Melanie, Florian, Martin and the entire SoMaP team have been awarded in the category "Scientific Institutes" for their work on innovative biogel...

Nature-inspired robotics is collaborative, adaptable and ecological. With biodegradable and edible materials, new technologies that interact...

"The robots are coming, and you may be able to eat them"
Check out this interview with Melanie and Florian about our newly published research on soft,...

Sharks and flowers made using soft electromagnetic actuators (SEMAs). Read more about these amazing shape morphing system made out of silicone and...

New paper in Nature Materials describing innovative biogel material for soft robots.

Check out this wonderful article written by Martin Kaltenrunner and Doris Danninger in Advanced Science News discussing user-friendly medical...

SOMAP on the cover of Advanced Energy Materials highlighting research about polyHIPE ion conductive structures used in stretchable batteries.

Highlighted in "This month in pictures" and featured on the cover of Advanced Science - A Lesson from Plants: High‐Speed Soft Robotic Actuators!

The aim of this project is to functionalize wood and wood-composite surfaces with electrical structures. Smart wood here we come!