Publications

Journal Papers 

2026

• Zhang, Y., Iida, F., Forni, F., (2026). Periodic robust robotic rock chop via virtual model control, International Journal of Robotics Research, (accepted).
• Nazari, K., Huang, Y, Hardman, D., Iida, F., Thuruthel, TG. (2026). Contact shape reconstruction for EIT Tactile Sensing with Cross-Geometry Transfer, Advanced Robotics Research (accepted).
• Nadipineni, S., Sirithunge, C., Xie, Y., Iida, F., Lalitharatne, TD. (2026). Auditory–Tactile Congruence for Synthesis of Adaptive Pain Expressions in RoboPatients, Advanced Robotics Research, e202500138 (Early View). DOI: 10.1002/adrr.202500138.
• Xie, Y., Li, S., Lu, L., Pan, Y., Iida, F. (2026). A digital twin-based approach for dynamic traffic-aware routing and charging of electric vehicles, Expert Systems with Applications, 312: 131380. DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2026.131380.
• Ye, F., Abdulali, A., Chu, KF., Wang, X., Xu, X., Sirithunge, C., Forni, F., and Iida, F. (2026). Learning coupling for pendulum swing-up using Physical Reservoir Control, Communications Engineering, 5: 177. DOI: 10.1038/s44172-026-00803-4.
• Xie, Y., Zhang Y., Sun, T., Iida F. (2026). Energy as a common currency for understanding embodied evolution, Cyborg and Bionic Systems 7: 0680. DOI: 10.34133/cbsystems.0680.
• Dowdall, L, Molina-Sanchez, M., Dominijanni, G., de Silva, E., Pavalkyte, V., Jugovic, E., Bianchi, M., Iida, F., Clode, D., Makin TR., (2026). Developing a sensory representation of an artificial body part, Nature Communications, (accepted). Preprint DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.16.658246.
• Schaefer, S., Xu, J., Palin, D., Al Tabbaa, A., Iida, F. (2026). A crack filling simulator using position-based fluids for process optimisation: a robotic pavement maintenance perspective, Computers in Industry, 180: 104512. DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2026.104512.
• Qi, S., Liu, XJ., Iida, F., Zhao, H. (2026). A silent, low-heat pinch valve driven by a single rolled dielectric elastomer actuator, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 31(4): 4774-4782. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2026.3697122.
• Xu. X., Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2026). Economy of Touch: Task-Driven Information Selection in Electrical Impedance Tomography-based Tactile Robotic Sensing, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 8(7): e202501493. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202501493.
• Wang, X., Wang, H., Sun, Z., Ye, F., Iida, F. (2026). Integrated sensing and colour expression of spatial status using a fibre optic sensor pair, Optics & Laser Technology, 198, 114907. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2026.114907.
• Ishida, M., Berio, F., Po, T., Hosseini, NK., Shubin, NH., Di Santo, V., Iida, F., (2026). The undulating tripod gait as a model of the locomotion of walking fish, Nature Communications, 17: 4596. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73111-2.
• Xu, J., Palin, D., Schaefer, SD., Al-Tabbaa, A., Iida, F. (2026). Rapid flow cup-enabled liquid perception using a position-based physics simulator for robotic liquid manipulation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 23: 2135-2147. DOI: 10.1109/tase.2026.3652939.
• Palin, D., Xu, J., Vlachakis, C., Ambrose, M., Iida, F., Al-Tabbaa, A., (2026). Microfibre-reinforced cementitious materials for preventative concrete pavement crack repair: Balancing extrusion-based crack-filling with mechanical performance, Cement and Concrete Composites 167: 106460. DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2025.106460.
• D’Angelo, G., Pedersen JE., Hassan, T., Cianchetti, M., Bongard J., Iida, F., Indiveri, G., Hoffmann, M., Laschi, C., De Luca, C., Bartolozzi, C., Donati, E. (2026). A benchmarking framework for embodied neuromorphic agents, Nature Machine Intelligence, 8(3): 300-312. DOI: 10.1038/s42256-026-01197-w.
• Wang, H., Kunz, H., Adler, T., Iida, F. (2026). Self-closing suction grippers for industrial grasping via form-flexible design, IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice, 1: 7-11. DOI: 10.1109/rap.2025.3632798.
• Zhou, Y., Ye, F., Chu, KF., Iida, F., (2026). Scalable mobile swarm network for reservoir computing using Gaussian kernel density estimation, Neural Networks, 195, 108263. DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2025.108263.
• Laschi, C., Wen, L., Iida, F., Abdulali, A., Hauser, H., Wang, Y., Liu, K., Ricotti, L., Cianchetti, M., Althoefer, K., Nguyen, PH., Kovac., M., Calisti, M., (2026). Soft robotics: what’s next in bioinspired design and applications of soft robots? Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 21(1): 011501. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ae066d.

2025

• Xie, Y., Chu, KF., Lam, AYS., Iida, F. (2025). A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with constraint-compliant initialization for energy transport and urban logistics in Electric Vehicle Routing, Applied Soft Computing, 183: 113624. DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2025.113624.
• Hosseini, NK., Ishida, M., Berio, F., Di Santo, V., Iida, F., (2025). A minimalistic walking fish robot twin based on the Single Actuator Wave-like mechanism, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 21(1): 016002. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ae1fc8.
• Abdulali, A., Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2025). Enhancing electrical impedance based deformation sensing with dielectric current guide, Advanced Electronic Materials, e00365. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202500365.
• Sirithunge, C., Xie, Y., Nadipineni, S., Iida, F., Lalitharatne TD., (2025). Palpation alters auditory pain expressions with gender-specific variations in Robopatients, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 7(4): 1600-1611. DOI: 10.1109/tmrb.2025.3613785.
• Obayashi, N., Abdulali, A., Iida, F., Hughes, J., (2025). Embodied intelligence paradigm for human-robot communication, Science Robotics, 10(105): eads8528. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.ads8528.
• Hardman, D., Iida, F., Hughes, J. (2025). Automated benchmarking of variable-property soft robotic fingertips to enable task-optimized sensor selection, Advanced Science, e09991. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202509991.
• Chu, KF., Ye, F., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2025). Enhancing traffic dynamics-induced machine learning through heterogeneous driving policies, npj Unconventional Computing, 2(1): 18. DOI: 10.1038/s44335-025-00033-5.
• Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2025). Multimodal information structuring using single layer soft sensory skins and high-density Electrical Impedance Tomography, Science Robotics 10: eadq2303. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adq2303.
• Almanzor, E., Ishida, M., Abdulali, A., Iida, F., (2025). Self-organising bio-inspired reflex circuits for robust motor coordination in artificial musculoskeletal systems, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 20(4): 046008. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/adde08.
• Gilday, K., Sirithunge, C., Iida, F., Hughes, J. (2025). Embodied manipulation with past and future morphologies through an open parametric hand design, Science Robotics 10: eads6437. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.ads6437.
• Ye, F., Abdulali, A., Chu, KF., Zhang, X., Iida, F., (2025). Reservoir controllers design through robot-reservoir timescale alignment, Communications Engineering 4, 81. DOI: 10.1038/s44172-025-00418-1.
• Wang, X., Ye, F., Sun, Z., Malihi, S., Iida, F., (2025). Road surface condition prediction with an optical fibre reservoir structure based on acceleration data from vehicles, Optics & Laser Technology 186, 112641. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.112641.
• Zhao, J., Costi, L., Scimeca, L., Iida, F. (2025). Comparative study on depth-vision-driven autonomous dimensionality-reduction shared control for remote robotic palpation, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 41, 1882-1897. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2025.3544104.
• Chu, KF., Chen, T., Xie, Y., Lam, AYS., Song, Y., Iida, F., (2025). Collaborative routing and charging/discharging scheduling of electric autonomous vehicles in coupled power-traffic networks: A multi-objective approach, IEEE Internet of Things Journal 12(11): 17753-17764. DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2025.3538796.
• Obayashi, N., Walker, KL., Gepner, M., Sameoto, D., Jorgensen, J., Stokes, A., Howard, D., Iida, F., Hughes, J., (2025). A democratized bimodal model of research in soft robotics: Integrating slow and fast science, Science Robotics, 10(99): adr2708. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adr2708.

2024

• Sugiyama, T., Kutsuzawa, K., Owaki, D., Almanzor, E., Iida, F., Hayashibe, M., (2024). Versatile graceful degradation framework for bio-inspired proprioception with redundant soft sensors, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 11:1504651. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1504651.
• Wang, H., Zhang, X., Iida, F. (2024). Human-robot cooperative piano playing with learning-based real-time music accompaniment, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 40: 4650-4669. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2024.3484633.
• Ishida, M., Berio, F., Di Santo, V., Shubin, NH., Iida, F. (2024). Paleoinspired robotics as an experimental approach to the history of life, Science Robotics, 9(95): eadn1125. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adn1125.
• Fan, C., Chu, KF., Wang, X., Kwok, KW., Iida, F. (2024). State transition learning with limited data for safe control of switched nonlinear systems, Neural Networks, 180: 106695. DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2024.106695.
• Xu, J., Anvo, NR., Taha-Abdalgadir, H., d'Avigneau, AM., Palin, D., Wei, R., Hadjidemetriou, G., Schaefer, S., de Silva, L., Al-Tabbaa, A., Iida, F., Brilakis, I. (2024). Highway digital twin-enabled Autonomous Maintenance Plant: a perspective, Data-Centric Engineering, 5: e24. DOI: 10.1017/dce.2024.34.
• Almanzor, E., Sugiyama, T., Abdulali, A., Hayashibe, M., Iida, F., (2024). Utilising redundancy in musculoskeletal systems for adaptive stiffness and muscle failure compensation: A model-free inverse statics approach, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 19: 046015. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ad5129.
• Monteiro, RM., Shi, J., Wurdemann, H., Iida, F., Thuruthel, TG. (2024). Visuo-dynamic self-modelling of soft robotic systems, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 11:1403733. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1403733.
• Schaeffer, S., Xu, J., Palin, D., Al Tabbaa, A., Iida, F. (2024). Position-based fluid simulation for robotic injection sealing of pavement cracks, Journal of Field Robotics, 41, 1438–1451. DOI: 10.1002/rob.22339.
• Sochacki, G., Zhang, X., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2024). Towards practical robotic chef: Review of relevant work and future challenges, Journal of Field Robotics, 41, 1596–1616. DOI: 10.1002/rob.22321.
• Potdar, P., Hardman, D., Almanzor, E., Iida, F. (2024). High-speed tactile braille reading via biomimetic sliding interactions, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 9(3): 2614-2621. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2024.3356978.
• Sirithunge, C., Wang, H., Iida, F. (2024). Touchless sensing for soft robots: A review, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 11:1224216. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1224216.
• Legrand, J., Wang, H., Iida, F., Vanderborght, B., (2024). A variable stiffness anthropomorphic finger through embodied intelligence design, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 9(2): 1580-1587. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2023.3347139.

2023

• Costi, L., Iida, F. (2023). Multi-silicone bilateral soft physical twin as an alternative to traditional user interfaces for remote palpation: a comparative study, Scientific Reports 13: 23014. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50329-4.
• Cornella, AC., Hardman, D., Costi, L., Brancart, J., Van Assche, G., Iida, F. (2023). Variable sensitivity multimaterial robotic e-skin combining electronic and ionic conductivity using electrical impedance tomography, Scientific Reports, 13, 20004. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47036-5.
• Costi, L., Georgopoulou, A., Mondal, S., Iida, F., Clemens, F., (2023). 3D printable self-sensing magnetorheological elastomer, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2300294. DOI: 10.1002/mame.202300294.
• Wang, H., Nonaka, T., Abdulali, A., and Iida., F., (2023). Coordinating upper limbs for octave playing on the piano via neuro-musculoskeletal modeling, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 18: 066009. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/acfa51.
• Protpagorn, N., Lalitharatne, TD., Costi, L., Iida, F. (2023). Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10: 1122914. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1122914.
• Zhang, X.; Wu, Y.; Wang, H.; Iida, F.; Wang, L. (2023). Adaptive locomotion learning for quadruped robots by combining DRL with a cosine oscillator based rhythm Controller. Applied Sciences 13, 11045. DOI: 10.3390/app131911045.
• Wang, H., Terryn, S., Wang Z, Van Assche, G., Iida., F., Vanderborght, B. (2023). Self-regulated self-healing robotic gripper for resilient and adaptive grasping, Advanced Intelligent Systems 5: 2300223. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202300223.
• Sugiura, S., Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2023). Closed-loop optimization of soft sensor morphology by using 3-D printing of electrically conductive hydrogel, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5: 2300152. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202300152.
• Georgopoulou, A., Hardman, D., Thuruthel TG., Iida, F, Clemens, F., (2023). Sensorized skin with biomimetic tactility features based on bimodal soft resistive composites, Advanced Science 10: 202301590. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301590.
• Sochacki, G., Abdulali, A., Khadem Hosseini, N., Iida, F. (2023). Recognition of human chef’s intentions for incremental learning of cookbook by robotic salad chef, IEEE Access 11: 57006-57020. DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3276234.
• Almanzor, E., Ye, F., Shi, J., Thuruthel, TG., Wurdemann, H., Iida, F. (2023). Static shape control of soft continuum robots using deep visual inverse kinematic models, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 39 (4):2973-2988. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2023.3275375.
• Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2023). Tactile perception in hydrogel-based robotic skins using data-driven Electrical Impedance Tomography, Materials Today Electronics 4: 100032. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100032.
• Gilday, K., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2023). Predictive learning of error recovery with a sensorised passivity-baseed soft anthropomorphic hand, Advanced Intelligent Systems 5:2200390. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202200390.
• He, L., Maiolino, P., Leong, F., Leong, F., Lalitharatne, TD., de Lusignan, S., Ghajari, M., Iida, F., Nanayakkara, T., (2023). Robotic simulators for tissue examination training with multimodal sensory feedback, IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 16: 514-529. DOI: 10.1109/rbme.2022.3168422.
• Laschi, C. Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F., Merzouki, R., Falotico, E., (2023). Learning-based control strategies for soft robots: Theory, achievements and future challenges, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 43:3, 100-113. DOI: 10.1109/mcs.2023.3253421.
• Iida, F., Giardina, F., (2023). On the timescales of Embodied Intelligence for autonomous adaptive systems, Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems 6: 95-122. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-control-063022-094301.
• Legrand, J., Abdulali, A., Hardman, D., Terryn, S., Vanderborght, B., Iida, F. (2023). Autonomous testing of the repeatable healability of pneumatic self-healing soft actuators, Robotics Reports, 1:1, 31-41. DOI: 10.1089/rorep.2023.0014.

2022

• Almanzor, E., Anvo, NR, Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2022). Autonomous detection and sorting of litter using deep learning and soft robotic grippers, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9:1064853. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.1064853.
• Abdulali, A., Terryn, S., Vanderborght, B., Iida, F. (2022). Data-driven method for damage localization on soft robotic grippers based on motion dynamics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9:1016883. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.1016883.
• Ye, F., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2022). State-transfer modeling collective behavior of multi-ball Bernoulli system based on local interaction forces, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9:980586. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.980586.
• Georgopoulou, A., Brancart, J., Terryn, S., Bosman, AW., Norvez, S., Assche, GW., Iida, F., Vanderborgh, B., Clemens, F., (2022). Soft self-healing resistive-based sensors inspired by sensory transduction in biological systems, Applied Materials Today 29: 101638. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101638.
• Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Georgopoulou, A., Clemens, F., Iida, F. (2022). 3D Printable soft sensory fiber networks for robust and complex tactile sensing, Micromachines 13: 1540. DOI: 10.3390/mi13091540. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/9/1540
• Terryn, S., Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Roels, E., Sahraeeazartamar, F., Iida, F., (2022). Learning-based damage recovery for healable soft electronic skins, Advanced Intelligent Systems 4, 2200115. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202200115.
• Gilday, K., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2022). Sensing, actuating, and interacting through passive body dynamics: A framework for soft robotic hand design, Soft Robotics 10(1): 159-173. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2021.0077.
• Katiyar SA, Lee LY, Iida F., Nurzaman SG (2022). Pertinent energy harvesting for robots with adaptive morphology, Soft Robotics 10(2): 365-379. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2021.0138.
• Costi, L., Hughes, J., Biggins, J., Iida, F. (2022). Bioinspired soft bendable peristaltic pump exploiting buckling for high volume throughput, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 4(3): 570-577. DOI: 10.1109/tmrb.2022.3192763.
• Lalitharatne, T.D., Costi, L., Hashem, R., Nisky, I., Jack, R.E., Nanayakkara, T., Iida, F. (2022). Face mediated human-robot interaction for remote medical examination, Scientific Reports 12:12592. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16643-z.
• Costi, L., Maiolino, P., Iida, F. (2022). How the environment shapes tactile sensing: Understanding the relationship between tactile filters and surrounding environment, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9:930405. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.930405.
• Sochacki, G., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2022). Mastication-enhanced taste-based classification of multi-ingredient dishes for robotic cooking, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, section Bio-Inspired Robotics, 9:886074. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.886074.
• Howison, T., Crisp, H., Hauser, S., Iida, F. (2022). On the stability and behavioral diversity of single and collective Bernoulli-balls, Artificial Life 29(2):168-186. DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00395.
• Costi, L., Tagliabue, A., Maiolino, P., Clemens F., Iida, F. (2022). Magneto-active elastomer filter for tactile sensing augmentation through online adaptive stiffening, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(3): 5928-5933. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3160590.
• Thuruthel, TG., Gartner, P., Iida, F. (2022). Closing the control loop with time-variant embedded soft sensors and recurrent neural networks, Soft Robotics, 9(6), 1167-1176. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2021.0012.
• Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2022). Self-healing ionic gelatin/glycerol hydrogels for strain sensing applications, NPG Asia Materials 14: 11. DOI: 10.1038/s41427-022-00357-9.
• Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2022). Manipulation of free-floating objects using Faraday Flows and Deep Reinforcement Learning, Scientific Reports 12:335. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04204-9.
• Aubin, CA., Gorissen, B., Milana, E., Buskohl, PR., Lazarus, N., Slipher, GA., Keplinger, C., Bongard, J., Iida, F., Lewis, JA., Shepherd, RF. (2022). Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy, Nature, 602, 393–402. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04138-2.
• Katiyar, SA, Iida, F., Gouwanda, D., Nurzaman, SG., (2022). Power efficient adaptive behavior through a shape changing elastic robot, Adaptive Behavior, 30(4): 289-305. DOI: 10.1177/1059712321990186.
• Scimeca, L., Hughes, J., Maiolino, P., Liang, H., Nanayakkara, T., Iida, F., (2022). Action augmentation of tactile perception for soft-body palpation, Soft Robotics, 9(2): 280-292. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2020.0129.

2021

• Thuruthel, TG., Bosman AW., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2021). Soft self-healing fluidic tactile sensors with damage detection and localization abilities, Sensors 21(24): 8284. DOI: 10.3390/s21248284.
• Roels, E., Terryn, S., Iida, F., Bosman, A.W., Norvez, S., Clemens, F., Van Assche, G., Vanderborght, B. and Brancart, J. (2021), Processing of self-healing polymers for soft robotics, Advanced Materials, 34(1), 2104798. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202104798.
• Costi, L., Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Lalitharatne, TD., Nanayakkara, T., Hashem, R., Iida, F. (2021). Comparative analysis of model-based predictive shared control for delayed operation in object reaching and recognition tasks with tactile sensing, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 8:730946. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.730946.
• Zhu, J., Rong, C., Iida, F., Rosendo, A. (2021). Bootstrapping virtual bipedal walkers with robotics scaffolded learning, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 8: 702599. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.702599.
• Hughes, J., Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Iida F., (2021). Online morphological adaptation for tactile sensing augmentation, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, section Soft Robotics, 8:665030. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.665030.
• Howison, T., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2021). Morphological sensitivity and falling behaviors of paper V-shapes, Artificial Life 27: 204-219. DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00340.
• Thuruthel, TG., Picardi, G., Iida, F., Laschi, C., Calisti, M., (2021). Learning to Stop: A Unifying Principle for Legged Locomotion in Varying Environments, Royal Society Open Science 8: 210223. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210223.
• Gilday, K., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2021). Wrist-driven passive grasping: Interaction-based trajectory adaptation with a compliant anthropomorphic hand, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 16, 026024. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/abe345.
• Thuruthel, TG., Hughes, J., Georgopoulou, A., Clemens, F., Iida, F. (2021). Using redundant and disjoint time-variant soft robotic sensors for accurate static state estimation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6(2): 2099-2105. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2021.3061399.
• Hardman, D., Hughes, J., Thuruthel, TG., Gilday, K., Iida, F. (2021). 3D printable sensorized soft gelatin hydrogel for multi-material soft structures, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6(3): 5269-5275. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2021.3072600.
• Terryn, S., Langenbach, J., Roels, E., Brancart, J., Georgopoulou, A., Thuruthel, TG, Safaei, A., Ferrentino, P., Sebastian, T., Bakkali, T., Norvez, S., Iida, F., Bosman AW., Tournilhac, F., Clemens, F., Van Assche, G., and Vanderborght, B. (2021). A review on self-healing polymers for soft robotics, Materials Today 47: 187-205. DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2021.01.009.
• Lalitharatne, TD., Tan, Y., Leong, F., He, L., Leong, FCY., Van Zalk, N., de Lusignan, S., Iida, F., Nanayakkara, T. (2021). MorphFace: A Hybrid Morphable Face for a Robopatient, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6(2): 643-650. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2020.3048670.
• He, L., Herzig, N., de Lusignan, S., Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Iida, F., Nanayakkara, T., (2021). An abdominal phantom with tunable stiffness nodules and force sensing capability for palpation training, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 37(4): 1051-1064. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2020.3043717.

2020

• Lalitharatne, TD., Tan, Y., Leong, F., He, L., Van Zalk, N., de Lusignan, S., Iida, F., Nanayakkara, T. (2020). Facial expression rendering in medical training simulators: Current status and future directions, IEEE Access 8: 215874-215891. DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3041173.
• Voysey, I., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F., (2020). Autonomous dishwasher loading from cluttered trays using pre-trained deep neural networks, Engineering Reports, e12321. DOI: 10.1002/eng2.12321.
• Howison, T., Hauser, S., Iida F. (2020). Reality-assisted evolution of soft robots through large-scale physical experimentation: A review, Artificial Life 26 (4): 484-506. DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00330.
• Scimeca, L., Ng, C., Iida, F. (2020). Gaussian Process inference modelling of dynamic robot control for expressive piano playing, PLOS ONE 15(8): e0237826. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237826.
• Thuruthel, TG., Renda, F., Iida, F., (2020). First-order dynamic modelling and control of soft robots, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 7: 95. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2020.00095.
• Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Bray, E., Iida, F. (2020). Structuring of tactile sensory information for category formation in robotics palpation, Autonomous Robots 44, 1377–1393. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-020-09931-y. link
• Thuruthel, TG., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2020). Joint entropy-based morphology optimization of soft strain sensor networks for functional robustness, IEEE Sensors Journal 20(18): 10801-10810. DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2020.2995237. link
• Shih, B., Shah, D., Li, L., Thuruthel TG., Park, YL., Iida, F., Bao, Z., Kramer-Bottiglio, R., Tolley, MT. (2020). Electronic skins and machine learning for intelligent soft robots, Science Robotics 5(41): eaaz9239. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aaz9239. link
• Junge, K., Hughes, J., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2020). Improving robotic cooking using Batch Bayesian Optimization, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5(2): 760-765. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2020.2965418. link
• Howison, T., Hughes, J., Iida F. (2020). Large scale automated investigation of Free-Falling Paper shapes via iterative physical experimentation, Nature Machine Intelligence 2: 68-75. DOI: 10.1038/s42256-019-0135-z. link
• Hughes, J., Gilday, K., Scimeca, L., Garg, S., Iida, F. (2020). Flexible, adaptive industrial assembly: Driving innovation through competition, Intelligent Service Robotics 13: 169-178. DOI: 10.1007/s11370-019-00292-9.
• Birrell, S., Hughes, J., Cai, JY., Iida, F., (2020). A field-tested robotic harvesting system for iceberg lettuce, Journal of Field Robotics 37: 225-245. DOI: 10.1002/rob.21888.

2019

• Howison, T., Giardina, F., Iida F. (2019). Physics driven behavioural clustering of free-falling paper shapes, PLOS ONE, 14(6): e0217997. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217997.
• Scimeca, L., Hughes, J., Maiolino, P., Iida, F. (2019). Model-free soft structure reconstruction for proprioception using tactile arrays, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 4(3): 2479–2484. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2019.2906548.
• Kanada, A., Giardina, F., Howison, T., Mashimo, T., Iida, F. (2019). Reachability improvement of a climbing robot based on large deformations induced by Tri-Tube Soft Actuators. Soft Robotics 6(4): 483-494. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2018.0115.
• Günther, F., Vu, H.Q., Iida, F. (2019). Improving legged robot hopping by using coupling-based series elastic actuation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 24(2): 413-423. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2019.2893235.

2018

• Hughes, J.A.E., Maiolino, P., Iida, F. (2018). An anthropomorphic soft skeleton hand exploiting conditional models for piano playing, Science Robotics 3(25): eaau3098. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aau3098.
• Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2018). Multi-functional soft strain sensors for wearable physiological monitoring, Sensors 18(11), 3822. DOI: 10.3390/s18113822.
• Hughes, J., Scimeca, L., Ifrim, I., Maiolino, P., Iida, F. (2018). Achieving Robotically Peeled Lettuce, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3(4): 4337–4342. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2018.2855043.
• Giardina, F., Iida, F. (2018). Collisional analysis reveals energetic advantages of legged hopping locomotion over rolling, PLOS ONE 13(3): e0194375. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194375.
• Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2018). Tactile sensing applied to the Universal Gripper using conductive thermoplastic elastomer, Soft Robotics 5(5): 512-526. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2017.0089.
• Giardina, F., Iida, F. (2018). Efficient and stable locomotion for impulse-actuated robots using strictly convex foot shapes, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 34(3): 674-685. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2018.2813359.
• Herzig, N., Maiolino, P., Iida, F., Nanayakkara, T. A (2018). A variable stiffness robotic probe for soft tissue palpation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3(2): 1168-1175. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2018.2793961.
• Saar, K.A., Giardina, F., Iida, F. (2018). Model-free design optimisation of a hopping robot and its comparison with a human designer, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3(2): 1245-1251. DOI: 10.1109/lra.2018.2795646.
• Wang, L., Yang Y., Chen, Y., Majidi, C., Iida, F., Askounis, E., Pei, Q. (2018). Controllable and reversible tuning of material rigidity for robot applications, Materials Today 21(5): 563-576. DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2017.10.010.

2017

• Rosendo, A., von Atzigen, M., Iida, F. (2017). The trade-off between morphology and control in the co-optimized design of robots, PLOS ONE 12 (10): e0186107. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186107. link
• Wang, L., Nurzaman, SG., Iida, F. (2017). Soft material robotics, Foundations and Trends in Robotics 5(3): 191-259. DOI: 10.1561/2300000055. link
• Vujovic, V., Rosendo, A., Brodbeck, L., Iida, F. (2017). Evolutionary Developmental Robotics: Improving Morphology and Control of Physical Robots, Artificial Life 23(2):169-185. DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00228.
• Günther, F. and Iida, F. (2017). Energy efficient monopod running with large payload based on open loop parallel elastic actuation, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 33(1): 102-113. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2016.2623342.

2016

• Hughes, J., Culha, U., Giardina, F., Guenther, F., Rosendo, A., Iida, F. (2016). Soft manipulators and grippers: A review, Frontiers in Robotics and AI 3: 69. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2016.00069.
• Chen, J., Hongzhe, J., Iida, F., Zhao, J. (2016). A design concept of parallel elasticity extracted from biological muscles for engineered actuators, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 11(5): 056009. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/11/5/056009.
• Iida, F., Nurzaman, SG. (2016). Adaptation of sensor morphology: An integrative view of perception from biologically inspired robotics perspective, Interface Focus 6(4): 20160016. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0016.
• Rosendo, A., and Iida, F. (2016). Energy efficient hopping with Hill-type muscle properties on segmented legs, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 11(3): 036002. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/11/3/036002.
• Hunt, J., Giardina, F., Rosendo, A., Iida, F. (2016). Improving efficiency for an open-loop controlled locomotion with a pulsed actuation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 21(3): 1581–1591. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2016.2539206.
• Culha, U., Iida, F. (2016). Enhancement of finger motion range with compliant anthropomorphic joint design, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 11(2): 026001. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/11/2/026001. abstract
• Jafari, A., Vu, H. Q., Iida, F. (2016). Determinants for stiffness adjustment mechanisms, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 82(3): 435-454. DOI: 10.1007/s10846-015-0253-8.
• Vu, H.Q., Yu, X., Iida, F., and Pfeifer, R. (2016). Improving energy efficiency of hopping locomotion by using a variable stiffness actuator, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 21(1): 472-486. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2015.2428274.

2015

• Wang, L., Iida, F. (2015). Deformation in soft-matter robotics: A categorization and quantitative characterization, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine 22(3): 125-139. DOI: 10.1109/mra.2015.2448277.
• Brodbeck, L., Hauser, S., Iida, F. (2015). Morphological evolution of physical robots through model-free phenotype development, PLOS ONE 10(6): e0128444. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128444. full text
• Brodbeck, L. and Iida, F. (2015). An extendible reconfigurable robot based on hot melt adhesives. Autonomous Robots, 39(1): 87-100. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-015-9428-1.

2014

• Wang, L., Brodbeck, L., and Iida, F. (2014). Mechanics and energetics in tool manufacture and use: a synthetic approach, Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11(100): 20140827. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0827. abstract
• Nurzaman, G.S., Yu, X, Kim, Y., Iida, F., (2014). Goal directed multimodal locomotion through coupling between mechanical and attractor selection dynamics, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 10, 025004. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/10/2/025004. full text
• Culha, U., Nurzaman, S.G., Clemens, F., and Iida, F. (2014). SVAS3: Strain vector aided sensorization of soft structures, Sensors, 14(7):12748-12770. DOI: 10.3390/s140712748. abstract
• Yu, X., Nurzaman, S.G., Culha U., and Iida F. (2014). Soft Robotics Education, Journal of Soft Robotics, 1(3): 202-212. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2014.0009. abstract
• Leach, D., Wang, L., Reusser, D., and Iida, F. (2014). Automatic building of a web-like structure based on thermoplastic adhesive. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9(3):036014. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/3/036014. abstract
• Nurzaman, S.G., Yu, X., Kim, Y., and Iida, F. (2014). Guided self-organization in a dynamic embodied system based on attractor selection mechanism, Entropy, 16(5): 2592-2610. DOI: 10.3390/e16052592. abstract
• Marques, H.G., Bharadwaj, A., Iida, F. (2014). From spontaneous motor activity to coordinated behaviour: A developmental model. PLoS Computational Biology, 10(7): e1003653. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003653. full text
• Pfeifer, R., Iida, F., Lungarella, M. (2014). Cognition from the bottom up: On biological inspiration, body morphology, and soft materials, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18(8): 404-413. DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.04.004. abstract
• Wang, L., Culha, U., and Iida, F. (2014). A dragline-forming mobile robot inspired by spiders, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9(1): 016006. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/1/016006. abstract
• Leach, D., Guenther, F., Maheshwari, N., Iida, F. (2014). Linear multi-mode actuation through discrete couplings, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 19(3):827-839. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2013.2261532. early online abstract

2013

• Nurzaman, S., Culha, U., Brodbeck, L., Wang, L., Iida, F., (2013). Active sensing system with in situ adjustable sensor morphology, PLOS ONE 8(12): e84090. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084090. Full Text
• Yu, X. and Iida, F. (2013). Minimalistic models of an energy efficient vertical hopping robot, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 61(2): 1053-1062. DOI: 10.1109/tie.2013.2266080. abstract
• Blumberg, M.S., Marques, H.G., and Iida, F. (2013). Twitching in sensorimotor development from sleeping rats to robots, Current Biology, 23(12): R532-R537. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.075. abstract
• Wang, L., Graber, L., and Iida, F., (2013). Large-payload climbing in complex vertical environments using thermoplastic adhesive bonds, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 29(4): 863-874. DOI: 10.1109/tro.2013.2256312. abstract
• Osswald, M. and Iida, F. (2013). Design and control of a climbing robot based on hot melt adhesion, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(6): 616-625. DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2013.02.004. abstract
• Reis, M., Iida, F. (2013). An energy efficient hopping robot based on free vibration of a curved beam. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 19(1): 300-311. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2012.2234759. abstract
• Marques, H.G., Imtiaz, F., Iida, F., Pfeifer, R. (2013). Self-organization of reflexive behavior from spontaneous motor activity, Biological Cybernetics, 107(1): 25-37. DOI: 10.1007/s00422-012-0521-7. abstract
• Reis, M., Yu, X., Maheshwari, N., and Iida, F. (2013). Morphological computation of multi-gaited robot locomotion based on free vibration. Artificial Life 19(1): 97-114. DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00084. abstract

2012

• Otake, M., Nurzaman, S.G., and Iida, F. (2012). Embodied cognition in psychological therapy. Journal of Cognitive Science, 13(4): 431-452. DOI: 10.17791/jcs.2012.13.4.431.
• Wang, L., Iida, F. (2012). Physical connection and disconnection control based on hot melt adhesives, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 18(4): 1397-1409. DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2012.2202558. abstract
• Maheshwari, N., Gunura, K., and Iida, F. (2012). Trajectory control based on discrete full-range dynamics, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 24(4): 612-619. DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2012.p0612. abstract
• Pfeifer, R., Lungarella, M., Iida, F. (2012). The challenges ahead for bio-inspired ‘soft’ robotics, Communications of the ACM, 55(11): 76-87. DOI: 10.1145/2366316.2366335. abstract

2011

• Manchester, I., Mettin, U., Iida F., Tedrake, R. (2011). Stable dynamic walking over uneven terrain, The International Journal of Robotics Research, 30(3): 265-279. DOI: 10.1177/0278364910395339. abstract

2010

• Iida, F., Tedrake, R. (2010). Minimalistic control of biped walking in rough terrain, Autonomous Robots, 28(3): 355-368. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-009-9174-3. abstract

2009

• Iida, F., Minekawa, Y., Rummel, J., and Seyfarth, A. (2009). Toward a human-like biped robot with compliant legs, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 57: 137-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2007.12.001. abstract
• Seyfarth, A., Iida, F., Tausch, R., Stelzer, M., von Stryk, O., Karguth, A. (2009). Towards bipedal jogging as a natural result of optimizing walking speed for passively compliant three-segmented legs, The International Journal of Robotics Research, 28: 257-265. DOI: 10.1177/0278364908095843. abstract

2008

• Iida, F., Rummel, J., and Seyfarth, A. (2008). Bipedal walking and running with spring-like biarticular muscles. Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 41, 656-667. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.09.033. abstract

2007

• Pfeifer, R., Lungarella, M., Iida, F. (2007). Self-organization, embodiment, and biologically inspired robotics, Science, Vol. 318, 1088-1093. DOI: 10.1126/science.1145803. abstract

2006

• Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2006). Sensing through body dynamics, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 54 (8), 631-640. DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.03.005. abstract
• Pfeifer, R., Iida, F., and Gomez, G. (2006). Designing intelligent robots – on the implications of embodiment, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.24, No. 07, 9-16. DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.24.783. abstract
• Pfeifer, R., Iida, F., and Gomez, G. (2006). Morphological computation for adaptive behavior and cognition, International Congress Series, Vol. 1291, 22-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.12.080. abstract

2005

• Pfeifer, R., Iida, F., and Bongard, J. (2005). New robotics: Design principles for intelligent systems. Artificial Life, Vol. 11, No. 1-2, 99-120. DOI: 10.1162/1064546053279017. abstract
• Pfeifer, R. and Iida, F. (2005). Morphological computation: Connecting body, brain and environment. Japanese Scientific Monthly, Vol. 58, No. 2, 48-54. link pdf

2003

• Iida, F. (2003). Biologically inspired visual odometer for navigation of a flying robot, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 44 (3-4), 201-208. DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8890(03)00070-8. abstract

1999

• Iida, F., Hara, F. (1999). Behavior learning of a face robot based on the characteristics of human instruction, Advanced Robotics, 13(3): 283-284. abstract DOI: 10.1163/156855399X00577.

Book Chapters

2026

• Xie, Y., Iida, F. (2026). Biologically inspired robotics: Design principles from nervous system adaptation to evolutionary system, In Evolution of Nervous Systems, 3rd edition, Elsevier, pp. 307-317. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-27380-3.00033-6.

2022

• Scimeca, L., Iida, F. (2022). Soft Robotics: A Developmental Approach, In Cognitive Robotics, A. Cangelosi, M. Asada (Eds.), MIT Press, pp. 99-120. DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13780.003.0010.
• Hughes, J., Iida, F., Birrell, SA. (2022). Field robotics for harvesting: A review of field robotics approaches for harvesting, In Digital Agritechnology, T. Mottram (Ed.), Chapter 4, Elsevier, pp. 69-94. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-817634-4.00009-4.

2020

• Scimeca, L., Iida, F. (2020). Developmental soft robotics, Handbook of Developmental Robotics, A. Cangelosi, M. Asada (Eds.) (in press).

2016

• Culha, U., Hughes, J., Rosendo, A., Giardina, F. and Iida, F. (2016). Design principles for soft-rigid hybrid manipulators. In Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges, Laschi, C. et al. (Eds). Springer, 87-94. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46460-2_11.
• Iida, F. and Ijspeert, A.J. (2016). Biologically Inspired Robotics, In Bruno Siciliano and Oussama Khatib, editors, Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2nd Ed, Chapter 75. Springer, 2015-2034. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_75.

2015

• Nurzaman, S.G., Matsumoto, Y., Nakamura, Y., Shirai, K., Koizumi, S., Iida, F., and Ishiguro, H. (2015). Morphological Computation: A perspective based on bacterial movement. In: eBook: Opinions and Outlooks on Morphological Computation (Eds. H. Helmut, R. M. Füchslin, R. Pfeifer), Chap. 10.

2009

• Iida, F., and Bovet, S. (2009). Learning legged locomotion, In: Artificial Life Models in Hardware, Adamatzky, A., and Komosinski, M. (Eds.), Springer, 21-33. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-530-7_2. pdf

2008

• Iida, F., Pfeifer, R., and Seyfarth, A. (2008). AI in locomotion, In: 50 Years of Artificial Intelligence, LNCS/AI Vol. 4850, Lungarella et al. (Eds.), Springer, 134-143. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77296-5_13. pdf
• Lungarella, M., Iida, F., Bongard, J., and Pfeifer, R. (2008). AI in the 21st century: With historical reflections, In: 50 Years of Artificial Intelligence, LNCS/AI Vol. 4850, Lungarella et al. (Eds.), Springer, 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77296-5_1. pdf
• Lungarella, M., Iida, F., Bongard, J., and Pfeifer, R. (Eds.) (2008). 50 years of artificial intelligence, LNCS/AI Vol. 4850, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77296-5. link

2006

• Seyfarth, A., Geyer, H., Blickhan, R., Lipfert, S., Rummel, J., Minekawa, Y., and Iida, F. (2006). Running and walking with compliant legs. In: Fast motions in biomechanics and robotics - optimization and feedback control. Chapter 19, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36119-0_18. pdf

2004

• Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2004). Self-stabilization and behavioral diversity of embodied adaptive locomotion. Embodied artificial intelligence, Iida et al. (Eds), LNCS/AI Vol. 3139, 119-128, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-27833-7_9. pdf
• Iida, F.; Pfeifer, R.; Steels, L.; Kuniyoshi, Y. (Eds.) (2004). Embodied artificial intelligence. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3139, Springer, ISBN: 3-540-22484-X. DOI: 10.1007/b99075. link
• Pfeifer, R., Iida, F. (2004). Embodied artificial intelligence: Trends and challenges. Embodied artificial intelligence, Iida et al. (Eds), LNCS/AI 3139, 1-26, Springer. pdf

Reviewed Conference Papers

2026

• Trehan, D., Thuruthel, TG., Nazari, K., Wang, H., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2026). An EIT-based sensorized universal jamming gripper for intrinsic localisation and object detection, 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), (accepted).
• Xie, Y., Ishida, M., Hosseini, N., Iida, F. (2026). Cadence-gated hardware-in-the-loop optimization of a single-DoF helix-driven locomotion robot, 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), (accepted).
• Nazari, K., Huang, Y., Hardman, D., Iida, F., Thuruthel, TG. (2026). Touch with insight: Physics-aware data-driven learning for EIT-based tactile sensing, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 9431-9438. DOI: 10.1109/icra57385.2026.11696850.
• Zhang, Y., Faris, O., Sirithunge, C., Chu, KF., Iida, F., Forni, F., (2026). Distributed Virtual Model Control for scalable human-robot collaboration in shared workspace, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 8770-8777. DOI: 10.1109/icra57385.2026.11696241.
• Ishida, M., Iida, F., Abdulali, A., (2026). Jet-propelled soft swimmer powered by a thermal oscillator, the 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2026), 1073-1079. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft67810.2026.11522866.
• Chu, K.F., Ye, F., Wang, X., Nakajima, K., Iida, F. (2026). Elementary Characteristics and Energy Transport in Physical Reservoir Computing, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1343(1): 012001. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1343/1/012001.
• Zhang, Y., Xie, Y., Sun, T., Iida, F. (2026). Co-design is powerful and not free, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1343(1): 012024. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1343/1/012024.
• Merchant, C., Xu, X., Iida, F. (2026). Embodied Intelligence of Soil, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1343(1): 012026. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1343/1/012026.

2025

• Ye, F., Bonner, T., Abdulali, A., Chu, KF., Iida, F., (2025). Reservoir computing for torque-restricted pendulum control, 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 3823-3830. DOI: 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247156.
• Xu, X., Merchant, CEM., Ishida, M., Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2025). In-situ classification of soil types exploiting Electrical Impedance Tomography with a robotic actuating probe, 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 1861-1867. DOI: 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11246829.
• Chapa Sirithunge, C., Chandiramani, V., Xie, Y., Hauser, H., Conn, A., Iida, F. (2025). Soft-rigid coupled blade leg achieves spatio-temporal terrain classification with minimal sensor configuration, 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 6016-6023. DOI: 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247489.
• Yuan, M., Wang, H., Chu, KF., Iida, F., Li, B., Zeng, W. (2025). Hierarchical Procedural Framework for Low-latency Robot-Assisted Hand-Object Interaction, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 4475-4480. DOI: 10.1109/SMC58881.2025.11342908.
• Warattaseth, P., Abdulali, A., Dudley, J., Iida, F. (2025). Efficient robot control with motion primitives and mixed reality, 2025 IEEE Conference on Telepresence (Telepresence), 113-118. DOI: 10.1109/telepresence66096.2025.11521539.
• Giannetto, M., Ibragim, A., Iida, F., Abdulali, A. (2025). Reservoir computing encodes physical adaptations for reinforcement learning, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 6005-6011. DOI: 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11127876.
• Nadipineni, S., Hong, C., Ramlall, T, Sirithunge, C., Althoefer, K, Iida, F., Lalitharatne, TD. (2025). Human emotion-mediated soft robotic arts: Exploring the intersection of human emotions, soft robotics, and arts, 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020874.
• Xin, R., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2025). Closed-Loop Control of Robotic Cutting through Tactile Force Estimation, 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft63089.2025.11020827.

2024

• Schofield, L., Sirithunge, C., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2024). Multiple Musical Skills Framework for Robotic Musicianship, Proceedings of International Workshop on Embodied Intelligence 2023, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1321 (2024) 012015. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1321/1/012015.
• Sirithunge, C., Lalitharatne, T.D., Iida, F. (2024). Embodiment, Socially Intelligent Behaviour and Proactive Robots, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1321(1): 012004. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1321/1/012004.
• Xu, J., Xie, Y., Iida, F. (2024). Embodied Intelligence in Additive Manufacturing, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1321(1): 012005. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1321/1/012005.
• Wang, H., Iida, F. (2024). Emotional Alignment for Human-Robot Cooperation in Musical Tasks, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1321(1): 012006. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1321/1/012006.
• Chu, K.F., Ye, F., Iida, F. (2024). Embodied Intelligence in Transportation Systems: Road Network Computing, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1321(1): 012010. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1321/1/012010.
• Ye, F., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2024). Evaluation of The Stochasticity in The Collective Bernoulli-ball System as A Physical Reservoir Computer, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1321(1): 012012. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1321/1/012012.
• Hashem, R., Howison, T., Stilli, A., Stoyanov, D., Xu, P., Iida, F. (2024). Harnessing symmetry breaking in soft robotics: A novel approach for underactuated fingers, 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 241-246. DOI: 10.1109/iros58592.2024.10802658.
• Zhang, Y., Larby, D., Iida, F., Forni, F. (2024). Virtual model control for compliant reaching under uncertainties, 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 795-801. DOI: 10.1109/iros58592.2024.10801592.
• Xie, Y., Pinskier, J., Liow, L., Howard, D., Iida, F. (2024). A 'MAP' to find high-performing soft robot designs: Traversing complex design spaces using MAP-elites and topology optimization, 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 11408-11415. DOI: 10.1109/iros58592.2024.10802427.
• Abdulali, A., Costa Cornella, A., Sirithunge, C., Iida, F., (2024). Effect of material viscosity on tactile compliance discrimination, Proceedings of the 10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob2024), 1177-1182. DOI: 10.1109/biorob60516.2024.10719786.
• Chu, KF., Fan, C., Iida, F., (2024). Navigating mixed traffic: Current state and future challenges in integrating autonomous and human-driven vehicles, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO), Hong Kong, 2024, pp. 241-246. DOI: 10.1109/arso60199.2024.10557825.
• Xie, Y., Wang, X., Iida, F., Howard, D., (2024). Fin-QD: A computational design framework for soft grippers: Integrating MAP-elites and high-fidelity FEM, 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), San Diego, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 692-697. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft60065.2024.10521959.
• Sirithunge, C., Iida, F., Zhang, X., Hughes, J., (2024). A study on pressure modulation for biomimetic fine manipulation for soft robots, 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), San Diego, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 1061-1067. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft60065.2024.10522017.
• Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2024). Controllable wound closure in artificial skins using dual-layer bioinspired mechanism, 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), San Diego, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 876-881. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft60065.2024.10521963.
• Nicholls, L., Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2024). Multi-touch recognition of hydrogel-based e-skins using real-World EIT datasets, 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), San Diego, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 103-108. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft60065.2024.10521955.

2023

• Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2023). How to Fool Your Robot: Designing Exploitable Sensory Systems, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1292(1): 012011. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1292/1/012011.
• Wang, H., Iida, F. (2023). Self-organization in Piano Playing: Why Pattern Transition?, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1292(1): 012015. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1292/1/012015.
• Sochacki, G., Abdulali, A., Cheke, L., Iida, F. (2023). Theoretical Framework for Human-Like Robotic Taste with Reference to Nutritional Needs, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1292(1): 012017. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1292/1/012017.
• Costi, L., Iida, F. (2023). How to define the correct guidelines for enhanced telepresence and task embodiment in remote palpation., IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1292(1): 012024. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1292/1/012024.
• Almanzor, E., Birrell, S., Iida, F. (2023). Rapid development and performance evaluation of a potato planting robot, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2023), pp. 15-25. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_2.
• Wang, H., Zhang, Y., Iida, F. (2023). Reduced-Order Modeling of a Soft Anthropomorphic Finger for Piano Keystrokes, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2023), pp. 405-418. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_33.
• Ye, F., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2023). Simulation of collective Bernoulli-ball system for characterizing dynamic self-stability, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2023), pp. 367-380. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_30.
• Shi, J., Abdulali, A., Sochacki, GK., Iida, F. (2023). Closed-loop robotic cooking of soups with multi-modal taste feedback, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2023), pp. 51-62. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_5.
• Sirithunge, C., Hashem, R., Iida, F. (2023). Estimation of soft body deformation by using light, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2023), pp. 393-404. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_32.
• Costi, L., Almanzor, E., Scimeca, L., Iida, F. (2023). Comparative study of hand-tracking and traditional control interfaces for remote palpation, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2023), pp. 457-469. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_37.
• Gilday, K., Hashem, R., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2023). The Xeno-Tongue Gripper: Granular jamming suction cup with bellow-driven self-morphing, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Singapore, Singapore, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10121982.
• Tano, N., Hashem, R., Hardman, D., Iida, F. (2023). Variable response characteristics of a soft sensorized hydrogel using mesoscale cellular structures, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Singapore, Singapore, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10121936.
• Nonaka, T., Abdulali, A., Sirithunge, C., Gilday, K., Iida, F. (2023). Soft robotic tactile perception of softer objects based on learning of spatiotemporal pressure patterns, IEEE International Conference of Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023). DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10121950.
• Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2023). Multi-modal sensor fusion for learning rich models for interacting soft robots, IEEE International Conference of Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023). DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10121992.
• Hardman, D., Hashem R., Iida, F. (2023). Stretchable sensors for the detection of asymmetric deformations in a soft manipulator, IEEE International Conference of Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023). DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10122052.
• Cai, Y., Hardman, D., Iida, F., Thuruthel, TG. (2023). Design and development of a hydrogel-based soft sensor for multi-axis force control, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 594-600. DOI: 10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160807.

2022

• Gilday, K., Relandeau, L., Iida, F. (2022). Design and characterisation of a soft barometric sensing skin for robotic manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), 10021-10028. DOI: 10.1109/iros47612.2022.9981855.
• Washio, S., Gilday, K., Iida, F. (2022). Design and control of a multi-modal soft gripper inspired by an elephant fingers, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), 4228-4235. DOI: 10.1109/iros47612.2022.9982126.
• Almanzor, E., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F., (2022). Automated fruit quality testing using an electrical impedance tomography-enabled soft robotic gripper, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), 8500-8506. DOI: 10.1109/iros47612.2022.9981987.
• Protpagorn, N., Costi, L., Lalitharatne, TD., Nisky I., Iida, F. (2022). Vocal pain expression augmentation to improve interaction accuracy in virtual Robopatient, 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/biorob52689.2022.9925382.
• Costi, L., Lalitharatne, TD., Iida, F. (2022). Soft control interface for highly dexterous unilateral remote palpation, 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/biorob52689.2022.9925318.
• Wang, H., Howison, T., Hughes, J., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2022). Data-driven simulation framework for expressive piano playing by anthropomorphic hand with variable passive properties, 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2022, pp. 300-305. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft54090.2022.9762138.
• Hashem R., Iida, F. (2022). Embedded soft sensing in soft ring actuator for aiding with the self-organisation of the in-hand rotational manipulation, 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2022, pp. 498-503. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft54090.2022.9762094.
• Costi, L., Maiolino, P., Iida, F., (2022). Soft morphing interface for tactile feedback in remote palpation, 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2022, pp. 01-06. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft54090.2022.9762173.
• Josie Hughes, Arsen Abdulali, Ryman Hashem and Fumiya Iida, (2022). Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Enabling the Next Intelligence Revolution, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012001. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012001.
• S.M. Hadi Sadati, Marwa ElDiwiny, Surya Nurzaman, Fumiya Iida and Thrishantha Nanayakkara, (2022). Embodied Intelligence & Morphological Computation in Soft Robotics Community: Collaborations, Coordination, and Perspective, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012005. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012005.
• Ryman Hashem, Weiliang Xu and Fumiya Iida (2022). Bio-Inspired Robots Imitating Human Organs with Embodied Intelligence Behaviour, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012007. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012007.
• Kieran Gilday and Fumiya Iida, (2022). Intelligent Soft Hands and Benchmarking towards General-Purpose Robotic Manipulation, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012010. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012010.
• Thomas George Thuruthel and Fumiya Iida (2022). Morphological Computation and Control Complexity, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012011. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012011.
• Matteo Lo Preti, Thomas George Thuruthel, Kieran Gilday, Lucia Beccai and Fumiya Iida (2022). Mechanical Sensing in Embodied Agents, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012013. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012013.
• Ilana Nisky, Leone Costi and Fumiya Iida (2022). Coevolution of internal representations in physical human-robot orchestration – models of the surgeon and the robot in robotic surgery, 2022 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1261: 012014. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1261/1/012014.
• Sochacki, G., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2022). Sensorized Compliant Robot Gripper for Estimating the Cooking Time of Boil-Cooked Vegetables, IAS-16 (16th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System), pp. 227–238. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95892-3_17.
• Danno, D., Hauser, S., Iida, F. (2022). Robotic cooking through pose extraction from human natural cooking using OpenPose, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 16 (IAS 2021), proceedings published 2022, pp. 288-298. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95892-3_22.

2021

• Costi, L., Hughes, J., & Iida, F. (2021). Bioinspired soft bendable peristaltic pump exploiting ballooning for high volume throughput, 2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/icar53236.2021.9659323.
• Sochacki, GK., Hughes, J., Hauser, S., Iida, F. (2021). Closed-loop robotic cooking of scrambled eggs with a salinity-based taste sensor, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, 2021, pp. 594-600. DOI: 10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636750.
• Hauser, S., Dujany, M., Arreguit, J., Ijspeert, A., Iida, F. (2021). Coupling-dependent convergence behavior of phase oscillators with tegotae-control, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, 2021, pp. 923-929. DOI: 10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636646.
• Ravasio C., Iida, F., Rosendo, A. (2021). Fitness shaping on SLIP locomotion optimization, 2020 IEEE-RAS 20th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 341-348. DOI: 10.1109/humanoids47582.2021.9555784.
• Gilday, K., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2021). Jamming joints for stiffness and posture control with an anthropomorphic hand, 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), New Haven, CT, USA, 2021, pp. 134-140. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft51838.2021.9479352.
• Birrell, S., Iida, F. (2021). Simulation, learning, and control methods to improve robotic vegetable harvesting, In: Siciliano, B., Laschi, C., Khatib, O. (eds) Experimental Robotics. ISER 2020. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 19. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71151-1_17.

2020

• Gilday, K., Lilley, J., Iida, F. (2020). Suction cup based on particle jamming and its performance comparison in various fruit handling tasks, The 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2020), pp. 607-612. DOI: 10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158945.
• Howison, T., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2020). Morphologically programming the interactions of V-shaped falling papers, Artificial Life Conference, 359-366. DOI: 10.1162/isal_a_00306.
• Voysey, I., Hughes, J., Thuruthel, TG., Gilday, K., Iida, F. (2020). Real world Bayesian Optimization using robots to clean liquid spills, 21st Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS2020). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63486-5_22.
• Scimeca, L., Iida, F. (2020). Self-supervised learning through scene observation for selective item identification in conveyor belt applications, 21st Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS2020). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63486-5_20.
• Hardman, D., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2020). Towards growing robots: A piecewise morphology-controller co-adaptation strategy for legged locomotion, 21st Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS2020). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63486-5_37.
• Thuruthel, TG, Gilday, K., Iida, F., (2020). Drift-free latent space representation for soft strain sensors, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2020), pp. 138-143. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft48309.2020.9116021.
• Hughes, J., Maiolino, P., Iida F., (2020). Sensorized phantom for characterizing large area deformation of soft bodies, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2020), pp. 278-284. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft48309.2020.9115971.
• Gilday, K., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F., (2020). A vision-based collocated actuation-sensing scheme for a compliant tendon-driven robotic hand, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2020), pp. 760-765. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft48309.2020.9116054.
• Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Iida, F., (2020). Efficient Bayesian Exploration for soft morphology-action co-optimization, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2020), pp. 639-644. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft48309.2020.9116057.
• Howison, T., Giardina, F., Iida F. (2020). Augmenting self-stability: Height control of a Bernoulli Ball via bang-bang control, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 31 – June 4, 2020, France, pp. 3974-3980. DOI: 10.1109/icra40945.2020.9197391.

2019

• Nishikawa, S., Iida, F., Kuniyoshi, Y. (2019). Ready posture for rapid reaction of Badminton Robot Arm, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2019), 570-575. DOI: 10.1109/robio49542.2019.8961788.
• Katiyar, SA., Iida, F., Nurzaman, SG., (2019). Energy harvesting in soft robot locomotion with complex dynamics, the 9th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, and Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (CIS-RAM2019), 475-480. DOI: 10.1109/cis-ram47153.2019.9095804.
• Gilday, K., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2019). Gel-based soft interfaces for fastener manipulation in robotic agile assembly, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2019), 155-160. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft.2019.8722738.
• Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Cardin-Catalan, D., del Pobil, A.P., Morales, A., Iida, F. (2019). Non-destructive robotic assessment of mango ripeness via multi-point soft haptics, ICRA2019, 1821-1826. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2019.8793956.

2018

• Gilday, K., Hughes, J., Iida F. (2018). Achieving flexible assembly using autonomous robotic systems, The 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), 1-9. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2018.8593852.
• Cheah, M. Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2018). Data synthesization for classification in autonomous robotic grasping system using ‘catalogue’-style images, 19th Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2018, Bristol, UK, July 25-27, 40-51. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_4.
• Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Iida, F. (2018). Soft morphological processing of tactile stimuli for autonomous category formation, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2018), 356-361. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft.2018.8404945.
• Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2018). Tack and deformation based sensorised gripping using conductive hot melt adhesive, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2018), 553-558. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft.2018.8405384.
• Katiyar, SA. Kandasamy, G., Kulatunga, ES., Rahman, MM., Iida, F., Nurzaman SG. (2018). Morphological adaptation in an energy efficient vibration-based robot, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 21-25, 2018, Australia, 1575-1582. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2018.8461107.

2017

• Saar, K.A., Rosendo, A., Iida, F. (2017). Bayesian Optimization of gaits on a bipedal SLIP model, IEEE ROBIO 2017, 1812-1817. DOI: 10.1109/robio.2017.8324681.
• Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2017). 3D printed sensorized soft robotic manipulator design, 18th Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2017, Guildford, UK July 19-21, 2017, 627-636. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2_51.
• Watson, J., Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2017). Real-world, real-time robotic grasping with convolutional neural networks, 18th Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2017, Guildford, UK July 19-21, 2017, 617-626. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2_50.
• Hughes, J., Iida, F. (2017). Localized differential sensing of soft deformable surfaces. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 29 - June 3, 2017, Singapore, pp. 4959-4964. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2017.7989576.

2016

• Giardina, F., Iida, F. (2016). Effects of discrete foot shape changes on the dynamics of a hopping robot. International Symposium of Experimental Robotics (ISER2016), 113-122. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50115-4_11.
• Chepisheva, M., Culha, U. and Iida, F. (2016). A biologically inspired soft robotic hand using chopsticks for grasping tasks, The 14th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2016), 195-206. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_18.
• Giardina, F., Iida, F. (2016). Simulation of forward hopping dynamics in robots and animals using a template with a circular foot and impulsive actuation, The IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics BioRob2016, June 26-29, Singapore, pp. 7-12. DOI: 10.1109/biorob.2016.7523450.

2015

• Brodbeck, L., Hauser, S., Iida, F. (2015). Robotic Invention: Challenges and perspectives for model-free design optimization of dynamic locomotion robots. The 17th International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR 2015), Sestri Levante Italy, 581-598. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60916-4_33.
• Kim, Y., Nurzaman, S.G., Iida, F., Fukushima, F.E. (2015). A self organization approach to goal-directed multimodal locomotion based on attractor selection mechanism, The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015), 26 May-30 June 2015, Seattle, USA, 5061-5066. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2015.7139903. The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015)
• Günther, F., Shu, Y., Iida, F. (2015). Parallel elastic actuation for efficient large payload locomotion, The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015), 26 May-30 June 2015, Seattle, USA, 823-828. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2015.7139273. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) abstract

2014

• Günther, F., Giardina, F., Iida, F. (2014). Self-stable one-legged hopping using a curved foot. The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), 31 May-6 June 2014, Hong Kong, China. 5133-5138. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2014.6907612. Proceedings the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014) abstract
• Brodbeck L., and Iida, F. (2014). Automatic real-world assembly of machine-designed structures. The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), 31 May-6 June 2014, Hong Kong, China. 1221-1226. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2014.6907009. Proceedings the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014) abstract
• Wang, L., Peruzzi, C., Culha, U., Jovic, M., and Iida, F. (2014). Continuous dragline formation in a mobile robot. The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), 31 May-6 June 2014, Hong Kong, China. 4229-4234. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2014.6907474. Proceedings the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014) abstract
• Culha, U., Wani, U., Nurzaman, S.G., Clemens, F., and Iida, F. (2014). Motion pattern discrimination for soft robots with morphologically flexible sensors, The 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), 567-572. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2014.6942616. The 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014)
• Iida, F., Wang, L., and Brodbeck, L. (2014). Flexible self-reconfigurable robots based on thermoplastic adhesives. the 11th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2012), 8-11 November 2012, Baltimore, USA, Springer, proceedings published 2014, 193-204. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-55146-8_14. Proceedings the 11th abstract

2013

• Iida, F., Wang, L., Brodbeck, L., Nurzaman, S.G., Leach, D., and Culha, U. (2013). The solving by building approach based on thermoplastic adhesives. The 16th International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR 2013), 16-19 December 2013, Singapore, 221-236. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28872-7_13. the 16th International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR 2013)
• Leach, D., Wang, L., Reusser, D., and Iida, F. (2013). In situ thermoplastic thread formation for robot built structures. The 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2013), 25-29 November 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay. DOI: 10.1109/icar.2013.6766504. abstract
• Guenther, F. and Iida, F. (2013). Preloaded hopping with linear multi-modal actuation. The 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), 3-7 November 2013, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2013.6697203.
• Wang, L., Culha, U., and Iida, F. (2013). Free-space locomotion with thread formation. The 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), 3-7 November 2013, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2013.6696935. Proceedings the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013) abstract
• Pfeifer, R., Marques, H.G, and Iida, F. (2013). Soft robotics: The next generation of intelligent machines. The 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013), 3-9 August 2013, Beijing, China, pp. 5-11. Proceedings the 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013) pdf
• Yu, X. and Iida, F. (2013). Minimalistic models of an energy efficient vertical hopping robot, The IEEE/RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 13), 7-12. the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013) abstract

2012

• Thandiackal, R., Braendle, C., Leach, D., Jafari, A., and Iida, F., (2012). Exploiting passive dynamics for robot throwing task. the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), 2443-2448. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2012.6386000. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012) abstract
• Brodbeck, L. and Iida, F., (2012). Enhanced robotic body extension with modular units. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), 1428-1433. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2012.6385516. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012) abstract
• Wang, L., Graber, L., and Iida, F., (2012). Climbing vertical terrains with a self-contained robot. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), 305-310. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2012.6385848. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012) abstract
• Maheshwari, N., Yu, X., Reis, M., and Iida, F., (2012). Resonance based multi-gaited robot locomotion. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), 169-174. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2012.6385618. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012) abstract
• Leach, D., Guenther, F., Maheshwari, N., and Iida, F., (2012). Linear multi-modal actuation through discrete coupling. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), 2437-2442. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2012.6385867. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012) abstract
• Marques, H.G., Völk, K., König, S., and Iida, F., (2012). Self-organization of spinal reflexes involving homonymous, antagonist and synergistic interactions. the 12th International Conference on Adaptive Behaviour (SAB 2012), 27-31 August 2012, Odense, Denmark, 169-278. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33093-3_27.
• Wang, L. and Iida, F. (2012). Towards soft self-reconfigurable robotics: Connectivity control based on Hot-Melt Adhesives, IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2012), 593-598. DOI: 10.1109/biorob.2012.6290258. Proceedings the 4th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob abstract
• Marques, H.G., Imtiaz, F., Iida, F., Pfeifer, R. (2012). Self-organization of spinal reflexes through soft musculoskeletal interactions, IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2012), 606-611. DOI: 10.1109/biorob.2012.6290747. Proceedings the 4th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob abstract
• Iida, F., Reis, M., Maheshwari, N., Gunura, K. and Hauser, S. (2012). Legged robot locomotion based on free vibration, The 12th IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control March 25-27, 2012, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. DOI: 10.1109/amc.2012.6197125. Proceedings the 12th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC 2012) abstract
• Brodbeck, L., Wang, L., Iida, F. (2012). Robotic body extension based on hot melt adhesives, The IEEE/RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 12), 14-18 May 2012, St Paul, USA, 4322-4327. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2012.6225258. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2012) abstract New Scientist, Daily Mail, NBC News, Popular Science,
• Wang, L. Neuschafer, F., Bernet, R., and Iida, F. (2012). Optimization for attachment and detachment in robot climbing with hot melt adhesives, The IEEE/RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 12), 14-18 May 2012, St Paul, USA, 1181-1186. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2012.6224955. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2012) abstract
• Jafari, A., Tsagarakis, N.G., Sardellitti, I., and Caldwell, D.G. (2012). How design can affect the energy required to regulate the stiffness in variable stiffness actuators, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2012), 14-18 May 2012, St Paul, USA, 2792-2797. abstract
• Maheshwari, N., Yu, X., Reis, M., and Iida, F. (2012). Exploiting free vibration of an elastic beam for stable running locomotion. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2012), 11-14 July 2012, KaoHsiung, RO China, 24-29. DOI: 10.1109/aim.2012.6266024. Proceedings the 2012 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2012) abstract

2011

• Gunura, K., Fernandez, J. and Iida, F. (2011). Design and control of a novel visco-elastic braking mechanism using HMA, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011), 6-8 December 2011, Aachen, Germany, 416-425. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25486-4_42. Proceedings the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011) pdf
• Osswald, M. and Iida, F. (2011). A climbing robot based on hot melt adhesion, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2011), 5107-5112. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2011.6048347. Proceedings the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011) pdf
• Reis, M. and Iida, F. (2011). Hopping robot based on free vibration of an elastic curved beam, 2011 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 892-897. DOI: 10.1109/aim.2011.6027082. Proceedings the 2011 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2011) pdf

2009

• Manchester, I., Mettin, U., Iida F., Tedrake, R. (2009). Stable dynamic walking over rough terrain: Theory and experiment, International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR 09), 123-138. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19457-3_8. Proceedings the 14th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR 2009)
• Iida, F. and Tedrake, R. (2009). Minimalistic control of a compass gait robot in rough terrain. the IEEE/RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 09), 1985-1990. DOI: 10.1109/robot.2009.5152694. Proceedings the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2009) pdf

2008

• Rummel, J., Iida, F., Seyfarth, A. (2008). Enlarging regions of stable running with segmented legs, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 08), 367-372. DOI: 10.1109/robot.2008.4543235. Proceedings the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008) pdf

2007

• Iida, F. and Tedrake, R. (2007). Motor control optimization of compliant one-legged locomotion in rough terrain, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Systems (IROS 07), 2230-2235. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2007.4399195. Proceedings the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Systems (IROS 2007) pdf
• Iida, F., Rummel, J., and Seyfarth, A. (2007). Bipedal walking and running with compliant legs, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 07), 3970-3975. DOI: 10.1109/robot.2007.364088. Proceedings the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2007) pdf

2006

• Buchli, J., Iida, F., and Ijspeert, A. J. (2006). Finding resonance: Adaptive frequency oscillators for dynamic legged locomotion, Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 06), 3903-3909. DOI: 10.1109/iros.2006.281802. Proceedings the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2006) pdf
• Iida, F., Minekawa, Y. Rummel, J., and Seyfarth, A. (2006). Toward a human-like biped robot with compliant legs, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9, Arai, T. et al. (Eds.), IOS Press, 820-827. Proceedings the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9) IOS Press link pdf
• Rummel, J., Iida, F., and Seyfarth, A. (2006). One-legged locomotion with a compliant passive joint, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9, Arai, T. et al. (Eds.), IOS Press, 566-573. Proceedings the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9) IOS Press link pdf
• Ziegler, M., Iida, F., Pfeifer, R. (2006). “Cheap” underwater locomotion: Roles of morphological properties and behavioural diversity, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2006), 12-14 September 2006, Brussels, Belgium. pdf
• Seyfarth, A., Stelzer, M., Iida, F., Karguth, A., von Stryk, O. (2006). Towards bipedal jogging as a natural result of optimizing walking speed for passively compliant three-segmented legs. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2006), 12-14 September 2006, Brussels, Belgium. pdf

2005

• Iida, F., Gomez, G. J., and Pfeifer, R. (2005). Exploiting body dynamics for controlling a running quadruped robot. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR05), 229-235. DOI: 10.1109/icar.2005.1507417. Proceedings the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005) pdf
• Iida, F. (2005). Cheap design approach to adaptive behavior: Walking and sensing through body dynamics, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2005), 25-30 September 2005, Ilmenau, Germany. pdf
• Hamburger, V., Berns, K., Iida, F. (2005). Standing up with motor primitives, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2005), 383-390. link pdf

2004

• Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2004). “Cheap” rapid locomotion of a quadruped robot: Self-stabilization of bounding gait, Proc. of Intelligent Autonomous Systems 8, F. Groen et al. (Eds.), IOS Press, 642-649. Proceedings IOS Press pdf

2003

• Iida, F. (2003). Exploiting friction for the locomotion of a hopping robot, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2003), 4-8 March 2003, Kyoto, Japan. link pdf

2002

• Iida, F., Dravid, R., and Paul C. (2002). Design and control of a pendulum driven hopping robot, Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 02), 2141-2146. DOI: 10.1109/irds.2002.1041584. Proceedings the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002) pdf
• Iida, F. (2002). Biologically inspired visual odometer for navigation of a flying robot. Proceedings of Intelligent Autonomous Systems 7, 142-149. Proceedings the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-7) IOS Press pdf
• Frutiger, D.R., Bongard, J.C., Iida, F. (2002). Iterative product engineering: Evolutionary robot design, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2002), 25-27 September 2002, Paris, France, 619-626. pdf
• Paul, C., Dravid, R., Iida F. (2002). Control of lateral bounding for a pendulum driven hopping robot, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Climbing and Waling Robots (CLAWAR 2002), 25-27 September 2002, Paris, France, 333-340. link pdf

2001

• Iida, F. (2001), Goal-directed navigation of an autonomous flying robot using biologically inspired cheap vision. Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Robotics (ISR), 1404-1409. http://www.ifr.org/events/isr/”>International pdf

2000

• Iida, F., Lambrinos, D. (2000). Navigation in an autonomous flying robot by using a biologically inspired visual odometer, Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic System III, Photonics East, Proceedings of SPIE, 4196: 86-97. abstract

1999

• Iida, F., Ayai, H., Hara, F. (1999). Behavior learning of face robot using human natural instruction, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (ROMAN 1999), 27-29 September 1999, 171-176. abstract

1998

• Iida, F., Tabata, M., Hara, F. (1998). Generating personality character in a face robot through interaction with human, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (ROMAN 1998), 481-486. pdf

Workshop Contributions and Others 

2021

• Costi, L., Thuruthel, TG., Iida, F. (2021). Topological study on the design of soft strain sensors for simultaneous multi-point contact localization, the 4th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2021), pp. 555-558. DOI: 10.1109/robosoft51838.2021.9479216.

2018

• Duckett, T., et al. (2018). Agricultural robotics: the future of robotic agriculture, White Paper for UK-RAS Network. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.06762

2015

• Iida, F. (2015). Thinking about where we are and beyond by looking back, Editorial of Soft Robotics 2(3): 91-92. DOI: 10.1089/soro.2015.29002.fii.

2014

• Nurzaman, S. G., Iida, F., Margheri, L., and Laschi C. (2014). News and Views: Soft robotics on the move: Scientific networks, activities, and future challenges. Soft Robotics, 1(2): 154-158. abstract DOI: 10.1089/soro.2014.0012.

2013

• Iida, F., Anastasiades, B., Gunura, K., (26.08.2013). Wearable posture assisting device, European Patent, EP2842527A1, US2016/0213549A1.
• Nurzaman, S. G., Iida. F., Laschi, C., Ishiguro, A., and Wood, R. (2013). Soft Robotics [TC Spotlight]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 20(3): 24-25 & 95. abstract
• Yu, X., Assaf, D., Wang, L., and Iida, F. (2013). Robotics education: A case study in soft-bodied locomotion. Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO 2013)， 7-9 November 2013, Tokyo, Japan, 194-199. abstract
• Yu, X. and Iida, F. (2013). Maximizing the energy efficiency of the robot hopping. Presented at the 6th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2013), 11-14 March 2013, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Marques, H.G., Maufroy, C., Lenz, A., Dalamagkidis, K., and the MYOROBOTICS Project Team (2013). MYOROBOTICS: A modular toolkit for legged locomotion research using musculoskeletal designs. Presented at the 6th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2013), 11-14 March 2013, Darmstadt, Germany.

2012

• Iida, F., Hosoda, K., Pfeifer, R., Kuniyoshi, Y. (2012). Special Issue on Soft robotics, Editorial of Special Issue in Advanced Robotics 26(7): 689-691. DOI: 10.1163/156855312x625362.
• Wang, L. and Iida, F. (2012). The extended phenotype in robots: A new perspective and challenges. Presented atIROS 2012 Workshop on Smart Materials and Alternative Technologies for Bio-Inspired Robots and Systems, 11 October 2012, Vilamoura, Portugal. pdf
• Iida, F., Reis, M., Maheshwari, N., Yu, X., and Jafari, A. (2012). Towards efficient, fast, and versatile running robots based on free vibration. Proceedingsof Dynamic Walking 2012, 21-24 May 2012, Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA. pdf

2011

• Iida, F. (2011). Book review: Flying insects and robots (Floreano, D., et al., eds), Artificial Life, 18(1): 125-127. DOI: 10.1162/artl_r_00053. abstract
• Iida, F. (2011). Towards autonomous robotic growth. AMD Newsletter, 8(2): 6. pdf
• Hoffmann, M., Schmidt, N., Nakajima, K., Iida, F., and Pfeifer, R. (2011). Perception, motor learning, and speed adaptation exploiting body dynamics: Case studies in a quadruped robot. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2011), 11-14 October 2011, Hyogo, Japan, 39-40.
• Leach, D., Maheshwari, N., Guenther, F. and Iida, F. (2011). Variable impedance actuation to increase the behavioural diversity of legged robots. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2011), 11-14 October 2011, Hyogo, Japan, 21-22.
• Reis, M., Maheshwari, N., Iida, F. (2011). Self-organization of robot walking and hopping based on free vibration. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC 2011), 12-14 September 2011, Venice, Italy.
• Iida, F. and Laschi, C. (2011). Soft robotics: Challenges and perspectives. Proceedings of the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (fet 2011), 4-6 May 2011, Budapest, Hungary. abstract

2010

• Maheshwari, N., Guether, F., Gunura, K., Wang, L., and Iida, F. (2010). Motor control with discrete full-range dynamics. Presented at Dynamic Walking 2010, 8-11 July 2010, MIT, USA. pdf
• Wang, L., Maheshwari, N., Gunura, K., and Iida, F. (2010). On the motor learning of ”fully dynamic systems”. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys 2010), 27-28 January 2010, Zurich, Switzerland, 142. pdf
• Iida, F. (2010). Biologically inspired motor control for underactuated robots: Trends and challenges. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control (RoMoCo 2009), 1-3 June 2009, Czerniejewo, Poland, 145-154. abstract

2007

• Iida, F. (2007). Book review: Autonomous Robots (Bekey, G., MIT Press), Artificial Life, Vol. 13, No. 4: 419-421. DOI: 10.1162/artl.2007.13.4.419. abstract
• Schmitz, A., Gomez, G. J., Iida, F., and Pfeifer, R. (2007). Adaptive control of dynamic legged locomotion. Presented at ICRA 2007 Workshop on Concept Learning in Embodied Agents, 10 April 2007, Rome, Italy. abstract
• Iida, F. (2007). Morphological computation in robot behavior control. Proceedings of the International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC 2007), 26-28 March 2007, Venice, Italy.
• Schmitz, A., Gomez, G. J., Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2007). On the robustness of simple speed control for a quadruped robot. Proceedings of the International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC 2007), 26-28 March 2007, Venice, Italy.

2006

• Paul, C., Lungarella, M, and Iida, F. (2006). Morphology, control and passive dynamics, Editorial of Special Issue, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 54 (8), 617-618. DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.04.006. abstract
• Seyfarth, A., Iida, F., Rummel, J. and Geyer, H. (2006). Leg design for stable walking and running. Presented at the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, 29 July – 4 August 2006, Munich, Germany, Journal of Biomechanics, 39: 114. pdf
• Iida, F. (2006). From locomotion to cognition: Cheap design approach to adaptive behavior. Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, 9-14 July 2006, Monte Verita, Switzerland. pdf
• Rummel, J., Seyfarth, A., Iida, F., and Dittrich, E. (2006). Adaptive mechanics. Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, 9-14 July 2006, Monte Verita, Switzerland. pdf
• Schmitz, A. and Iida, F. (2006). Self-Organization of complexity in embodied agents. Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, 9-14 July 2006, Monte Verita, Switzerland. pdf

2005

• Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2005). Situated categorization through body dynamics. Presented at IROS 2005 Workshop on Morphology, Control and Passive Dynamics, 2 August 2005, Edmonton, Canada.
• Ziegler, M., Iida, F., and Pfeifer, R. (2005). “Cheap” underwater locomotion: Morphological properties and behavioral diversity. Presented at IROS 2005 Workshop on Morphology, Control and Passive Dynamics, 2 August 2005, Edmonton, Canada. pdf
• Rummel, J., Seyfarth, A., and Iida, F. (2005). Stable locomotion of feedforward controlled one-legged robot. Proceedings of the XXth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (combined with 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics), 31 July – 5 August 2005, Cleveland, USA, 34. pdf

2002

• Iida, F. (2002). Dynamic locomotion of a biologically inspired quadruped robot. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, 7 October 2002, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Iida, F. and Lambrinos, D. (2002). Navigation in an autonomous flying robot by using a biologically inspired visual odometer. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, 7 October 2002, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Dravid, R., Paul, C., and Iida, F. (2002). Stumpy: The inverted pendulum driven hopping robot. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, 7 October 2002, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Frutiger, D. R., Bongard, J. C., and Iida, F. (2002). Iterative product engineering: Evolutionary robot design. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, 7 October 2002, Zurich, Switzerland. ps
• Iida, F. (2002). Dynamic locomotion of a biologically inspired quadruped robot. Presented at SAB 2002 Workshop on Robotics as Theoretical Biology, 10 August 2002, Edinburgh, UK.

2001

• Pfeifer, R., Scheier, C. (2001). 知の創成：身体性認知科学への招待. Japanese translation of “Understanding Intelligence”, Kyoritsu Shuppan (共立出版). Original English edition: MIT Press, 1999. amazon.co.jp

2000

• Iida, F., Hara, F. (2000). Behavior learning of Face Robot based on the characteristics of human instruction, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.18, No.6, 81-88, (in Japanese). DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.18.839. abstract
• Iida, F. and Hara, F. (2000). Behavior learning of face robot based on the characteristics of human instruction. Presented at Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics. (in Japanese)

1999

• Iida, F., Hara, F., Ayai, H. (1999). Face Robot behavior learning based on the characteristics of human instruction, Proceedings of the 4th Robotics Symposia, 38-43, (in Japanese). pdf

1998

• Iida, F., Hara, F. (1998). Robot behavior learning based on the characteristics of human instruction, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of Robotic Society Japan, 655-656, (in Japanese). the 16th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan

Thesis / Project Reports

2014

• Kim, Y. (2014). Goal-directed multi-modal locomotion of curved beam hopping robot, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Wani, U. (2014). Discrimination of soft robotic motion patterns through design and implementation of morphologically flexible sensors, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Hauser, S. (2014). From spontaneous motor activity towards walking, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Veiga, M. (2014). Evolutionary algorithm for robotic body extension, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• von Atzigen, M. (2014). TPA based 3D printing, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Luethi, G. (2014). Autonomous construction of 3D structures, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Ovinnikov, I. (2014). Trajectory control optimization of muskuloskeletal robot simulation, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf

2013

• Frey, S. (2013). Design optimization in Myode, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Altwegg, S. (2013). Quantification of preview control walking pattern generation by center of mass tracking, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Heim, S. (2013). Dynamics and control for efficient hopping, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Cavolina, G. (2013). Design optimization of robotic body extension with passive grippers, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Giardina, F. (2013). Development and Analysis of a Self-Stable One-Legged Hopping Robot, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Rich, S. (2013). Asymmetrical body shape: inducing locomotion in a simply activated amoeboid robot , internship project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Lee, M. (2013). Design and simulation of a tendon-driven hot melt adhesive “hand” robot, internship project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Novkovic, T. (2013). Extension of an evolutionary design algorithm to complex tasks, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Moser, S. (2013). Development of a variable knee joint, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
• Meyer, R. (2013). Improved extruder for a hot glue 3D printer, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Shu, Y. (2013). Glass fiber reinforced plastic: New elastic spring material used in compliant legs for scalable energy efficient robots, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Ackermann, M. (2013). Self-organisation of Reflexes using Bio-inspired Actuator and Sensor Models, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Peruzzi, C. (2013). Model based control of a bioinspired thread building spider robot, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Keller, H. (2013). PC-104 real-time controller for a curved-beam hopping robot, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Bolliger, C. (2013). Reflex-based torso stabilization, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Wani, U. (2013). Synthesizing a dynamic model for continuum robot arms using flexure sensors, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Bharadwaj, A. (2013). From spontaneous motor activity to hopping: A developmental scheme, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Voigt, C. (2013). Development of an optimization tool for Myode. BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Reusser, D. (2013). How to make a spider web with the Firefly robotic arm, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Seitz, J. (2013). Autonomous design of modular robot extensions using an evolutionary algorithm, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Wild, M. (2013). Self-diagnosis in Myorobotics: The implementation of a self-diagnosis plugin for the Caliper robotics simulation software, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Jovic, M. (2013). Redesign of a bio-inspired thread building spider robot, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Mathis, B. (2013). Efficient locomotion of a segmented beam hopper based on free vibration, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Bernet, R. (2013). 2D modeling of a passive compliant gripper, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Foehr, A. (2013). Dynamics of a free vibration based robot, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Garbani-Marcantini, L. (2013). Efficient Running on Variable Stiffness Ground, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Lataniotis, C. (2013). CPG-inspired control of curved beam hoppers, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Guenther, F. (2013). Preloaded Hopping with a Linear Multi Mode Actuator, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf

2012

• Meier, T. (2012). Automatic Disconnection of HMA-Bondings on a Modular Reconfigurable Robot, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Widmer, A. (2012). Design of Wireless Modules and Construction of a Mobile Robot, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Toxiri, S. (2012). Self-organization of spinal force fields, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Naef, D. (2012). Shape optimization of a curved beam hopping robot, MSc thesis, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Voelk, C. (2012). Self-organization of spinal reflexes in biologically motivated simulation framework, MSc thesis, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Wälchli, O. (2012). Development of a mini hopping Robot, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Graber, L. (2012). Self-contained high payload robots for climbing on multiple vertical environments, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Neuschäfer, F. (2012). Design of a glue supplier with internal melt reservoir, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Ioannides, A. (2012). Robot thumb kinematic model optimisation, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Eugster, D. (2012). High-speed motion tracking for robot control, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Berkenkamp, F. (2012). Tower building with HMAs and computer vision feedback, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Frey, K. (2012). Design of an underactuated underwater vehicle using counter rotating propellers, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Lataniotis, C. (2012). Optimizing dynamic motions of a two-link pendulum, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Thandiackal, R. (2012). Exploiting passive dynamics in robot throwing task, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf

2011

• Koenig, S. (2011). Self-organisation of reflexes in agonist-antagonist and synergistic actuator configurations, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Baumann, M. (2011). System identification and control optimization of the single leg hopping robot ETHOP, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Morales, M. (2011). Influence of tendon-pulley friction on an index finger model, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Brandle, C. (2011). Double pendulum robotic arm with toothed clutches, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Bocanegra, J.F. (2011). High torque, high impact braking system by using Hot Melt Adhesive, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Anastasiades, B. (2011). Glass-reinforced plastic springs for linear actuators, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Schluchter, C. (2011). Spontaneous evolution of modularity in neural networks for robot locomotion, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Vaish, R. (2011). Real world reinforcement learning, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Imtiaz, F. (2011). Emergence of reflexive behaviour from single muscle twitches, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Zweig, A. (2011). Controlling a crane arm with EMG sensors, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Neuschaefer, F. & Bernet, R. (2011). New design of a climbing robot based on Hot Melt Adhesion (HMA), BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Hauser, S. (2011). Resonance frequency of hopping robots, BSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Marti, M. (2011). Design of HMA supply mechanism on a multi-degrees of freedom platform, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Frey, K. (2011). Application of a Q-learning algorithm in real world environment for energy self-sufficiency (Mr. Ess. is Q-learning), master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Osswald, M. (2011). Design and control of a climbing robot based on Hot Melt Adhesion (HMA), MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf

2010

• Montillo, C. (2010). Binding the physical and Mental Simulation dynamics, MSc thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Muller, F. (2010). Modeling and control of a Multi-Mode Linear Actuator, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf
• Gunther, F. (2010). Mechanical design of a Multi-Mode Linear Actuator, master semester project report, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. pdf

2005

• Iida, F. (2005). Cheap design and behavioral diversity for adaptive autonomous robots, PhD thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland. pdf

Under review

• Tuxtapulatov, U., Ibragim, A., Ruzimboev, K., Iida, F., Abdulali, A. Learning contact-dynamics representations through counterfactual residual supervision, (under review).
• Horibe, K., Nakanishi, J., Harata, R., Kobayashi, R., Iida, F., Transformers as descriptive tools for norm-like structure in interaction records, (under review).
• Varchetta, L, Hillan, EJ., Iida, F., Shubin, NH., Di Santo, V., Stride length constrains the walking-to-swimming gait transition in frogfish, (under review).
• Hardman, D., Imaan, Y., Iida, F., TouchLoop: A reconfigurable platform for the material-level extraction of tactile sensory information, (under review).
• Zhou, Y., Yamamoto, K., Shao, Q., Maiolino, P., Iida, F. Adaptive tasting control for robotic seasoning in dynamically changing soup conditions, (under review).
• Zhang, Y., Sun, T., Iida, F., Xie, Y., Energy budgets shape adaptive freedom in embodied evolution, (under review).
• Sirithunge, C., Jeong, H., Guan, Q., Iida, F., Hughes, J. Communicative efficiency of single vs. multi-axis robot neck motion, (under review).
• Monteiro, RM., Abdulali, A., Chu, KF., Lengyel M., Iida, F. Context emergence from sensorimotor experience for developmental multi-task reinforcement learning, (under review).
• Chavan, VS., Sirithunge, C., Chu, KF., Hardman, D., Endo, M., Lalitharatne, TD., Iida, F. A physical reservoir computing approach for sensorized medical phantoms in abdominal palpation, (under review).
• Zhang, Y., Xie, Y., Hughes, J., Iida, F., The co-evolutionary substrate: Converging matter and information for robotic dexterity, (under review).
• Gailey, D., Chu, KF., Iida, F. Pedagogically inspired agent-environment co-adaptation: A case study on ethical autonomous driving, (under review).
• Merchant, CEM., Xu, X., Hardman, D., Iida, F., Non-destructive classification of root vegetable dimensions and varieties based on Electrical Impedance Tomography, (under review).
• Sirithunge, C., Faris, O., Zhang, Y., Chu, KF., Iida, F., Forni, F., Wang, H., Information-theoretic scalar indicators across sensorimotor channels for spatial coordination in human-robot teams, (under review).
• Choudhry, A., Chu, KF., Xie, Y., Sirithunge, C., Iida, F. Mitigating bias in moral utility functions for autonomous vehicles using Thurstone-Mosteller learning, (under review).
• Chu, KF., Perrusquia, A., Guo, W., Xing, Y., Iida, F. Complementary adversarial inverse reinforcement learning for vision-based driving multi-intention recognition, (under review).