Thassyo Pinto
Papers
6
Total Citations
384
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About
Thassyo Pinto is a leading researcher at the intersection of soft robotics, smart materials, and sensor systems. His work focuses on creating robots that can adapt their stiffness, sense their environment, and move through constrained spaces—critical capabilities for next-generation medical devices, search-and-rescue tools, and wearable technology. Pinto’s most influential contribution is the development of soft actuators with electrically controlled stiffness using 3D-printed conductive polylactic acid (PLA), a breakthrough that enables compact, cost-effective stiffness modulation (127 citations). He also pioneered screen-printed soft capacitive sensors capable of mapping both positive and negative pressures (109 citations), a first in the field. His pneumatic soft snake robot, which uses traveling-wave locomotion to navigate pipelines and other confined environments (97 citations), demonstrates his talent for translating fundamental material science into practical, bio-inspired designs. With additional work on CNT-based strain sensors and active boundary layer control, Pinto’s research is shaping the future of adaptive, intelligent soft machines.
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- 6Boundary layer turbulence near an actively controlled deformable surface2 citations · 2021