Engineers: “This is a breakthrough in soft robotics.” Twitter: “Bro built an AI vibrator.” 🤦‍♂️ Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark created a soft robot that moves by inflating and contracting its body like a worm. Jokes aside… robots like this could actually be useful for rescue missions and environments where traditional robots fail. But let’s be honest: you already know what most comment sections are going to talk about 💀 🎥 Media: @SDUSoftRobotics ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.

Our latest paper "Tactile perception through fluid–solid interaction" is published @NatureComms 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-7… @arman_goshtasbi @BerghuisMinke @AidaParvaresh @SaravanaBioRob Robert W. Style @rafsanjani84 @SDUSoftRobotics @SDUBiorobotics @SyddanskUni @DFF_raad

@SDUBiorobotics invites highly motivated applicants for one or more 4-year #TenureTrack assistant professor positions to strengthen and expand our activities in Soft Robotics and Bioinspired Systems. 🗓️ Deadline for application: February 15, 2026. fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.o…

A paper published on Cyborg and Bionic Systems presented a soft robot capable of navigating complex terrains using a combination of rectilinear motion and asymmetric steering gaits. Know more: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133….

Our paper "Inflatable Kirigami Crawlers✂️" is featured on the front cover of Advanced Robotics Research @AdvPortfolio 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adrr.70042 @burcussey @AidaParvaresh Bahman Tahrekhani @rafsanjani84

Thrilled to receive an ERC Consolidator Grant #ERCCoG from @ERC_Research for my project #METABOA: Exploring the Unexplored with a Crawling Soft Robot. @SyddanskUni @SDUSoftRobotics Stay tuned for upcoming open positions and reach out if you’re ready to slither into the future!🐍

📢 #SoftTalk seminar @SyddanskUni by Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio @Yale 📅 Oct 24, 2025 | 🕚 11:00 AM 📍 Odense, TEK Ellehammer Ø28-600-3 🎙️Robots that adapt to changing tasks & environments #SoftRobotics #Shapemorphing

#AdvRobRes Inflatable Kirigami Crawlers (Ahmad Rafsanjani and co-workers) 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Our paper Inflatable Kirigami Crawlers is out in Advanced Robotics Research @AdvPortfolio! 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adrr.2025000… Inflatable textile bots with cuts fold into scale-like shapes that crawl with style✂️💨 @burcussey @AidaParvaresh B. Taherkhani @rafsanjani84 🙏 @VILLUMFONDEN

🎓 Huge Congratulations to Dr. Burcu Seyidoğlu @burcussey on successfully defending her PhD thesis: “Snake-Inspired Soft Robots for Rectilinear Locomotion” 🐍🤖🎉@SyddanskUni

Read our recent OA paper "Multimodal Limbless Crawling Soft Robot with a Kirigami Skin," in Cyborg and Bionic Systems 🪱 @JA_Tirado_R @AidaParvaresh @burcussey @vectoriseart @JoergensenJonas @rafsanjani84 🙏@VILLUMFONDEN 🔗 doi.org/10.34133/cbsystems.0… 📽️ youtu.be/yLssUETKmHA

📢 PhD Defense Alert! Burcu Seyidoğlu @burcussey will defend her thesis “Snake-Inspired Soft Robots for Rectilinear Locomotion” 🐍🤖 📅 June 13, 2025 | 🕙 10:00 AM 📍 Ellehammer Room, Building 42, 2nd Floor, @SyddanskUni @SDUSoftRobotics

🎙️ #SoftTalk organized by @SDUSoftRobotics May 14, 2PM | @SyddanskUni in Odense Prof. Louis-Philippe Demers from @VCUQatar on "Kinesthetic Immersion & Engagement with Machines 🤖" #SoftRobotics #RoboticArt #HRI #Embodiment #SDU #VCUartsQatar

Team @SDUSoftRobotics attended @IEEERoboSoft in the beautiful Lausanne🇨🇭

In a new Science #Robotics Focus article, @nana_obayashi and colleagues propose a research model that would blend long-term “slow science” and short-term “fast science” to promote progress in soft robotics. scim.ag/4b7HkHQ

Congratulations 🎊 to Dr. Jonathan Tirado 🇪🇨 for successfully defending his PhD thesis “Multigait limbless soft robotic locomotion”. Evaluation committee: Prof. Cheng Fang (Chair), Prof. Cecilia Laschi, and Prof. Marcello Calisti

@JA_Tirado_R will defend his PhD thesis, “Multigait Limbless Soft Robotic Locomotion 🪱”, on Monday, February 11, 2025, at 9:30 AM @syddansk_universitet 📍Location: SDU TEK Building, Ellehammer Seminar Room Best of luck, Jonathan!💪🔥

I am thrilled and grateful to @lundbeckfonden for receiving a 2024 Experiment grant to develop deployable Kirigami electrodes for minimally-invasive electrocorticography 🧠 @SDUSoftRobotics @SDUBiorobotics @SDUengineering @SyddanskUni

The Lundbeck Foundation awarded 30 innovative researchers with our Experiment grant. The recipients range from Postdocs to Professors, united by their innovative approaches. Read more about the innovative research here:lundbeckfonden.com/news/risk… #dkforsk #dkvid #experiment