Luca Raimondi

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Luca Raimondi is a pioneering researcher in soft and continuum robotics, with a focus on design, actuation, and multimodal locomotion. His work spans tendon-driven continuum robots, dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), and novel soft robotic systems capable of passive flight and wall climbing. Raimondi’s major contributions include the development of task-oriented optimal dimensional synthesis methods for robotic manipulators with limited mobility (50 citations), advancing the understanding of friction and superelasticity in tendon-driven continuum robots (15 citations), and co-creating the Tasering Twin Soft Robot—a multimodal system that can be pneumatically catapulted toward vertical walls for instantaneous deployment (11 citations). He has also investigated profile-amplified stroke DEAs for muscle-like actuation (9 citations) and miniaturized tendon-driven robots for direct laser deposition in aeroengine repair (1 citation). Raimondi’s work is notable for bridging theoretical modeling with practical, high-impact applications, such as in-situ additive manufacturing and rapid deployment in difficult-to-reach environments. His research is widely cited and continues to shape the future of soft robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Task-oriented optimal dimensional synthesis of robotic manipulators with limited mobility

   50 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Understanding friction and superelasticity in tendon-driven continuum robots

   15 citations · 2024
3. 3
   Tasering Twin Soft Robot: A Multimodal Soft Robot Capable of Passive Flight and Wall Climbing

   11 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

   9 citations · 2024
5. 5
   Tasering Twin Soft Robot: A Multimodal Soft Robot Capable of Passive Flight and Wall Climbing

   4 citations · 2022
6. 6
   A Miniaturized Tendon-Driven Continuum Robot for Direct Laser Deposition

   1 citations · 2025

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