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
- Roadmap on soft robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders
Mazzolai, B., Carpi, F., Suzumori, K., Cianchetti, M., Speck, T., Smoukov, S.K., Burgert, I., Keplinger, T., De Freitas Siqueira, G., Vanneste, F., Goury, O., Duriez, C., Nanayakkara, T., Vanderborght, B., Brancart, J., Terryn, S., Rich, S., Liu, R., Fukuda, K., Someya, T., Calisti, M., Laschi, C., Sun, W., Wang, G., Wen, L., Baines, R., Patiballa, S., Kramer-Bottiglio, R., Rus, D., Fischer, P., Simmel, F.C. & Lendlein, A. (2022). Roadmap on Soft Robotics: Multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders.Multifunctional Materials, 5(3): 032001. doi: 10.1088/2399-7532/ac4c95 - 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