Daniela Macari

A big thank you to our co-organisers Andrew T. Conn, Christoph Keplinger, Giacomo Moretti, Gianluca Rizzello, Philipp Rothemund for making this event possible!

#SoftRobotics #ActuationAndSensing #FunctionalMaterials #CallForContributions #RoboSoft2025 #AcademicSky

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🚀Submit Your Poster or Demo Abstract!🚀
Junior researchers are invited to share their innovative research or demo with the RoboSoft community. Submissions are accepted via the workshop webpage until March 28, 2025. 3/4

How can materials innovation for advanced actuation and sensing technologies drive the future of soft robotics? Join us for an engaging, interdisciplinary discussion that bridges robotics, engineering, and materials science. 2/4

🔬🧪We are excited to announce our Workshop "Soft Robotic Actuation and Sensing Based on Functional Materials" at IEEE RoboSoft 2025🧪🔬

📅 April 23, 2025 | Lausanne, Switzerland
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It is my great pleasure to share this paper from my postdoc in which we developed an implantable biohybrid neural interface toward synaptic deep brain stimulation. Great collaboration with @tobiasruff.bsky.social and team at ETH!

Thank you very much, @quisebell.bsky.social! 🙏Following in your footsteps 😉✨

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the ten interviewed research leaders for their time and shared wisdom. Finally, I would also like to thank my co-authors @alex-fratzl.bsky.social, Ksenia Keplinger and Christoph Keplinger. 5/5

We believe that in diverse and inclusive environments, robotics teams across the world promoting a sense of belonging and psychological safety may display even higher motivation and commitment to their work, leading to higher productivity, enhanced creativity, and more disruptive innovation. 4/5

This image shows a schematic highlighting the 7 main benefits of diverse & inclusive teams: improved performance & productivity, comprehensive problem-solving, disruptive innovation & creativity, broader applicability & relevance of research, reduced bias in technology, attraction & retention of talent, fairness & social justice.

We identify 7 main benefits of diverse & inclusive teams: improved performance & productivity, comprehensive problem-solving, disruptive innovation & creativity, broader applicability & relevance of research, reduced bias in technology, attraction & retention of talent, fairness & social justice.3/5

We highlight existing scientific literature, analyze citation metrics of robotics papers over the past 25 years, reflect on our personal experiences from working in a diverse and inclusive environment, and share insights from interviews with ten established research leaders in robotics. 2/5

It’s my great pleasure to share our viewpoint article published today in Science Robotics (@science.org) in which we describe how diversity and inclusion accelerate the pace of innovation in robotics:

www.science.org/doi/full/10.....

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“As the field of robotics continues to advance, so must equitable representation among the various demographics of this community.” - wonderful article by @quisebell.bsky.social in Science Robotics.

How researchers turn bacteria into cellulose-producing mini-factories

ETH researchers have modified certain bacteria with UV light so that they produce more cellulose. The basis for this is a new approach with which the researchers generate thousands of bacterial variants and select those that have developed into the most productive.

A hydrogel implant to treat endometriosis

Researchers from ETH Zurich and Empa have developed a hydrogel implant that can help prevent endometriosis, a condition that affects a great many women. This innovation also acts as a contraceptive.

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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