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Francesco Fuentes

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2021Rising activity
Modular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceSoft Robotics and ApplicationsTactile and Sensory InteractionsTeleoperation and Haptic SystemsRobot Manipulation and Learning

Publications

11

Citations

32

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

6

Publishing since 2021

Research summary
AI-generated

Francesco Fuentes works on soft growing robots—robots that extend and lengthen similarly to plant vines—studying how they sense their surroundings, deform, and physically interact with objects and environments. Related work explores haptic (touch-based) displays worn on robot arms to communicate what a robot is learning to a human user. This research combines robotics engineering with physics-based simulation and sensor/actuator design.

Soft growing (vine-like) robotsPhysical human-robot interaction and hapticsContact and deformation modeling for soft robotsRobot manipulation and payload deploymentDifferentiable physics simulation for robotics

Publication output began around 2021 and has continued at a modest, fairly steady pace of a few papers per year through 2025-2026, with no output recorded before 2021.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
171819202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications3232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications3252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×3
  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics×1
  • Frontiers for Young Minds×1
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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