I really enjoyed Open Doors day at Empa . Many exciting booths and discussions. Big congrats to Frank Clemens and his team for putting together an amazing booth!! Very interesting demonstrators in sensing, 3D printing and Robotics.

Congratulations Francesca Furia from FYSC_VUB for obtaining phd on dynamic covalent polymer network properties by design for additive manufacturing of self-healing materials

Our IEEE ICRA ICRA40 overview video on "Self-healing materials for sustainable soft robots" covering a decade of research on this BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB multidisciplinary topic. with Ellen Roels Joost Brancart RezaKashef youtu.be/fQ4t5GcS0_g

Congratulations Aleix Costa for obtaining phd on Sustainability of dynamic polymer networks from a holistic point of view

Congratulations Huijiang Wang for obtaining phd Cambridge University with title Exploiting the Intrinsic Embodied Dynamics for Adaptive Robotic Behaviors under supervision of prof Fumiya Iida

I am grateful to the SMART consortium and all members for their support throughout this incredible journey. It has been great to collaborate with you brilliant minds.

Our #IROS2024 workshop titled “Self-healing and damage resilient soft robots” has come to an end. We had an average of 40 participants and together with our great invited speakers discussed different damage resilience strategies. Bram Vanderborght #Shinto FYSC_VUB BruBotics VUB

Our self healing technologies are also inspiring artists like Inshallah Montero with her short movie "Reversible" Trailer: ji-hlava.com/filmy/oboustra… In October to watch for one month on Labocine 's The Ecosystem Program in New York: labocine.com/issues/the-eco… BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB

Happy to share that my work with #Festo was recognised as one of the best posters at the Soft Frontiers Workshop during #IROS2024! #shinto Bram Vanderborght SMARTitn BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB

pleasure to speak about "Self healing materials for sustainable soft robots" during Bridging Bonds Symposium 2024 of KNCV, Utrecht. #EICShinto

our BruBotics VUB postdoc Pasquale Ferrentino is finalist for the @SofaFramework award with his plugin, The Sofa Viscoelasticity, pls vote for him: poll-maker.com/poll5329392x64… #EICShinto

🎹Experiments demonstrated a 93% accuracy rate & involved the #robot learning chords inspired by pop music In effect, both human & robot are playing a duet youtu.be/wE46GPuUEjw Huijiang Wang SMARTitn CHIA Cambridge #MachineLearning #robotics #HumanRobot #piano

New BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB paper Soft Self-healing Damage Localization Sensor with Reduced Measuring Electrodes ieeexplore.ieee.org/stampPDF/getPD… By RezaKashef Joost Brancart Bram Vanderborght

Enjoying the spotlight as the Research Manager of the Month for 2025! 💫 Thrilled to join the coordination team of @MCAA_RM Working Group. 🖊️Read about my journey here: medium.com/@mcaa_rm/rmotm… #ResearchManagement #MSCA SMARTitn

Self-healing soft robots lead the way in sustainability The EU-funded SMART project has developed soft robotics that integrate self-healing, sensing and actuation technologies, paving the way for autonomous systems in complex environments. cordis.europa.eu/article/id/455… EU Research Results

Reconfigurable Modular Soft Actuator Using Origami Structures With Self-Healing Materials: Several Technological Opportunities for Robotic Applications ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10876…

Our new review paper is online Toward Autonomous Self-Healing in Soft Robotics: A Review and Perspective for Future Research By RezaKashef seppe terryn and Bram Vanderborght advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ai…

Congratulations RezaKashef for being finalist of NCTAM best phd thesis with work on enabling autonomous healing in soft robots. youtu.be/q7zqDtaNEvs SMARTitn

It´s an honour for all of us that the European Commission has recognised us on its website as an ‘EU-funded AI research success story’.🦾 Thanks to all those who make the project possible & each of the partners who collaborate to achieve euROBIN's goals 👉digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/s…

To celebrate the King's Birthday Party we were invited to UK Brussels Embassy to showcase our self healing soft robots made with Cambridge University in SMARTitn. We founded spinoff Valence Technologies to bring this sustainable material to the market.