Featured articles 

• Consecutive Aquatic Jump gliding with water reactive fuel, Zufferey, R., Ortega Ancel, A., Farinha, A., Siddall, R., Armanini, S.F., Nasr M., Brahmal, R. V., Kennedy, G., Kovac, M., (2019), Science Robotics, 4(34) 
• A review of collective robotic construction, Petersen, K.H., Napp, N., Stuart-Smith, R., Rus, D., Kovac, M., (2019), Science Robotics, 4(28)
• Learning from nature how to land aerial robots‌, Kovac, Mo., (2016), Science, Vol. 352, Issue 6288, pp. 895-896‌.
• Wind and water tunnel testing of a morphing aquatic micro air vehicle, Siddall, R., Ortega Ancel, A., Kovac, M., (2016), Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus‌.
• Performance analysis of jump-gliding locomotion for miniature robotics, Vidyasagar, A., Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., Kovac, M., (2015), Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1-12.
• Launching the AquaMav:boinspired design for aerial-aquatic robotic platforms,  Siddall, R. Kovac, M., (2014), Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1-15.
• A Bioinspired Design: A Perspective for Soft Robotics, Kovac, M., (2013), Soft Robotics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 28-37.
• Steerable Miniature Jumping Robot, Kovac, M., Schlegel, M., Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., (2010), Autonomous Robots, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 295-306. 

Publications

• Unmanned Aerial Sensor Placement for Cluttered Environments, Farinha, A., Zufferey, R., Zheng, P., Armanini, S.F., Kovac, M. (2020) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

• TiltDrone: a Fully-Actuated Tilting Quadrotor Platform,  Zheng, P., Tan, X., Basaran, B., K., Yang, E., Kovac, M. (July 2020) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1-1.
• MEDUSA: A Multi-Environment Dual-Robot for Underwater Sample Acquisition, Diego, D., Zufferey, R., Armaninie, F., S., Winston, C., Farinha, A., Jin, Y., Kovac, M. (June 2020) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4564 – 4571.
• Aerial additive building manufacturing: three-dimensional printing of polymer structures using drones, Dams, B., Sareh, S., Zhang, K., Shepherd, P., Kovac, M., Ball, R., (2020) Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials, 173 (1) 3-14
• A review of collective robotic construction, Petersen, K.H., Napp, N., Stuart-Smith, R., Rus, D., Kovac, M., (2019), 4(28)
• Consecutive aquatic jump-gliding with water-reactive fuel, Zufferey, R., Ortega Ancel, A., Farinha, A., Siddall, R., Armanini, S. F., Nasr, M., Brahmal, R. V., Kennedy, G., & Kovac, M. (2019). Science Robotics, 4(34).
• Modelling and simulation of a bioinspired aquatic micro aerial vehicle, Armanini, S. F., Siddall, R., Kovac, M. (2019). 
• A design and fabrication approach for pneumatic soft robotic arms using 3D printed origami skeletons, Zhang, K., Zhu, Y., Lou, C., Zheng, P., & Kovac, M. (2019), RoboSoft 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 821–827.
• A passively adaptive microspine grapple for robust, controllable perching, Nguyen, H. N., Siddall, R., Stephens, B., Navarro-Rubio, A., & Kovac, M. (2019).  RoboSoft 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 80–87.  
• SailMAV: design and implementation of a novel multi-modal flying sailing robot, Zufferey, Ortega Ancel, A., Raposo, C., Armanini, S.F., Farinha, A., Siddall, R., Berasaluce, I., Zhu, H., Kovac, M., (2019)
• Rotorigami: A Rotary Origami Protective System for Robotic Rotorcraft, Sareh, P., Chermprayong, P., Emmanuelli, M., Nandeem, H., Kovac, M., (2018), Science Robotics 3 (22), pp. 1-12
• An Integrated Delta Manipulator for Aerial Repair, Chermprayong, P., Zhang, K., F. Xiao and Kovac M. (2018), IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine pp. 54-66
• Bioinspired Design of a Landing System with Soft Shock Absorber for Autonomous Aerial Robots, Zhang, K., Chermprayong, P., Tzoumanikas, D., Li, W., Grimm, M., Smentoch, M., Leutenegger, S. and Kovac M. (2018), Journal of Field Robotics, 36(1), pp. 230-251
• Fully autonomous MAV flight and landing on a moving target using visual-inertial estimation and model-predictive control, Tzoumanikas, D., Li, W., Grimm, M., Zhang, K., Kovac, M., Leutenegger, S., (2018), Journal of Field Robotics 36(1), pp. 49-77
• NDE sensor delivery using unmanned aerial vehicles, Rollo, J., Farinha, A., Kovac, M. Cegla, F., (2018), Insight – Non-Destructive Testing and Conditioning, 60(8), pp. 463-467
• Power and Control Autonomy for High Speed Locomotion With an Insect-Scale Legged Robot, Goldberg, B., Zufferey, R., Doshi, N., Farrell Helbling, E., Whittredge, G., Kovac, M., Wood, R. (2018) , Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2)
• A biologically inspired, flapping-wing, hybrid aerial-aquatic microrobot, Chen, K., Wang, H., Helbling, E.F., Jafferis, N. T., Zufferey, R., Ong, A., Ma, K., Gravish, N., Chirarattanonon, P., Kovac, M., Wood, R. (2017), Science Robotics 2(11), pp. 1-11
• Anchoring like octopus: sensory-physical soft artificial sucker, Sareh, S., Althoefer, K., Li, M.,Noh, Y., Tramaceree, F., Sareh, P., Mazzolai, B., Kovac, M., (2017)  Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14(135), 20170395, pp 1-9
• Aerial additive building manufacturing: three-dimensional printing of polymer structures using drones, Dams, B., Sareh, S., Zhang, K., Shepherd, P., Kovac, M., Ball, R., (2020), Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials, 1700013, pp. 1-12
• Efficient Aerial-Aquatic Locomotion with a Single Propulsion System, Robotics and Automation Letters, Tan, Y.H., Siddall, R., Kovac, M., (2017), 2(3), pp. 1304-1311
• Aerodynamic evaluation of wing shape and wing orientation in four butterfly species using numerical simulations and a low-speed wind tunnel, and its implications for the design of flying micro-robots, Ortega, A., Eastwood, R., Vogt, D., Ithier, C., Smith, M., Wood, R., Kovac, M., (2017), Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus, 7(1), 20160085
• Wind and Water Tunnel Testing of a Morphing Aquatic Micro Air Vehicle, Siddall, R., Ortega, A., Kovac, M., (2017), Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus 7(1), 20160087
• Aerodynamic evaluation of wing shape and wing orientation in four butterfly species using numerical simulations and a low-speed wind tunnel, and its implications for the design of flying micro-robots, Ortega, A., Eastwood, R., Vogt, D., Ithier, C., Smith, M., Wood, R.J., Kovac, M. (2016), Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus‌.
• Wind and Water Tunnel Testing of a Morphing Aquatic Micro Air Vehicle, Siddall, R., Ortega A., Kovac. M. (2016), Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus‌.
• Fast Aquatic Escape with a Jet Thruster, Siddall, R., Kovac, M., (2016), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, pp. 1-12‌.
• Bio-inspired Soft Aerial Robots: Adaptive Morphology for High-Performance Flight, Sareh, S., Siddall, R., Alhinai, T., Kovac, M., (2016), Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges, vol. 17 of Biosystems & Biorobotics, pp. 65-74‌.
• Learning from nature how to land aerial robots‌, Kovac, M., (2016), Science, Vol. 352, Issue 6288, pp. 895-896.
• Tensile Web Construction and Perching with Nano Aerial Vehicles‌‌, Braithwaite, A.*, Alhinai, T.*, Haas-Heger, M., McFarlane, E., Kovac, M., (2015), Int. Symposium on Robotics Research, Sestri Levante, Italy.
• High-Power Propulsion Strategies for Aquatic Take-off in Robotics, Siddall, R.*, Kennedy, G.*, Kovac, M., (2015), Int. Symposium on Robotics Research, Sestri Levante, Italy.‌
• A Water Jet Thruster for an Aquatic Micro Air Vehicle, Siddall, R., Kovac, M., (2015), Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, USA.
• Performance analysis of jump-gliding locomotion for miniature robotics, Vidyasagar, A., Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., Kovac, M., (2015), Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1-12.
• Perspectives on biologically inspired hybrid and multi-modal locomotion, Low, K.H., Hu, T., Mohammed, S., Tagorra. J., Kovac, M. (2015), Bioinspiration and Biomimetics,  vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1-12.
• 3D Printing with Flying Robots, Hunt, F. Alhinai, T., Hooper, P., Kovac, M., (2014), Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong.
• Launching the AquaMAV: bioinspired design for aerial–aquatic robotic platforms, Siddall, R., Kovac, M., (2014), Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1-15.
• The Bioinspiration Design Paradigm: A Perspective for Soft Robotics, M. Kovac, Soft Robotics, (2013), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 28-37.
• Shaping up: Aerodynamics and evolution of butterly wing platform, Crall, J.D., Kovac, M., Cornwall, M., Wood, R.J., Pierce, N.E., Combes, S.E., (2013), Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Franciso, California.
• Hydrodynamics of Self-propelling Flexible Synthetic Shark Skin Membranes, L. Wen, G.V. Lauder, J.C. Weaver, M. Kovac, and R.J. Wood, (2013), Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, California.
• Aerodynamic evaluation of four butterfly species for the design of flapping-gliding robotic insects, Kovac, M., Vogt,D., Ithier, D., Smith, M., Wood, R.J., (2012), IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal.
• Multi-stage micro rockets for robotic insects, Kovac, M., Smith, M., Bendana, M., Wood, R.J., (2012), Robotics: Science and Systems, Sydney, Australia. 
  Runner-up best presentation award
• Fabrication Methods for Artificial Butterfly Scales and Shark Ribs for Micro Aerial Vehicles, Kovac, M., Roulet, G., Smith, M., Wood, R.J. (2012), 4th Int. Conf. on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Rome, Italy.
• Biologically Inspired Wing Optimization for Aerial Micro Robots, Kovac, M., Vogt, D., Roulet, G., Smith, M., Wood, R.J., (2012), 4th Int. Conf. on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Aerodynamic Performance of Forewing Orientation in Butterflies, Kovac, M., Vogt, D., Smith, M., Wood, R.J., (2012), Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Charleston, South Carolina.
• The EPFL Jumpglider: A Hybrid Jump-gliding robot, Kovac, M., Hraiz, W., Fauria, O., Zuffrey, J.-C., Floreano, D., (2011), IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics, Phuket, Thailand. 
  Winner: Best paper
• The Locomotion Capabilities of the ‘EPFL Jumpglider’: A Hybrid Jump-gliding Robot, (Video contribution) , Kovac, M., Hraiz, W., Fauria, O, Zuffrey, J.-C. Floreano, D., (2011), IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics, Phuket, Thailand.
• Biologically Inspired Intermittent Flight for Aerial Micro Robots, Kovac, M., Vogt, D., Roulet, G., Smith, M., Wood, R.J., (2011) 3rd Annual Harvard Wyss Institute Retreat, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Aerial Locomotion in Cluttered Environments, Floreano, D., Zuffrey, J.-C., Klaptocz, A.,  Germann, J., Kovac, M., (2011), 15th Int. Symposium on Robotics Research, Flagstaff, Arizona.
• Biologically Inspired Intermittent Flap-gliding Flight for Aerial Micro Robots, Kovac, M., Vogt, D., Roulet, G., Venkadesan, M., Smith, M., Wood, R.J., (2011), Bio-mimetic and Hybrid Approaches to Robotics Workshop at IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China.
• Steerable Miniature Jumping Robot, Kovac, M., Schlegel, M., Zufferey, J.-C. Floreano, D., (2010), Autonomous Robots, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 295-306. 
  Cover article
• A Perching Mechanism for Micro Aerial Vehicles, Kovac, M., Germann, J., Hürzeler, C., Siegwart, R.Y., Floreano, D., (2010), Journal of Micro an d Nanomec hatronics, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 77-91.
• Towards a Self-Deploying and Gliding Robot, Kovac, M., Zufferey, J.-C. Floreano, D., (2009), Flying Insects and Robots, pp. 271-284, Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
• A miniature jumping robot with self-recovery capabilities, Kovac, M., Schlegel, M., Zufferey, V, Floreano, D., (2009), IEEE/RSJ Int. Co nf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St. Louis, Missouri.
  Winner: JTCF Novel Technology Paper Award
• Towards the Self Deploying Microglider, a Biomimetic Jumping and Gliding Robot, Kovac, M., Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., (2008), 4th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines, pp. 41-42, Cleveland, Ohio.
• A Miniature 7g Jumping Robot, Kovac, M., Fuchs, M., Guignard, A., Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., (2008), IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, California.
• Towards the Self Deploying Micriglider; Gilding Flight and Bioinspired Wing Folding Mechanism  
• Kovac, M., Savioz, G., Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., (2007), International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, pp. 61-62, Monte Verita, Switzerland.
• A 1.5g SMA-actuated microglider looking for the light, Kovac, M., Guignard, A., Nicoud, J.-D., Zufferey, J.-C. Floreano, D., (2007), IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy.