Papers
225
Total Citations
12,283
H-Index
56
About
Arianna Menciassi is a pioneering figure in biomedical robotics, whose research sits at the intersection of soft robotics, minimally invasive surgery, and biohybrid systems. Based at the BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, she has spent decades advancing robotic technologies designed to transform surgical care and medical diagnostics. Her most influential contribution — a 2018 review of biomedical applications of soft robotics, amassing over 1,350 citations — helped define the conceptual landscape of a rapidly growing field. Her work on the STIFF-FLOP project addressed a critical gap in surgical robotics, demonstrating how compliant, multi-degree-of-freedom instruments could overcome the limitations of rigid endoscopic tools. She has also been instrumental in advancing capsule endoscopy, pioneering magnetically steered robotic capsules for gastrointestinal diagnosis and therapy. Menciassi's intellectual range extends to biohybrid actuators driven by living cells and machine learning approaches for surgical skill transfer. A decade retrospective she co-authored in 2021 surveyed the entire arc of modern medical robotics with nearly 500 citations. Across her career, her work has garnered thousands of citations, cementing her reputation as one of Europe's foremost medical robotics researchers.
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Top Papers
- 1Biomedical applications of soft robotics1,358 citations · 2018
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- 3Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells520 citations · 2017
- 4A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020479 citations · 2021
- 5Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery310 citations · 2016
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- 9Toward Teaching by Demonstration for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery217 citations · 2021
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