Barbara Mazzolai
@BarbaraMazzolai
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Director of Bioinspired Soft Robotics Lab@Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Joined April 2022
Happy to share that our recent work is featured as frontispiece cover on #AdvancedMaterials! @livMatS_UniFR @UniFreiburg @IITalk @BarbaraMazzolai @AdvSciNews
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I-Seed team during field testing in Wageningen #iSeed_project #workinprogress @WUR @IITalk @EUeic Stay in tuned
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Why should #robots draw more inspiration from #plants? In one of her latest jobs, our @BarbaraMazzolai @IITalk has developed a #biodegradable mini-bot that can be moved around by #wind and #rain and change shape according to #humidity. On @livemint! https://t.co/0T39KBkCll
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We chatted with bio-roboticist Isabella Fiorello (@IsabellaFiorel1 @livMatS_UniFR @IITalk ), co-creator of a plant-based biohybrid robot 🌾 She envisions it aiding reforestation on Earth... and possibly the Moon or Mars. 📰Read the ASN news article: https://t.co/6LCrLHFaw8
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Here, @BarbaraMazzolai and co-workers developed this spider leg-inspired 🕷️ soft exoskeleton capable of delicate interactions with natural objects like pollen grains 🌻 and spiderwebs 🕸️. Read about it here 👉 https://t.co/1c6U4O18Iq
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Finally out! Congratulations to Kadri Ann-Valdur et al., for this wonderful work! @WileySTEM @BSRiit @livMatS_UniFR @unitartu @BarbaraMazzolai @IITalk
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Natural organisms feature an unrivaled intertwining between structure and function via the bodily integration of multiple phases, multifunctional materials and architected elements. Learning from...
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A plant-inspired robot named FiloBot successfully demonstrated a multitude of plant traits, including growing towards light and against gravity. @BarbaraMazzolai Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/QFJlL0XjcY
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🌳Forests have a huge role in regulating the climate @EUatCOP28. ERC grantee @BarbaraMazzolai @IITalk is using robotics to understand how a complex underground web of roots, fungi and bacteria nourishes trees and plants, and safeguard biodiversity👉 https://t.co/NXT1sc6oQH
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I am more than happy to receive an #ERCCoG!!! In the project EpiC I will study spontaneous charge formation on the world’s largest bio-air interface 🌱 and derive exciting opportunities for technology 🧪🤖. Stay tuned for #electrifying science to come! @ERC_Research @IITalk
📢 Results of the 2023 ERC Consolidator Grant competition are out. €627 million for 308 researchers. Who has been offered funding? What topics and questions will they investigate? Where will they conduct their research? 🇪🇺@HorizonEU #ERCCoG news 👉 https://t.co/uO5oo5YsLV
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The first #prototype of ecological fluorescent artificial #seed for monitoring soil temperature by using #drones. This has been accomplished by @BarbaraMazzolai @BSRiit @IITalk together Leibniz Institut for New Materials (INM) on @bioengineerorg
@EUeic
https://t.co/x21Hco3D9e
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🇪🇺 @Gozzi_Ale e @FabianMeder di #IIT vincono due finanziamenti da parte dell'European Research Council @ERC_Research, per comprendere la sinfonia dell’#attivitàcerebrale e l’#energiaelettrica delle #piante 🇪🇺 🙌🏻 #ERCCoG #ercgrantees ℹ️➡️ https://t.co/9iWNe7motg
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. #monitoraggioambientale e #Robotsoft: monitora la temperatura del terreno tramite segnale fluorescente. Il prototipo, biocompatibile e compostabile, è stato realizzato da @BSRiit @BarbaraMazzolai di #IIT, con il Leibniz Institut for New Materials (INM). https://t.co/iRQVHnARiG
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È stato realizzato dal gruppo di ricerca di IIT guidato da Barbara Mazzolai, in collaborazione con il Leibniz Institute for New Materials Un nuovo prototipo di seme artificiale per rilevare i...
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A Soft Continuum Robotic Arm with a Climbing Plant-Inspired Adaptive Behavior for Minimal Sensing, Actuation, and Control Effort (Barbara Mazzolai and co-workers)
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
A quantitative biomimetic approach allows for building soft continuum arms inspired by twining climbing plants. Designed to mimic the flexural rigidity of terminal stems of Mandevilla cf. splendens,...
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@ERCGrantees @IITalk @MostlyPhysics @HRK_aktuell And an amazing talk on biology-inspired robots by @BarbaraMazzolai, @ERCGrantees (including robotic octopus arm for gripping tasks in confined spaces and many other incredible things). And discussion with @MarcCieslak. Watch the replay from 2’42’00’:
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Contact #electrification happens almost always when two materials touch each other. ❓So does it also occur when insect feet 🪲 touch the surface of plant leaves🌱? We believe yes, here are our just published measurements: https://t.co/uI9CDJ8iwL
@BSRiit @IITalk @BarbaraMazzolai
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📢🧑🔬👩🔬🌱To all materials scientists interested in biodegradable and smart materials for #Bioinspired #SoftRobots: Postdoc Position open in our lab @BSRiit @IITalk @BarbaraMazzolai
https://t.co/KJVLaOjrjb
#postdocjobs
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New publication in Advanced Science by Friederike Klimm, associated doctoral student at #livMatS, and PI Thomas Speck. 👇
Tendrils of the passion flower coil along their length as they grow. Researchers find that the tension these coils can generate depends strongly on how much 💧 is available @Kelp_Action @FitFreiburg @livMatS_UniFR 👉 https://t.co/zycjSY9Cxm
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