Autonomous Matter
Selected publications
Flexel ecosystem: Simulating mechanical systems made from entities with arbitrarily complex mechanical responses
P. Ducarme, B. Weber, M. Hecke, J.T.B. Overvelde, Flexel ecosystem: Simulating mechanical systems made from entities with arbitrarily complex mechanical responses, Extreme Mech. Lett., 102476: 1-28, (2026)
Soft Robotic Matter
Aesthetics as a core design dimension for human-centred robotic systems
N. Pagliarani, A. Comoretto, N. Obayashi, B. Aktaş, K.P. Becker, J.T.B. Overvelde, L. Craig, A. Winters, K. Devlin, L.P. Demers, J. Jørgensen, J. Hughes, M. Cianchetti, P. Maiolino, Aesthetics as a core design dimension for human-centred robotic systems, Nat. Rev. Bioeng. 3, (2026)
Soft Robotic Matter
Embodied computation for emergent goal-oriented behavior in soft robots
H.A.H. Schomaker, Embodied computation for emergent goal-oriented behavior in soft robots, (2026)
Soft Robotic Matter
Mechanical Adaptability in Fluidic Soft Robots
S. Picella, Mechanical Adaptability in Fluidic Soft Robots, (2026)
Soft Robotic Matter
The mechanics of the Less In More Out artificial heart: Modeling fabric-based soft robotic devices
M. Lauber, M. Arfaee, M. Peirlinck, The mechanics of the Less In More Out artificial heart: Modeling fabric-based soft robotic devices, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 212, 106565: 1-27, (2026)
Soft Robotic Matter
Harnessing mechanical instabilities for functional structures using nonlinear building blocks
P. Ducarme, Harnessing mechanical instabilities for functional structures using nonlinear building blocks, (2026)
Soft Robotic Matter
Embodying autonomy in soft machines via mechano-fluidic nonlinearities
A. Comoretto, Embodying autonomy in soft machines via mechano-fluidic nonlinearities, (2025)
Soft Robotic Matter
Intuitive dissection of the Gaussian information bottleneck method with an application to optimal prediction
V. Galstyan, A.J. Tjalma, P.R. Wolde, Intuitive dissection of the Gaussian information bottleneck method with an application to optimal prediction, Phys. Rev. Research 7, 043261: 1-19, (2025)
Biochemical Networks
Embodying mechano-fluidic memory in soft machines to program behaviors upon interactions
A. Comoretto, S. Koppen, T. Mandke, J.T.B. Overvelde, Embodying mechano-fluidic memory in soft machines to program behaviors upon interactions, Device 3, 100863: 1-36, (2025)
Soft Robotic Matter
Variational Path Sampling of Rare Dynamical Events
A.N. Singh, A. Das, D. Limmer, Variational Path Sampling of Rare Dynamical Events, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 76, 639-662, (2025)
Biochemical Networks
Quantifying the genetic origins of body plan scaling
V. Galstyan, P.R. Wolde, Quantifying the genetic origins of body plan scaling, PNAS 121, e2422340121: 1-3, (2025)
Biochemical Networks
A soft robotic total artificial hybrid heart
M. Arfaee, A. Vis, P.A.A. Bartels, L.C. Laake, L. Lorenzon, D.M. Ibrahim, D. Zrinscak, I.P.M. Smits, A. Henseler, M. Cianchetti, P.Y.W. Dankers, C.V.C. Bouten, J.T.B. Overvelde, J. Kluin, A soft robotic total artificial hybrid heart, Nat. Commun. 16, 5146: 1-14, (2025)
Soft Robotic Matter
The ongoing quest for the first total artificial heart as destination therapy
A. Vis, M. Arfaee, H. Khambati, M.S. Slaughter, J.F. Gummert, J.T.B. Overvelde, J. Kluin, The ongoing quest for the first total artificial heart as destination therapy, Nat. Rev. Cardiol. 19, 813-828, (2022)
Soft Robotic Matter
A Fluidic Relaxation Oscillator for Reprogrammable Sequential Actuation in Soft Robots
L.C. Laake, J. Vries, S.M. Kani, J.T.B. Overvelde, A Fluidic Relaxation Oscillator for Reprogrammable Sequential Actuation in Soft Robots, Matter 5, 2898-2917, (2022)
Soft Robotic Matter
Minimal mechanism for cyclic templating of length-controlled copolymers under isothermal conditions
J. Juritz, J.M. Poulton, T.E. Ouldridge, Minimal mechanism for cyclic templating of length-controlled copolymers under isothermal conditions, J. Chem. Phys. 156, 074103: 1-21, (2022)
Biochemical Networks
Designing optimal behaviour in mechanical and robotic metamaterials
G. Oliveri, Designing optimal behaviour in mechanical and robotic metamaterials, (2021)
Soft Robotic Matter
Theory for the optimal detection of time-varying signals in cellular sensing systems
G. Malaguti, P.R. Wolde, Theory for the optimal detection of time-varying signals in cellular sensing systems, eLife 10, e62574: 1-26, (2021)
Biochemical Networks
Inverse Design of mechanical metamaterials that undergo buckling
G. Oliveri, J.T.B. Overvelde, Inverse Design of mechanical metamaterials that undergo buckling, Adv. Funct. Mater. 30, 1909033: 1-11, (2020)
Soft Robotic Matter
Harnessing Viscous Flow to Simplify the Actuation of Fluidic Soft Robots
N. Vasios, A.J. Gross, S. Soifer, J.T.B. Overvelde, K. Bertoldi, Harnessing Viscous Flow to Simplify the Actuation of Fluidic Soft Robots, Soft Robotics 7, 1-9, (2020)
Soft Robotic Matter
Shape Transformations of Vesicles Induced by Swim Pressure
Y. Li, P.R. Wolde, Shape Transformations of Vesicles Induced by Swim Pressure, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 148003: 1-6, (2019)
Biochemical Networks
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