Papers
11
Total Citations
408
H-Index
8
About
Thor Morales Bieze is a leading researcher in soft robotics, specializing in the modeling, simulation, and control of continuum and deformable manipulators. His major contributions center on applying the Finite Element Method (FEM) to soft robots, enabling real-time kinematic modeling and closed-loop control—a breakthrough that allows these highly compliant systems to be precisely guided. His most cited work (127 citations) presents a FEM-based kinematics and control framework for soft continuum manipulators, validated experimentally. Bieze has also pioneered sensor fusion techniques for force and shape estimation (80 citations), combining soft capacitive and pneumatic sensing, and has designed bio-inspired manipulators with compliant spines (66 citations). His research extends to visual servoing control using FEM-based predictors and novel pneumatic mechanosensors for contact-force reconstruction. With over 400 total citations across his top papers, Bieze’s work is foundational for advancing soft robot autonomy. Notably, his 2016 paper on real-time soft robot modeling, simulation, and control has become a key reference in the field, and his recent work on a 5-DOF parallel continuum haptic device (2023) demonstrates the practical application of his methods to haptic interfaces.
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- 4Soft Robot Modeling, Simulation and Control in Real-Time39 citations · 2016
- 5Visual servoing control of soft robots based on finite element model30 citations · 2017
- 6Modeling Novel Soft Mechanosensors Based on Air-Flow Measurements24 citations · 2019
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- 8Modeling and Control of a 5-DOF Parallel Continuum Haptic Device13 citations · 2023
- 9On the kinematic modeling of a class of continuum manipulators5 citations · 2014
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