Matteo Lo Preti
Papers
6
Total Citations
84
H-Index
4
About
Matteo Lo Preti is a robotics and soft-matter researcher whose work sits at the intersection of bioinspired robotics, soft sensing, and advanced materials. His research draws inspiration from nature's most sophisticated manipulators — from elephant trunks to soft-bodied organisms — to develop next-generation robotic systems capable of delicate, adaptive interaction with the world. Lo Preti's most influential contribution, a 2025 review on bioinspired and biohybrid soft robots (47 citations), has rapidly established itself as a key reference in the field, synthesizing emerging principles and technologies that are reshaping modern robotics. His work on stretchable reflective coatings and triaxial soft optical sensors (13 citations each) demonstrates a strong command of soft photonics, enabling robots to sense touch, strain, and force with unprecedented flexibility and precision. His development of the HexSOWS modular tactile skin further advances distributed sensing for large-area robotic surfaces. Particularly distinctive is Lo Preti's commitment to studying biological systems directly: his sensorized objects used to quantify elephant grasping behavior bridge ethology and engineering in a genuinely novel way, informing smarter robotic manipulator design. Across his body of work, Lo Preti emerges as a creative, interdisciplinary researcher translating biological intelligence into tangible robotic innovation.
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Top Papers
- 1Bioinspired and biohybrid soft robots: Principles and emerging technologies47 citations · 2025
- 2Stretchable reflective coating for soft optical waveguides and sensors13 citations · 2022
- 3Triaxial 3-D-Channeled Soft Optical Sensor for Tactile Robots13 citations · 2024
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