Introducing a fully-edible pneumatic battery, valve, and tubing system that can produce repeated motion in soft edible robots - including short teaser for wild boars 😉 Open Access article: https://t.co/SA6Ys3zvny

New 3D-printed sensor provides accurate airspeed estimation at unprecedented angles of attack and speed range, paving the way for autonomous acrobatic flight of winged drones. Open-access preprint https://t.co/0RHAQ9EDXL

Taking inspiration from woodpeckers to design winged drones with tensegrity fuselages and wing joints resilient to head-on and wing impacts. Open access at https://t.co/2u2748Ume8 @EPFL_MechE

Evolutionary co-design and fabrication of tensegrity joints with integrated pneumatic artificial muscles -- see them at work in robotic legs and robotic grippers Open access article: https://t.co/5zqpKyzZMe A collaboration between @EPFL_en and @sciencetokyo_en

Meet Valerio Galli! He's conducting cutting-edge research within the RoboFood project—focusing on edible energy sources. This EU-funded initiative brings together experts from 🇨🇭,🇮🇹,🇬🇧, and 🇳🇱 to explore the future of edible robotics. Watch the video to find out more!

How the natural world is inspiring the robot eyes of the future https://t.co/0AmbRN5cIF @EPFL_en

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These self-propelled fish pellets are miniature robots with water detector, energy reactor, propulsion engine, and profiled hull. Everything made from edible materials with nutritional profile tailored for fish. Use them as vessels for environment-friendly monitoring of water

🎂 🤖 A team of experts from our School, @EHLnews and @IITalk has created the first edible robotic wedding cake. RoboCake, which illustrates the advances in robotic food research, is carried out under the EU-funded @robo_food project. @DFloreano

RoboCake, a wedding cake animated by hugging jelly bears and chocolate batteries, unveiled at the @Swiss_Pavilion in @Expo2025Japan https://t.co/MYPdCYUR4f designed and cooked by @EPFL_en @IITalk @EHLnews funded by the European project @Robo_Food

Instantaneous stiffness change by fiber jamming in magnetically-steered catheters can increase heart surgery precision, safety, and outcome without increasing surgery time. Fully compatible with suction systems of surgical rooms @EPFL_en @ETH_en https://t.co/tSdS7ZxOd3

Bringing pet food to life! Meet jumping robofeed …and why not a @Robo_Food surprise for dessert? https://t.co/SbNUzPtg4w

Hip, hop, and up in the air! Bird-inspired legs give winged drones multiple locomotion abilities and save energy when jumping for take-off https://t.co/WFlkfB32gC @EPFL_en with @BIOROB_EPFL and Monica Daley @UCIrvine Open access (pre-review) version: https://t.co/htbgDHEGrX

A “twist of the tail” in bird turning manoeuvres revealed by avian-inspired drones https://t.co/kDqraM9lo1 Preprint: https://t.co/G2DIyyf1yZ @EPFLEngineering Interested in working with us on next-gen avian-inspired drones? https://t.co/rtJClMl8uF

Wind gust rejection with on-the-fly adaptation of wing and tail configuration in avian-inspired drones https://t.co/l5oLx6LCpR @EPFLEngineering Interested in design, vision-based flight, and manoeuvre learning of next-gen avian-inspired drones? https://t.co/rtJClMl8uF

Studies of perching hawks suggest that animals minimise the distance flown at high angles of attack instead of flight energy or time, which are typically minimised in perching drones. We used optimal control methods in a hawk-inspired drone with morphing wings and tail to compare

High-speed motion planning for aerial swarms in unknown and cluttered environments with collision-free guarantee https://t.co/N53u3yGBRu Preprint: https://t.co/d825qXAfsn Code: https://t.co/GWNNLL0LjK Full video: https://t.co/lf03ByoK8K

Rhinoceros beetles and mini drones passively deploy and retract wings by leveraging centrifugal forces and stored elastic energy instead of dedicated actuators https://t.co/9THk8vQSNR @EPFL_MechE

Nature lovers🌴 Drone perches on trees by hugging them with wings https://t.co/LmO3oUiZ8i in collaboration with @BIOROB_EPFL @EPFLEngineering

Video Friday: Robot Crash-Perches, Hugs Tree https://t.co/oZN3mJkPOa