| 2010 | ICRA | Mechanism design for Variable Stiffness Actuation based on enumeration and analysis of performance. | Manuel G. Catalano, Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi |
| 2010 | IROS | VSA-HD: From the enumeration analysis to the prototypical implementation. | Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Fabio Bonomo, Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi |
| 2009 | IROS | A rough-terrain, casting robot for the ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge. | Simone Alicino, Manuel G. Catalano, Fabio Bonomo, Felipe A. W. Belo, Giorgio Grioli, Riccardo Schiavi, Adriano Fagiolini, Antonio Bicchi |
| 2009 | IROS | Nonlinear decoupled motion-stiffness control and collision detection/reaction for the VSA-II variable stiffness device. | Alessandro De Luca, Fabrizio Flacco, Antonio Bicchi, Riccardo Schiavi |
| 2009 | ICRA | Integration of active and passive compliance control for safe human-robot coexistence. | Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi, Fabrizio Flacco |
| 2008 | ICRA | VSA-II: a novel prototype of variable stiffness actuator for safe and performing robots interacting with humans. | Riccardo Schiavi, Giorgio Grioli, Soumen Sen, Antonio Bicchi |
| 2005 | ICRA | Design and Control of a Variable Stiffness Actuator for Safe and Fast Physical Human/Robot Interaction. | Giovanni Tonietti, Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi |