Donald Ruffatto

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Illinois Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology

Papers

13

Total Citations

614

H-Index

8

About

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Research Focus

Engineering11 · 593 citations
Materials science9 · 559 citations
Composite material9 · 559 citations
Mechanical engineering8 · 538 citations
Computer science8 · 534 citations
Artificial intelligence8 · 534 citations
Robot8 · 534 citations
Adhesive7 · 520 citations
Layer (electronics)4 · 481 citations
Grippers4 · 459 citations
Gecko4 · 422 citations
Nanotechnology3 · 407 citations

Key Achievements

8
H-Index
13
Papers
614
Total Citations
47
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
A Soft Robotic Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive
372 citations · 2018
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2020 (4 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 28
🏛 Institutions: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Illinois Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology

Top Papers

  1. 1
    A Soft Robotic Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive
    372 citations · 2018
  2. 2
    An electrostatic gripper for flexible objects
    76 citations · 2017
  3. 3
    A low-power, jamming, magnetorheological valve using electropermanent magnets suitable for distributed control in soft robots
    37 citations · 2020
  4. 4
    Optimization and experimental validation of electrostatic adhesive geometry
    33 citations · 2013
  5. 5
    Long-Duration Surface Anchoring With a Hybrid Electrostatic and Gecko-Inspired Adhesive
    25 citations · 2018
  6. 6
    Optimization of Electrostatic Adhesives for Robotic Climbing and Manipulation
    18 citations · 2012
  7. 7
    Experimental results of a controllable electrostatic/gecko-like adhesive on space materials
    17 citations · 2014
  8. 8
    Branching Vine Robots for Unmapped Environments
    12 citations · 2022
  9. 9
    Experimental evaluation of adhesive technologies for robotic grippers on micro-rough surfaces
    8 citations · 2014
  10. 10
    High Strength Inflatable Pouch Anchors
    6 citations · 2020

Key Collaborators

PEPaul E. Glick7 shared papersAPAaron Parness6 shared papersMTMichael T. Tolley6 shared papersMSMatthew Spenko5 shared papersDDDylan Drotman2 shared papersNVNikko Van Crey2 shared papersDBDzenis Beganovic2 shared papersEWEthan W. Schaler2 shared papersRRRahul Rughani1 shared papersTLThomas Leps1 shared papersGDGabriella Dean1 shared papersMRMark R. Cutkosky1 shared papersRRRebecca Rogers1 shared papersABAlisha Bhanji1 shared papersSASrinivasan A. Suresh1 shared papersOAOswin Almeida1 shared papersJSJignesh Shah1 shared papersEJEric Junkins1 shared papersASAmrita Singh1 shared papersSBSofia Bernstein1 shared papers
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