Giovanni Noselli
Papers
7
Total Citations
145
H-Index
5
About
Giovanni Noselli is a leading figure in soft robotics and nonlinear elastic structures, whose work bridges fundamental mechanics with bioinspired design. His research focuses on harnessing instabilities and directional frictional interactions to create simple, yet highly effective, soft robotic systems. A major contribution is his pioneering work on soft crawlers, where he demonstrated how liquid crystal elastomer strips can achieve locomotion through controlled shape changes. His 2015 paper on this topic, with 45 citations, is a cornerstone in the field. Noselli has also made significant advances in understanding how plants move, notably his 2021 study on circumnutations in growing shoots, which he interprets as a morphoelastic flutter instability—a finding with direct implications for designing bioinspired robotic actuators. His work on nonreciprocal oscillations of polyelectrolyte gel filaments under electric fields (2023) and minimal actuation of soft hydrogel swimmers (2024) continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with minimal control. With over 140 citations across his most-cited works, Noselli’s research is not only highly cited but also deeply influential, offering elegant solutions to complex problems in soft robotics and elastic structures.
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Top Papers
- 1Liquid crystal elastomer strips as soft crawlers45 citations · 2015
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- 3Crawling on directional surfaces29 citations · 2014
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- 6Nutations in growing plant shoots as a morphoelastic flutter instability5 citations · 2021
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