Forest Intelligence: robotic networks inspired by the Wood Wide Web

Project Information

I-Wood

Grant agreement ID: 101003304

DOI

10.3030/101003304

EC signature date 11 February 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 000 000,00

EU contribution

€ 2 000 000,00

Coordinated by

FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
Italy

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Publications

Conference proceedings (5)

Modular Growing Mechanism with Multi-axis Deformation

Author(s): Dongdong Du, Emanuela Del Dottore, Alessio Mondini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, Page(s) 176-182
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icra57147.2024.10610637

Sporify: An Automated Tool to Quantify Spores in Z-Stacked 3D Samples

Author(s): Oscar Sten, Emanuela Del Dottore, Giulia Raffaele, Marilena Ronzan, Nicola M. Pugno & Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2023
Publisher: Spring, Chem
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39504-8_12

Image-based approach for fungal network analysis: reconstructing connectivity with occluded information

Author(s): Oscar Sten; Emanuela Del Dottore; Nicola Pugno; Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/metroagrifor58484.2023.10424328

Plant Root Growth Responses to Mycorrhizal Fungi: In Vivo Characterization Through Time-Series Microscopy Analysis

Author(s): Giulia Raffaele, Marilena Ronzan, Carlo Filippeschi, Emanuela Del Dottore, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), 2025, Page(s) 632-636
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/metroagrifor63043.2024.10948764

Experimental Investigations on the Conditions Where Radial Expansion Benefits Soil Penetration for Plant Root-Inspired Diggers

Author(s): Venkata Rithwick Puranam, Jules Sebastiaan De Ruiter, Serena R. M. Pirrone, Emanuela Del Dottore, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), 2025, Page(s) 29-34
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/metroagrifor63043.2024.10948747

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Perspectives on Computation in Plants

Author(s): Emanuela Del Dottore; Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Artificial Life MIT Press Direct, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1064-5462
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00396

Three-Dimensional Graph Reconstruction of Filamentous Structures from Z-Stack Images

Author(s): Oscar Sten, Emanuela Del Dottore, Marilena Ronzan, Nicola Pugno, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Ecological Informatics, 2024, ISSN 1878-0512
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5039706

Investigations of bioinspired soil penetration strategies via a numerical model: Does radial expansion improve soil intruder performances?

Author(s): Serena R. M. Pirrone; Emanuela Del Dottore; Luc Sibille; Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Acta Geotechnica, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 1275–1293, ISSN 1861-1133
Publisher: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-023-02178-8

A ridge-based detection algorithm with filament overlap identification for 2D mycelium network analysis

Author(s): Oscar Sten, Emanuela Del Dottore, Nicola Pugno, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Ecological Informatics, Issue 82, 2024, Page(s) 102670, ISSN 1574-9541
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102670

The Effect of Tip Design on Technological Performance During the Exploration of Earth, Lunar, and Martian Soil Environments

Author(s): Serena Rosa Maria Pirrone, Emanuela Del Dottore, Gunter Just, Barbara Mazzolai, Luc Sibille
Published in: Journal of Field Robotics, 2025, ISSN 1556-4959
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/rob.70043

Historical evolution and new trends for soil-intruder interaction modeling

Author(s): Serena R M Pirrone; Emanuela Del Dottore; Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 18, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1748-3182
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac99c4

Energy-saving movement strategies in animals and plants for robot design

Author(s): Barbara Mazzolai, Emanuela Del Dottore, Thomas Speck, Nick Rowe, Cecilia Laschi
Published in: Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Issue 3, 2025, Page(s) 921-938, ISSN 2731-6092
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44222-025-00344-z

Environmental Intelligence and Ecorobotics: Toward Environmental Sustainability

Author(s): Barbara Mazzolai, Cecilia Laschi, Laura Margheri
Published in: Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 25-47, ISSN 2573-5144
Publisher: Annual Reviews
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-control-030123-014212

A Methodology to Investigate the Design Requirements of Plant Root-Inspired Robots for Soil Exploration

Author(s): Serena R. M. Pirrone; Emanuela Del Dottore; Luc Sibille; Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, ISSN 2377-3766
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2023.3269318

BeeRootBot: A Bioinspired Robotic Probe Exhibiting Apical Growth through In Situ Soil Binding

Author(s): Sachin Sachin, Alessio Mondini, Stefano Mariani, Emanuela Del Dottore, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025, ISSN 2640-4567
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202500720

Roadmap on embodying mechano-intelligence and computing in functional materials and structures

Author(s): Andrea Alù, Andres F Arrieta, Emanuela Del Dottore, Michael Dickey, Samuele Ferracin, Ryan Harne, Helmut Hauser, Qiguang He, Jonathan B Hopkins, Lance P Hyatt, Suyi Li, Stefano Mariani, Barbara Mazzo
Published in: Smart Materials and Structures, Issue 34, 2025, Page(s) 063501, ISSN 0964-1726
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-665x/adb7aa

Book chapters (1)

Miniature Soil Moisture Sensors for a Root-Inspired Burrowing Growing Robot

Author(s): Emanuela Del Dottore, Alessio Mondini, Davide Bray, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2023, Page(s) 184-196
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_15