Exciting news! Our project, featuring the development of an aerially-deployed biodegradable tumbler designed to release a sensing pod for benthic monitoring, has been officially accepted for presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) 2025, taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland!
The Greenfjords project, organized by EPFL to bring cutting edge sustainable robotics to be deployed in Greenland artic fjords. Starting the PostDoc postiion, I will lead the project of the LSR laboratory within the GREENFJORDS project.
My research focuses on sustainable robotics for environmental sensing in forest and aquatic ecosystems. I aim to revolutionize monitoring and conservation efforts by advancing robotics toward more safe, silent and efficient approaches to collect critical data in these environments.
Water resources are vital biomes for Earth's ecosystem, yet they face significant threats. Through my work, I develop aerial robotic frameworks that offer efficient, rapid, and safe solutions to address the critical challenges these biomes encounter.
First sailing flying robot for silent water surface environment monitoring.
First made soft underwater gripper deployed via a drone for benthic operations.
Aerial-deployed sensing pod attached on a biodegradable tumbler for benthic missions.
Bio-inspired flappers with camber-morphing for safe underwater motion.
Forests and canopies are vital yet threatened ecosystems. I use bio-inspired methods, like tethered and spider-like perching systems, to develop efficient and silent solutions to remotely collect crucial data in forest canopy.
Tether quad-copter with spider-inspired perching arms for in-canopy multi-tree operations.
Aerial tensile perching method deploying tethered robots using a drone-ring mechanism.
