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Physical Intelligence Article Optoacoustically augmented magnetic guidewire for radiation-free minimally invasive therapies Wang, F., Bao, X., Yildiz, E., Yu, Y., Deán-Ben, X. L., Kang, W., Zhang, S., Sheehan, D., Soon, R. H., Zinnanti, J., et al. Science Advances, 12:eaea0201, February 2026 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article 3D-printed low-voltage-driven ciliary hydrogel microactuators Liu, Z., Wang, C., Ren, Z., Wang, C., Wang, W., Ko, J., Song, S., Hong, C., Chen, X., Wang, H., et al. Nature, 649:885-893, January 2026 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Robotics Article Open-Source Hardware and Software Platform for Vibrotactile Motion Guidance Rokhmanova, N., Martus, J., Faulkner, R., Fiene, J., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Device, 4(1):100966, January 2026 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Physische Intelligenz Article Optofluidic three-dimensional microfabrication and nanofabrication Lyu, X., Lei, W., Gardi, G., Khan, M. T. A., Bagheri, S., Zhang, M., Sitti, M. Nature, 00:1-8, January 2026 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article Creating an Affective Robot That Feels Both Touch and Emotion Burns, R. B., Richardson, B. A., Klingenberg, J., Kuchenbecker, K. J. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 1-18, December 2025, Rachael Bevill Burns and Benjamin A. Richardson contributed equally to this publication (Published) DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Optoacoustic-Guided Magnetic Microrobot Platform for Precision Drug Delivery Wang, F., Yildiz, E., Deán-Ben, X. L., Yu, Y., Nozdriukhin, D., Kang, W., Zhang, S., Zinnanti, J., Sheehan, D., Soon, R. H., et al. Advanced Materials, 38:e11870, October 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Robotic Composites and Compositions Article Jamming with magnetic composites Aktaş, B., Kim, M., Baeckert, M., Sicilia, G., Franchini, G., Heemeyer, F., Gervasoni, S., Chen, X., Pane, S., Nelson, B. Nature Communications, 16:8711, September 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Social Foundations of Computation Algorithms and Society Article Performative Prediction: Past and Future Hardt, M., Mendler-Dünner, C. Statistical Science, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, August 2025 (Published) arXiv URL BibTeX

Materials Article Sensitivity Enhancement of a Micro Ring Resonator-Based Photonic Sensor by Using a Gelatin Methacryloyl Functional Coating for the Detection of Metoprolol Tsianaka, A., Schweikert, C., Southan, A., Hoppe, N., Greul, M., Kaschel, M., Vogel, W., Berroth, M., Rademacher, G., Tovar, G. E. M. ACS Applied Optical Materials, 3(7):1556-1566, July 2025 (Published) pdf DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Magnetically Controllable and Degradable Milliscale Swimmers as Intraocular Drug Implants Yildiz, E., Bozuyuk, U., Yildiz, E., Wang, F., Han, M., Karacakol, A. C., Sheehan, D., Yu, Y., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 12:e07569, June 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Surface Rolling Active Magnetic Emulsions Khan, M. T. A., Gardi, G., Bozuyuk, U., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 12, June 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Flow annealed importance sampling bootstrap meets differentiable particle physics Kofler, A., Stimper, V., Mikhasenko, M., Kagan, M., Heinrich, L. Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 6(2), IOP Publishing, June 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Robotic Materials Article Wearable Electrohydraulic Actuation for Salient Full-Fingertip Haptic Feedback Shao, Y., Shagan Shomron, A., Javot, B., Keplinger, C., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Advanced Materials Technologies, 10(12):2401525, June 2025, Yitian Shao and Alona Shagan Shomron contributed equally to this publication. This article was selected for the front cover. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202570062 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article Comparing Puncture-Detection Approaches for Manual Needle Insertions Through the Parietal Pleura L’Orsa, R., Zareinia, K., Sutherland, G. R., Westwick, D., Kuchenbecker, K. J. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 7(2):455-468, May 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article Enhancing Needle Puncture Detection Using High-Pass Filtering and Diffuse Reflectance L’Orsa, R., Bisht, A., Yu, L., Murari, K., Sutherland, G. R., Westwick, D. T., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12(1429327):1-16, May 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Navigating microalgal biohybrids through confinements with magnetic guidance Akolpoglu, M. B., Baltaci, S. F., Bozuyuk, U., Karaz, S., Sitti, M. Matter, 8:102052, April 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Robotics Article Building Instructions You Can Feel: Edge-Changing Haptic Devices for Digitally Guided Construction Tashiro, N., Faulkner, R., Melnyk, S., Rosales Rodriguez, T., Javot, B., Tahouni, Y., Cheng, T., Wood, D., Menges, A., Kuchenbecker, K. J. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 32(1):1-40, April 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Perceiving Systems Article Wrist-to-Wrist Bioimpedance Can Reliably Detect Discrete Self-Touch Forte, M., Vardar, Y., Javot, B., Kuchenbecker, K. J. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 74(4006511):1-11, April 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Robotic Materials Article A robotic and virtual testing platform highlighting the promise of soft wearable actuators for wrist tremor suppression Shagan Shomron, A., Chase-Markopoulou, C., Walter, J. R., Sellhorn-Timm, J., Shao, Y., Nadler, T., Benson, A., Wochner, I., Rumley, E. H., Wurster, I., et al. Device, 3:100719, March 2025 (Published) Press release Video (overview) Video (technical description) Article in pdf DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article A Sleeve Alters the Pressure-Stretch Curve of a Hyperelastic Balloon to Enable Pre-Programmed Sequencing Gertler, I., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Advanced Materials Technologies, 10(6):2400993, March 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Real-time inference for binary neutron star mergers using machine learning Dax, M., Green, S. R., Gair, J., Gupte, N., Pürrer, M., Raymond, V., Wildberger, J., Macke, J. H., Buonanno, A., Schölkopf, B. Nature, 639(8053):49-53, March 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article Simulation Training with Haptic Feedback of Instrument Vibrations Reduces Resident Workload During Live Robot-Assisted Sleeve Gastrectomy Gomez, E. D., Mat Husin, H., Dumon, K. R., Williams, N. N., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Surgical Endoscopy, 39(3):1523-1535, March 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Biomimetic Materials and Machines Article Ecosystem-Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs) Yilmaz, T., Fang, Y., Contreras, C., Schulz, A. K., Hartmann, F. Advanced Science, e09194:1-31, January 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Dynamic Locomotion Article How knee muscles and ground reaction forces shape knee buckling and ankle push-off in neuromuscular simulations of human walking Buchmann, A., Kiss, B., Badri-Spröwitz, A., Renjewski, D. Scientific Reports, 15:2249, January 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Materials Article Simultaneous Selective and Quantitative Sensing of Diclofenac and Metoprolol via Electrical Conductance of Two Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Tsianaka, A., Fichtel, K., Tovar, G. E. M., Southan, A. Advanced Sensor Research, 4(3):2400141, January 2025 (Published) pdf DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Flow Matching for Atmospheric Retrieval of Exoplanets: Where Reliability meets Adaptive Noise Levels Gebhard, T. D., Wildberger, J., Dax, M., Kofler, A., Angerhausen, D., Quanz, S., Schölkopf, B. Astronomy \& Astrophysics, 693, January 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Locomotion in Biorobotic and Somatic Systems Article Scaly-tail organ enhances static stability during Pel’s scaly-tailed flying squirrels’ arboreal locomotion Schulz, A. K., Chellapurath, M., Khandelwal, P. C., Rezaei, S., Merker, S., Jusufi, A. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 22(227), Royal Society, London, 6 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article 3D Locomotion of Surface-Rolling Microrobots: A Trade-off between Hydrodynamic Wall and Gravitational Effects Park, M., Bozuyuk, U., Yildiz, E., Min, H., Yoon, J., Sitti, M. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 7:2500381, May 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Article Emergent Motility of Self-Organized Particle-Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Assembly Karaz, S., Gardi, G., Han, M., Baltaci, S. F., Akolpoglu, M. B., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 6:e12036, October 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Biomimetic Materials and Machines Article Highly agile flat swimming robot Hartmann, F., Baskaran, M., Raynaud, G., Benbedda, M., Mulleners, K., Shea, H. February 2025 (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article In silico biological discovery with large perturbation models Miladinovic*, D., Höppe*, T., Chevalley, M., Georgiou, A., Stuart, L., Mehrjou, A., Bantscheff, M., Schölkopf, B., Schwab, P. Nature Computational Science, October 2025, *equal contribution (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Organizational Leadership and Diversity Article Inclusive avatars in the Metaverse: learning from the lived experiences of people with disabilities Angerbauer, K., Van Wagoner, H. P., Keplinger, K., Halach, T., Vogelsang, J., Hube, N., Smith, A., Sedlmair, M. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 34:101935, September 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Mixed-length multivariate covalent organic framework for combined near-infrared photodynamic therapy and drug delivery Rodrı́guez-Camargo, A., Yildiz, E., Juela, D., Fischer, F. R., Graf, D., Rath, B. B., Ochsenfeld, C., Bauer, M., Sitti, M., Yao, L., et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147:33472-33481, September 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Anisotropic Surface Microrollers for Endovascular Navigation: A Computational Analysis with a Case Study in Hepatic Perfusion Arslan, B., Bozuyuk, U., Görgülü, K., Yildiz, E., Ozturk, H., Liotta, L., Heinemann, V., Algül, H., Sitti, M. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 8:2400387, May 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Real-time in situ magnetization reprogramming for soft robotics Bao, X., Wang, F., Zhang, J., Li, M., Zhang, S., Ren, Z., Liao, J., Yan, Y., Kang, W., Zhang, R., et al. Nature, 645:375–384, August 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics Kraemer, M. U. G., Tsui, J. L., Chang, S. Y., Lytras, S., Khurana, M. P., Vanderslott, S., Bajaj, S., Scheidwasser, N., Curran-Sebastian, J. L., Semenova, E., et al. Nature, 638(8051):623-635, February 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Human Aspects of Machine Learning Article Causal fair metric: Bridging causality, individual fairness, and adversarial robustness Ehyaei, A. R., Farnadi, G., Samadi, S. Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2025 (Accepted) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Early warning of complex climate risk with integrated artificial intelligence Reichstein, M., Benson, V., Blunk, J., Camps-Valls, G., Creutzig, F., Fearnley, C. J., Han, B., Kornhuber, K., Rahaman, N., Schölkopf, B., et al. Nature Communications, 16(1), March 2025 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Robotic Composites and Compositions Article Emergent patterns of interaction with dynamic objects Aktaş, B., Myers, P., Salem, E., Klatzky, R., Howe, R. PLOS ONE, 20:e0331844, 2025 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article The Fiction Machine Bottou, L., Schölkopf, B. SIAM News, 58(3), April 2025 (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article A Randomized Controlled Trial on Anonymizing Reviewers to Each Other in Peer Review Discussions Rastogi, C., Song, X., Jin, Z., Stelmakh, I., Daumé III, H., Zhang, K., Shah, N. B. PLOS ONE, 19(12), Public Library of Science, December 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Robotic Materials Article Cutaneous Electrohydraulic (CUTE) Wearable Devices for Pleasant Broad-Bandwidth Haptic Cues Sanchez-Tamayo, N., Yoder, Z., Rothemund, P., Ballardini, G., Keplinger, C., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Advanced Science, 11(48):2402461, December 2024, This article was selected for the inside front cover. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202470295 (Published) Video DOI BibTeX

Physics for Inference and Optimization Article Framework to generate hypergraphs with community structure Ruggeri, N., Battiston, F., De Bacco, C. Physical Review E, March 2024 (Published) Preprint Code Paper DOI URL BibTeX

Physics for Inference and Optimization Article Message-Passing on Hypergraphs: Detectability, Phase Transitions and Higher-Order Information Ruggeri, N., Lonardi, A., De Bacco, C. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, April 2024 (Published) Preprint Code Paper DOI URL BibTeX