Marco Pontin joined the ORI in 2023 as a postdoctoral researcher in the Soft Robotics Lab, under the supervision of Prof. Perla Maiolino.
Before joining the institute, he was a PhD student in the Biomedical Robotics Lab at the University of Sheffield, under the supervision of Prof. Dana Damian. During his PhD, Marco researched soft robotics resilience and developed a multimodal soft valve capable of autonomously detecting and isolating faults in soft pneumatic actuators.
His current research interests include soft robotics, robotic resilience and embodied intelligence.
Most Recent Publications
Quadruped obstacle avoidance and footstep planning with distributed low-cost time-of-flight sensors
Quadruped obstacle avoidance and footstep planning with distributed low-cost time-of-flight sensors
Cooptimized Sensing and Sole Mechanics Enable Embodied‐Intelligence Design of User‐Specific Smart Footwear
Cooptimized Sensing and Sole Mechanics Enable Embodied‐Intelligence Design of User‐Specific Smart Footwear
Continuum Robot Localization using Distributed Time-of-Flight Sensors
Continuum Robot Localization using Distributed Time-of-Flight Sensors
Optical Waveguide-Based Spider Web Enables Resilient Impact Detection and Localization
Optical Waveguide-Based Spider Web Enables Resilient Impact Detection and Localization
Automated Design and Fabrication of Pneumatic Logic Circuits to Control Soft Robots
Automated Design and Fabrication of Pneumatic Logic Circuits to Control Soft Robots
