Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

1. Wu, Z., Sadati, S. M.H., Rhode, K. and Bergeles, C. Vision-based autonomous steering of a miniature eversion growing robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8: 7841–7848 (2023).

2. Charou D., Rogdakis T., Latorrata A., Valcarcel M., Papadogiannis V., Athanasiou C., Tsengenes A., Papadopoulou M.A., Lypitkas D., Lavigne M.D., Katsila T., Wade R.C., Cader M.Z., Calogeropoulou C., Gravanis A., Charalampopoulos I. Comprehensive characterization of the neurogenic and neuroprotective action of a novel TrkB agonist using mouse and human stem cell models of Alzheimer’s disease. Stem Cell Research & Therapy 15:200 (2024).

3. Kokkali, M. et al. Multimodal beneficial effects of BNN27, a Nerve Growth Factor synthetic mimetic, in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Mol Psychiatry (2024).

4. Al Harthy, S. et al. Phase-change alloys enable localized reversible stiffening and actuation in steerable eversion tip-growing robots. Adv. Intell. Syst. (2025).

5. Al-Harthy, S. et al. Tip-Growing Robots: Design, Theory, Application. IEEE Trans. Robotics 41: 5511–5532 (2025).

6. Wu, Z. et al. Vine-inspired robots for navigation in the spinal subarachnoid space: a pilot human tissue study. New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery 1–2 (2025).

7. D.K. Iakovidis, P. Vartholomeos, A. Le Gall, M. Cianchetti, O. Ozioko, R. Dahiya, E. Mazomenos, F. Vasconcelos, D. Stoyanov, J. Philpott, T. Erdem, G. Cummins, G. Ciuti, C.A. Seneci, C. Bergeles, M. Kim, S. Pané, B.J. Nelson, I. Poulakakis, O. Simatos, P. Polygerinos, P. Toupas, D. Giakoumis, D. Tzovaras, Z. Su, W. Sheng, A.S. Panayides, E.G. Christoforou, C.S. Pattichis, “Medical & Healthcare Robotics: A Roadmap for Enhanced Precision, Safety, and Efficacy,” Measurement Science and Technology 36: 103001 (2025).

8. G. Triantafyllou, P. Kalozoumis, G. Dimas, and D.K. Iakovidis, DeepFEA: Deep Learning for Prediction of Transient Finite Element Analysis Solutions, Expert Systems with Applications 269: 126343 (2025).

9. K Georgelou, E Saridaki, CP Apostolidou, X Mallios, A Papagiannaki, K Karali, A Mitraki, D Karagogeos, I Charalampopoulos, A Gravanis, M Savvaki, DS Tzeranis. Delivery of Microneurotrophin BNN27 via Collagen Glycosaminoglycan Scaffold - FmocFF Hydrogel Grafts Promotes Neuroprotection after Optic Nerve Injury. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: 114(1):e70013 (2026).

10. O Santos-Lopes, D S Tzeranis, V Vavourakis. In silico Quantification of the Stiffness Perceived by Cells inside Porous Collagen-Based Scaffolds. Materials and Design 115412 (2026).

Publications in peer-reviewed conference proceedings

1.Bergeles, C.,Tzeranis, D., Vartholomeos, P., Gremse, F. & Charalampopoulos I. A Minimally-Invasive Soft-Robot-Assisted Deep-Brain Therapeutics Delivery System for Neurological Disorders: Concept and Architecture. Workshop Proceedings, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (2023).

2.Harthy, S. A., Sadati, S. M. H., Wu, Z., Seneci, C. A. & Bergeles, C. Variable stiffness soft eversion growing robot via temperature control of low-melting point alloy pressurised medium. IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) (2024).

3.Saldarriaga, B. et al. CO2 laser welding of low-density polyethylene for soft linear eversion robot fabrication. in IEEE Int. Conf. Automation Science and Engineering 1–7 (2024).

4. P. Vartholomeos, Z. Wu, S.M.Hadi Sadati, and C. Bergeles, “Lumped Parameter Dynamic Model of an Eversion Growing Robot: Analysis, Simulation and Experimental Validation,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024), Yokohama, Japan (2024).

5.K Louka, A Papagiannaki, D Tzeranis, T Krasia-Christoforou. Methods of Compound Drug Delivery via Porous Collagen Scaffolds. 8th Int. Conf. on Electrospinning, Electrospin 2024 (2024).

6. G. Dimas, P.G. Kalozoumis, P. Vartholomeos, D. K. Iakovidis, “Image-Based Path-Planning for Navigation of Soft-Growing Robots in the Spinal Sub-Arachnoid Space,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference of Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), pp. 1688-1693, 2024

7. G. Dimas, P.G. Kalozoumis, P. Vartholomeos, D. K. Iakovidis, “ArachNet: Interpretable Sub-Arachnoid Space Segmentation using an Additive Convolutional Neural Network,” in Proc. International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2024, doi:10.1109/ISBI56570.2024.10635787

8. Wu, Z. et al. Vine4Spine: a steerable tip-growing robot with contact force estimation for navigation in the spinal subarachnoid space. in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems 1–8 (2025).

9. E. Cholopoulou, D.E. Diamantis, D.K. Iakovidis, “Multi-ResolutionFeature Fusion U-Net for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Segmentation,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Strasburg, France, Oct. 2025 (accepted)

10. Z. Wu, S.M.Hadi Sadati, P. Vartholomeos, M. E.M. Abdelaziz, B. Temelkuran, G. Petrou, T. C. Booth, J. Shapey, A. Ahmed, and C. Bergeles, " Vine4Spine: A Steerable Tip-Growing Robot with Contact Force Estimation for Navigation in the Spinal Subarachnoid Space", IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025), October 19-25, 2025 in Hangzhou, China.

11. Z. Wu, S.M.Hadi Sadati, P. Vartholomeos, M. Abdelaziz, PhD, B. Temelkuran, T. Booth, J. Shapey, A. Ahmed and C. Bergeles, “Vine-Inspired Robots for Navigation in the Spinal Subarachnoid Space: A Pilot Human Tissue Study” (CRAS 2025) Conference on New Technologies for Computer and Robot Assisted Surgery, 2025, Porto, Portugal.

Invited Talks

1. C. Bergeles. Miniaturised, sensorised, tip-growing robots for intraluminal interventions, University of Utah