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: A collaboration between @EPFL_en and @sciencetokyo_en

RT @Swiss_Pavilion: Meet Valerio Galli! He's conducting cutting-edge research within the RoboFood project—focusing on edible energy sources….

How the natural world is inspiring the robot eyes of the future @EPFL_en.

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

RT @EPFL_en: 🎂 🤖 A team of experts from our School, @EHLnews and @IITalk has created the first edible robotic wedding cake. RoboCake, which….

RoboCake, a wedding cake animated by hugging jelly bears and chocolate batteries, unveiled at the @Swiss_Pavilion in @Expo2025Japan 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

Bringing pet food to life! Meet jumping robofeed …and why not a @Robo_Food surprise for dessert?

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

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

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

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 Preprint: Code: Full video:

Rhinoceros beetles and mini drones passively deploy and retract wings by leveraging centrifugal forces and stored elastic energy instead of dedicated actuators @EPFL_MechE

Nature lovers🌴 Drone perches on trees by hugging them with wings in collaboration with @BIOROB_EPFL @EPFLEngineering

RT @AutomatonBlog: Video Friday: Robot Crash-Perches, Hugs Tree

RT @ylecun: If you are a student or academic researcher and want to make progress towards human-level AI:.>>>DO NOT WORK ON LLMs<<<. LLMs a….

Edible robots and robotic food for reducing waste, providing nutrition in emergency, and challenging our relationship with food. Read it all in this perspective article on edible materials, components, and integration @robo_food @EPFL_en @NatRevMater

RT @NatRevMater: Edible robots & robotic food that perceive, process & react to stimuli offer opportunities to develop new medical applicat….