Daniele Moro

Papers

Total Citations

102

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About

Daniele Moro is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of soft robotics, dexterous manipulation, and human-robot interaction. He is best known for pioneering the development of **foam robots** — a novel class of tendon-driven, multi-fingered soft robotic hands constructed from flexible foam materials. This approach prioritizes accessibility and low cost without sacrificing capability, making advanced robotic manipulation more attainable for non-expert builders and researchers alike. Moro's most cited work (39 citations) introduced innovative control strategies for these foam hands, leveraging a CyberGlove paired with ridge regression models to achieve complex posing, grasping, and in-hand manipulation — tasks that remain notoriously difficult even for sophisticated robotic systems. His complementary fabrication paper (32 citations) established the foundational design principles of the foam robot paradigm, while subsequent work (16 citations) further advanced dexterous in-hand manipulation using soft robotic platforms. Beyond manipulation, Moro has also contributed to spoken dialogue systems for physical robots, developing modular, multimodal frameworks that bring natural language interaction closer to real-world deployment. With over 100 cumulative citations, his research represents a meaningful contribution to making capable, safe, and expressive robots more widely accessible.