Papers
6
Total Citations
126
H-Index
5
About
Morvan Ouisse is a leading researcher at the intersection of smart materials and soft robotics, with a particular focus on shape memory alloys (SMAs) and conducting polymers (CPs) for novel actuation systems. His work has pioneered the development of SMA-based bidirectional rotational actuators, enabling the creation of origami-inspired robots that can fold, twist, and move in ways previously impossible with traditional rigid mechanisms. Ouisse’s most cited paper, “A Review of SMA-Based Actuators for Bidirectional Rotational Motion” (2021, 64 citations), has become a foundational reference in the field, establishing design principles for non-rigid, self-folding structures. He has also made significant contributions to soft milli-robotics, demonstrating how conducting polymers can serve as artificial muscles for intracorporeal continuum robots and vacuum applications—work that bridges materials science and biomedical engineering. His 2018 paper on multisegment electro-active polymer robots (10 citations) introduced a millimeter-scale continuum soft robot with multiphysics modeling for large displacements. Ouisse’s research is notable for its practical focus on actuation requirements, balance detection in modular robots, and the translation of smart material properties into functional, miniaturized robotic systems.
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- 2Toward actuation of Kresling pattern-based origami robots21 citations · 2022
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- 4Toward Conductive Polymer-Based Soft Milli-Robots for Vacuum Applications11 citations · 2019
- 5A Multisegment Electro-Active Polymer Based Milli-Continuum Soft Robots10 citations · 2018
- 6Efficient Balance Detection for Modular Robots1 citations · 2024