Alberto Comoretto

Autonomous locomotion simply with tubes as limbs, and no brain?🎈

Yes, through physical synchronization! Our article is out today in Science (@ScienceMagazine)

Read the article: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Authors: @alb_comoretto, Mannus Schomaker, @BasOvervelde

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Can soft machines remember past events using their body, without processors? Out now in Device (Cell Press @CellPressNews), we harness bistable elastic shells to program and memorize locomotion behaviors upon interactions with the surroundings.
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Great podcast about our latest article on Science (@ScienceMagazine) by @NakedScientists! 🧪

🐙🎧 Listen: thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/short…

📝 Article: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Petra Vastenhouw wrote a beautiful interview piece about my time at @MIT, where I worked with @sam_gollob, @ellentroche and @kaitpb on autonomous soft robots. 🦠🪼 What did I find? Interactions are key, both for robots and among us researchers 🤝

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🏆 We won the 1st prize at @IEEERoboSoft competition "Democratization of soft robotics through embodied intelligence." Our soft robot Tubot costs only 3$ and harnesses environmental interactions and light sensing to achieve autonomous phototaxis. Simple robot, complex behaviors!