Progressing through academia can be profoundly challenging, and there is a great deal of discussion about the mental health toll this can take on undergraduates, PhD students and postdocs alike. But what about faculty? Listen here: spklr.io/6012FI8k

Every so often, seeing a recent advance, for example in bioelectricity research, someone says that Tesla, Robert Becker, or the ancient magi (Eastern or Western) already knew it. In this time of reduced funding for basic and applied science, driven by widespread misunderstanding

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I will be giving my Productivity Workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics 2025 in Lausanne. Come and sign up for one of the limited spaces: worksmartandberemarkable.com/robosoft2025-p…

For international PhDs interested in visiting my group: We offer up to £3,000 to cover visa fees, immigration health surcharge, travel costs, and consumables. Visits must end by June 30. Deadline: March 1. Contact me if interested!

Virtual reality rewrites the rules of the swarm. Our latest paper in Science Magazine Max Planck Society Universität Konstanz Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

✍️My Workshop 'How to Write Stories'✍️- Thank you Cathedral Primary School for having me for #BookWeek. I was blown away by Years 5&6 creativity. Writing is not about perfection, it is about storytelling. Well done for writing the stories you want to read! tinyurl.com/BookWeekWriting

Last chance to send me your questions for Myra! What have you always wanted to know about robotic prosthetics?

For our next MorphoTalk session on 9 April 2025, we’ll be joined by Dr. Martin Hanczyc from University of Trento, Italy. Dr. Hanczyc will present an experimental model of bottom up synthetic biology that can sense and metabolize. With Kieran Nazareth and Helmut Hauser #Robotics

📣New blog post alert📣 Be Thankful, be Proud! As academics, we often jump from one task to the next without appreciating our hard work and the help we receive. This can easily lead to burnout. Here’s a little daily ritual I do to celebrate small wins. tinyurl.com/2aalrqp8

New blog post on my academic productivity website.

Great start to IEEERoboSoft 2025 conference in EPFL, with Yael Zekaria winning the Prize for Most Advanced Medical Simulator!!! 🏆 Congratulations Yael!! 🥳 BristolRoboticsLab

Had a wonderful time discussing ways to support prosthetic users with soft robotic technology. Thank you Dr Claire Asher 🐀 for the thoughtful conversation! Feel free to ask for any further details #softrobotics #prosthetics #eskins #morphologicalcomputation

Are you ready for a new Robot Talk episode?🛎 This Friday's interview shines a spotlight on Myra Lowther from University of Bristol about soft robotics and electronic skin. Discover more below: robottalk.org/2025/04/25/epi… The Hamlyn Centre #Robot #Robotics

Are you an innovative leader in computational modeling? We're looking for a highly motivated Director of Explanatory Modeling to lead the development and implementation of multiscale mechanistic models that explain cellular events. More info: alleninstitute.org/careers/jobs/?…

Congratulations Tianqi Yue and team on our latest paper and cover image in Science Robotics on Octopus-Inspired Hierarchical Suction Intelligence!!! 🐙🤖🧠 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… BristolRoboticsLab University of Bristol BristolEngMaths Hermes Bloomfield-Gadêlha

Inspired from #biological studies, we can build #Robots that're better swimmers.  Watch the full episode of Dr. Hermes Gadêlha as he answers on novel questions and unexplained phenomena in a broad range of physical systems found in nature: youtube.com/watch?v=t0u9zJ… #Robotics

#Octopus-inspired soft robots with #EmbodiedIntelligence can use suction to detect contact with surfaces and grasp delicate objects without squeezing. BristolRoboticsLab Learn more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/43tGz9D

🚀 New paper out in Acta Astronautica! I explore how pneumatic artificial muscles could help maintain astronauts’ muscle health in Martian gravity 💪🪐 A first step toward wearable countermeasures for long missions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.acta…

Our new paper on Atomic-Like Packing of Artificial Muscles for power exosuits is now online! 🦾🦿🤖: doi.org/10.1016/j.matd…. Well done Emanuele Pulvirenti and all! 👏 BristolRoboticsLab University of Bristol

Professor Cecilia Laschi from NUS Singapore will join us in-person for our next MorphoTalks session scheduled on 18 June 2025 at BristolRoboticsLab. Come and join us for an #interdisciplinary session on #MorphologicalComputation , #Robotics and beyond #Robot #SoftRobotics