francesco Stella, Josie Hughes, Cecilia Laschi, Daniela Rus, Matteo Cianchetti, Cosimo Della Santina, Gioele Zardini
2025 J jnl
Synergy-based robotic quadruped leveraging passivity for natural intelligence and behavioural diversity.
Nat. Mac. Intell.
Francesco Stella, Mickaël M. Achkar, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2024 A* conf
A Soft Robot Inverse Kinematics for Virtual Reality.
ICRA
James M. Bern, William C. May, Austin Osborn, Francesco Stella, Sadra Zargarzadeh, Josie Hughes
2024 J jnl
A knowledge-based decision support system to support family doctors in personalizing type-2 diabetes mellitus medical nutrition therapy.
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Daniele Spoladore, Francesco Stella, Martina Tosi, Erna Cecilia Lorenzini, Claudio Bettini
2024 J jnl
Anniversary AI reflections.
Nat. Mac. Intell.
Noelia Ferruz, Marinka Zitnik, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Emmie Hine, Nandana Sengupta, Yiyu Shi, Diana Mincu, Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Payel Das, Francesco Stella
2024 A conf
IMU Based Pose Reconstruction and Closed-loop Control for Soft Robotic Arms.
IROS
Guanran Pei, Francesco Stella, Omar Meebed, Zhenshan Bing, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2024 J jnl
Soft Robot Shape Estimation With IMUs Leveraging PCC Kinematics for Drift Filtering.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Francesco Stella, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2024 — conf
Toward Long-Lasting Large-Scale Soft Robots: The Durability Challenge in Architectured Materials.
RoboSoft
Francesco Stella, Guanran Pei, Omar Meebed, Qinghua Guan, Zhenshan Bing, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2023 J jnl
A Provably Stable Iterative Learning Controller for Continuum Soft Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Michele Pierallini, Francesco Stella, Franco Angelini, Bastian Deutschmann, Josie Hughes, Antonio Bicchi, Manolo Garabini, Cosimo Della Santina
2023 J jnl
Can Large Language Models design a Robot?
CoRR
Francesco Stella, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2023 J jnl
How can LLMs transform the robotic design process?
Nat. Mac. Intell.
Francesco Stella, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2023 — conf
Piecewise Affine Curvature model: a Reduced-Order Model for Soft Robot-Environment Interaction Beyond PCC.
RoboSoft
Francesco Stella, Qinghua Guan, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2023 — conf
Proprioceptive Sensing of Soft Tentacles with Model Based Reconstruction for Controller Optimization.
RoboSoft
Andrea Vicari, Nana Obayashi, Francesco Stella, Gaetan Raynaud, Karen Mulleners, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2023 — conf
Smell Driven Navigation for Soft Robotic Arms: Artificial Nose and Control.
RoboSoft
Francesco Pique, Francesco Stella, Josie Hughes, Egidio Falotico, Cosimo Della Santina
2022 J jnl
An Experimental Validation of the Polynomial Curvature Model: Identification and Optimal Control of a Soft Underwater Tentacle.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Francesco Stella, Nana Obayashi, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2022 J jnl
Controlling Maneuverability of a Bio-Inspired Swimming Robot Through Morphological Transformation: Morphology Driven Control of a Swimming Robot.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Kai Junge, Nana Obayashi, Francesco Stella, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2022 J jnl
Piecewise Affine Curvature model: a reduced-order model for soft robot-environment interaction beyond PCC.
CoRR
Francesco Stella, Qinghua Guan, Jinsong Leng, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2022 J jnl
Proprioceptive Sensing of Soft Tentacles with Model Based Reconstruction for Controller Optimization.
CoRR
Andrea Vicari, Nana Obayashi, Francesco Stella, Gaetan Raynaud, Karen Mulleners, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes
2022 J jnl
The science of soft robot design: A review of motivations, methods and enabling technologies.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Francesco Stella, Josie Hughes
2021 — conf
Model-Based Control Can Improve the Performance of Artificial Cilia.
RoboSoft
Edoardo Milana, Francesco Stella, Benjamin Gorissen, Dominiek Reynaerts, Cosimo Della Santina
2020 — conf
Sensing Soft Robot Shape Using IMUs: An Experimental Investigation.
ISER
Josie Hughes, Francesco Stella, Cosimo Della Santina, Daniela Rus
2017 — conf
CLARIN-IT: State of Affairs, Challenges and Opportunities.
CLARIN Annual Conference
Lionel Nicolas, Alexander König, Monica Monachini, Riccardo Del Gratta, Silvia Calamai, Andrea Abel, Alessandro Enea, Francesca Biliotti, Valeria Quochi, Francesco Stella