Eduardo Perez-Guagnelli

University of Sheffield

Papers

4

Total Citations

67

H-Index

4

About

Eduardo Perez-Guagnelli is a robotics and biomedical engineering researcher whose work sits at the compelling intersection of soft robotics and implantable medical technologies. His research focuses on designing, modeling, and controlling soft pneumatic actuators—particularly for therapeutic and regenerative medicine applications. His most recognized contribution, the Soft Pneumatic Helically-Interlayered Actuator (SoPHIA), introduced in 2020 and garnering 28 citations, represents a novel approach to tissue repair in tubular anatomical structures, addressing longstanding limitations in regenerative therapies. Building on this foundation, his 2018 work on modular helical soft actuators (19 citations) demonstrated the versatility of soft robotic constituents for biomedical implantables, advancing safer human-body interfaces. Perez-Guagnelli has also made meaningful contributions to actuator mechanics, proposing validated models for highly extensible ballooning membrane actuators and rigorously analyzing the performance reliability of soft pneumatic actuators under real-world fabrication conditions. Collectively, his publications reflect a researcher committed to bridging theoretical modeling with practical, body-compatible robotic systems—work that holds significant promise for the future of minimally invasive and implantable medical robotics.

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H-Index
4
Papers
67
Total Citations
17
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Characterization, Simulation and Control of a Soft Helical Pneumatic Implantable Robot for Tissue Regeneration
28 citations · 2020
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2021 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 9
🏛 Institutions: University of Sheffield

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