A team of researchers bringing together mechanics, materials and fluidics — from Bari, in dialogue with EPFL, the MIT Media Lab and the international soft-robotics community.
Professor at Politecnico di Bari (DMMM). ERC Starting Grant holder with the RoboFluid project. Co-inventor of stretchable pumps (Nature, 2019) and fiber pumps (Science, 2023). Founder of the spin-off OmniGrasp.
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Soft pumps and electrofluidics. Co-author of the stretchable pumps (Nature, 2019); now working on electro-active fluids for wearable robotics within the RoboFluid project.
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PhD candidate on robots-as-a-service for digital industry. Technical team leader in the winning entry at the RoboSoft Competition 2026 in Kanazawa.
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Soft and wearable robotics powered by electro-active fluids, within the ERC RoboFluid project and the national PhD programme in Autonomous Systems (DAuSy).
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Within the ERC RoboFluid project and the national PhD programme in Autonomous Systems (D-RIM).
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Master of Science in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Student | Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
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Master of Science in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Student | Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Profile →Member of the winning team at the RoboSoft Competition 2026 (Kanazawa, Japan). Thesis on soft manipulation.
Member of the winning team at the RoboSoft Competition 2026 (Kanazawa, Japan). Thesis on electroadhesive grippers.
Member of the winning team at the RoboSoft Competition 2026 (Kanazawa, Japan). Thesis on fluidic-actuator control.
Flexible and stretchable electronics: printed circuits and deformable sensors for bioelectronics and soft robotics. Researcher in the Fukuda Research Group at Osaka University. At the lab from 24 August to 28 September 2026.
Visiting from Waseda University, from 1 September to 29 November 2026.
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