From the spider monkeys that act as climate activists to the sloths that host potentially life-saving fungi, our world is home to an incredible array of #biodiversity. Sir David Attenborough explains why it's vital that we protect it: #WorldWildlifeDay

🚨I'm delighted to present our new work published in nature , where we created a liquid that behaves both as a solid and as a fluid. Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1038/s41586…. I tried to capture the essence in a thread. And YES, buckling will be involved! 🧵/1

A Soft Robotic Morphing Wing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (Mirko Kovac and co-workers) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ai…

#ImperialICRA24 Prof Mirko Kovac research is at the intersection of materials science & robotics, and the coevolution of these disciplines. Great talk at #ICRA2024 on "Transient bio-degradable robotics for environmental intelligence", including aerial sensor placement methods

We are thrilled to announce our #RSSPioneers2024 cohort! 🎉sites.google.com/view/rsspionee… Congratulations to these 30 rising stars in robotics! We thank all of our applicants for their inspiring submissions, and our selection committee and reviewers for their participation and insight.

Excited to share that I am joining the University of Washington ECE as an Assistant Professor in September. We are recruiting postdoc, PhD students (2025 cycle), as well as master and undergraduate researchers! Check out our research at yyueluo.com.

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Happy Friday, robotics researchers! We are 2 weeks away from the #RSSPioneers2024 workshop! Research statements for this year's cohort are available online: sites.google.com/view/rsspionee…. We will announce our speakers in the coming weeks – stay tuned! #RSSPioneers #RSS2024

A Soft Robotic Morphing Wing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (Mirko Kovac and co-workers) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ai…

First up is Pham Huy Nguyen from Empa talking about soft aerial robots!

Hanging out with the JAIST Soft Haptics Lab at RSS Ho Lab ☺️

Happy Monday, robotics researchers! On behalf of the organizing committee, we'd like to thank everyone for their participation at the #RSSPioneers2024 workshop! We hope that it was an unforgettable and inspiring experience for our Pioneers! Check out some highlights👇!

📅 Save the date 📅 What? RoboSoft 2025 When? April 23-26  Where? Lausanne, Switzerland robosoft2025.org Paper submission deadline: 15th of October, 9AM PST More information to follow soon.

Excited to present our work on soft aerial robot perching and adhesion at the 10th Zurich Hardware Meetup today at Swiss Innovation Park Empa Imperial College London Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. Thanks to Ralph Rosenbauer for the invite! Details: meetup.com/zurich-hardwar…

#Sustainabilityrobotics flying high: Grand opening of #DroneHub at Empa, in partnership with Imperial College London and in collaboration with EPFL. Cutting-edge research into aerial innovation continues to grow. 🔗empa.ch/web/s604/drone… Mirko Kovac Photos: Marion Nitsch

‼️Calling all senior Ph.D students & early-career researchers in robotics! ‼️ The #RSSPioneers2025 workshop, part of the #RSS2025 Robotics: Science and Systems in Los Angeles, California, is opening for contributions on this Friday, January 17! More details👇: sites.google.com/view/rsspionee…

very important announcement about RSS 2025 paper submission deadlines:

🚨Don’t forget: 11th Feb (time.is/Anywhere_on_Ea…) is the deadline to apply to #RSSPioneers2025 at #RSS2025! Senior Ph.D. students and early career researchers across all aspects of robotics are encouraged to apply. Check our website for submission: sites.google.com/view/rsspionee…

Hade a wonderful time at #RoboSoft2025 in Lausanne! Got to co-organize Zurich Lab tours at EPFL/Empa/ETH-Z, hear amazing talks from my co-authors Ryo and Luca, and named a Rising Star among other amazing early career researchers.

List of 33 #RSSPioneer2025 is out! Their research interests cover fundamental robot design, modelling and control, robot perception and learning, localisation and mapping, human-robot interaction, healthcare and medical robotics, and soft robots! sites.google.com/view/rsspionee…