People

Prof. Dr. Barbara Mazzolai
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Director of the Center for Micro-BioRobotics
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Phone: +39 050 883444
Email: barbara.mazzolai@iit.it
Areas of Expertise
Bio-inspired robots | Plant-inspired robotics technologies | Growing robots
Publications in livMatS
- Biohybrid generators based on living plants and artificial leaves: influence of leaf motion and real wind outdoor energy harvesting
Meder, F., Armiento, S., Naselli, G. A., Thielen, M., Speck, T., & Mazzolai, B. (2021). Biohybrid generators based on living plants and artificial leaves: influence of leaf motion and real wind outdoor energy harvesting. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 16(5), 055009. doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac1711 - Generation GrowBots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots
Mazzolai, B., Walker, I., Speck, T., eds. (2021). Generation GrowBots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots (137 pp.). Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88971-185-7 - Editorial: Generation Growbots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots
Mazzolai, B., Walker, I., & Speck, T. (2021). Editorial: Generation GrowBots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8: 711942. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2021.711942 - "Generation GrowBots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots"
Mazzolai, B., Walker, I. & Speck, T. (eds.) (2020). Special Issue / Research Topic on "Generation GrowBots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots". Frontiers in Robotics, 7. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.00075 - Biohybrid wind energy generators based on living plants*
Meder, F., Thielen, M., Naselli, G.A., Taccola, S., Speck, T., & Mazzolai, B. (2020). Biohybrid wind energy generators based on living plants. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2020, 234 – 244. Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNAI 12413. Springer International Publishing, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64313-3_23 - Living Plant‐Hybrid Generators for Multidirectional Wind Energy Conversion*
Meder, F., Thielen, M., Mondini, A., Speck, T., & Mazzolai, B. (2020). Living Plant‐Hybrid Generators for Multidirectional Wind Energy Conversion. Energy Technology, 2000236., doi: 10.1002/ente.202000236
* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807