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Maurizio Follador
Researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Publications - 22
Citations - 1570
Maurizio Follador is an academic researcher from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Muscular hydrostat & Robotic arm. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 22 publications receiving 1216 citations. Previous affiliations of Maurizio Follador include Polytechnic University of Turin & Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.
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Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus
Cecilia Laschi,Matteo Cianchetti,Barbara Mazzolai,Laura Margheri,Maurizio Follador,Paolo Dario +5 more
TL;DR: The prototype of a robot arm has been built based on an artificial muscular hydroStat inspired to the muscular hydrostat of the Octopus vulgaris, which emerges as a good model for embodied intelligence and for soft robotics.
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Design concept and validation of a robotic arm inspired by the octopus
Matteo Cianchetti,Andrea Arienti,Maurizio Follador,Barbara Mazzolai,Paolo Dario,Paolo Dario,Cecilia Laschi +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, an artificial muscular hydrostat was used for developing an octopus-like robot. But the experimental results showed that control is simplified by the arrangement of muscles as well as by the mechanical properties of the muscular Hydrostat.
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A dynamic thermoregulatory material inspired by squid skin.
Erica M. Leung,Melvin Colorado Escobar,George Stiubianu,Steven R. Jim,Alexandra L. Vyatskikh,Zhijing Feng,Nicholas Garner,Priyam Patel,Kyle L. Naughton,Maurizio Follador,Emil Karshalev,Matthew D. Trexler,Alon A. Gorodetsky +12 more
TL;DR: Using the static infrared-reflecting design of the space blanket and dynamic color-changing squid skin to develop a composite material with tunable thermoregulatory properties, this material may substantially reduce building energy consumption upon widespread deployment and adoption.
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A general method for the design and fabrication of shape memory alloy active spring actuators
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a general model and the techniques for fabricating SMA spring actuators, which is valid for the dimensioning of SMA springs, independently from the external ambient conditions.
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Design and development of a soft robotic octopus arm exploiting embodied intelligence
TL;DR: The first prototype of soft robot arm is presented, with experimental results that show its capability to perform the basic movements of the octopus arm and demonstrate how embodiment can be effective in the design of robots.