About the project
This project focuses on the development of novel bioinspired soft robots based on smart materials for complex locomotion and manipulation in natural environments.
Robots with versatile locomotion capabilities such as ability to traverse rugged terrains, climb vertical surfaces, manipulate payloads while sensing and adapting to external cues can help address environmental, biodiversity, and industrial challenges.
Soft materials offer a unique potential for developing the next generation of field robots due to their compliance, flexibility, and adaptability, which allow robots to conform to various object shapes and interact safely with their environment.
This project aims to create highly capable and adaptive soft robotic systems with integrated sensing and actuation capabilities.
Learning from natural organisms, you will investigate how to develop hardware architectures that allow the robot to utilize their physical structure and material properties for decision-making. This approach aims to reduce the computational burden on traditional control systems by allowing the robot's body to perform some of the required decision-making.
