The new science and technology of edible robots and robotic food for humans and animals

Project Information

ROBOFOOD

Grant agreement ID: 964596

DOI

10.3030/964596

Project closed

EC signature date 15 December 2020

Start date 1 October 2021

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

€ 3 411 691,25

EU contribution

€ 3 411 691,25

Coordinated by

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Switzerland

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Robofood Website

Project public website presenting goals consortiums members results public deliverables and media resources

Publications

Conference proceedings (7)

Edible Electronics for Sustainable Agrifood: Towards the Integration of Edible Rechargeable Batteries with Sensor Networks

Author(s): Valerio Galli; Giulia Coco; Valerio F Annese; Mario Caironi
Published in: 2023 IEEE Conference on AgriFood Electronics, 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cafe58535.2023.10291417

GelBat: An Edible Gelatin-Based Battery

Author(s): Chen, Hsing-Yu; Keller, Alexander; Conn, Andrew; Rossiter, Jonathan
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-3222-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10121947

Eat, Test, Digest: Towards Diagnostic Food for Next-Generation Gastrointestinal Tract Monitoring

Author(s): Valerio F. Annese; Valerio Galli; Giulia Coco; Mario Caironi
Published in: 2023 9th International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iwasi58316.2023.10164549

Towards edible drones for rescue missions: design and flight of nutritional wings

Author(s): Bokeon Kwak; Jun Shintake; Lu Zhang; Dario Floreano
Published in: 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-7927-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iros47612.2022.9981956

Biodegradable Humidity Actuators for Sustainable Soft Robotics using Deliquescent Hydrogels

Author(s): Alexander Keller; Qiukai Qi; Yogeenth Kumaresan; Andrew T. Conn; Jonathan Rossiter
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10122093

Design and manufacture of edible microfluidic logic gates

Author(s): Shuhang Zhang; Bokeon Kwak; Dario Floreano
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10122039

Edible Electronics and Robofood: A Move Towards Sensors for Edible Robots and Robotic Food

Author(s): Valerio F Annese; Giulia Coco; Valeri Galli; Pietro Cataldi; Mario Caironi
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 2023, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220412

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Designing 3D-printed wheat starch cryogels: Effect of geometry on mechanical performance

Author(s): Ruihao Zhu, Jáchym Jarkulisch, Maarten A.I. Schutyser, Remko M. Boom, Lu Zhang
Published in: Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, Issue 102, 2025, Page(s) 104003, ISSN 1466-8564
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2025.104003

Edible Soft Actuators Based on Konjac Glucomannan for Underwater Operation

Author(s): Ryo Kanno, Bokeon Kwak, Markéta Pankhurst, Jun Shintake, Dario Floreano
Published in: Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024, ISSN 2640-4567
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202300473

An Edible Bistable Tilt Sensor Enabling Autonomous Operation of a Partially Eatable Rolling Robot

Author(s): Valerio F. Annese; Bokeon Kwak; Giulia Coco; Valerio Galli; Ivan K. Ilic; Pietro Cataldi; Dario Floreano; Mario Caironi
Published in: Advanced Sensor Research, 2023, ISSN 2751-1219
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202300092

Edible cellulose-based conductive composites for triboelectric nanogenerators and supercapacitors

Author(s): Leonardo Lamanna; Giuseppina Pace; Ivan K. Ilic; Pietro Cataldi; Fabrizio Viola; Marco Friuli; Valerio Galli; Christian Demitri; Mario Caironi
Published in: Nano Energy, 2023, ISSN 2211-2855
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108168

An Edible Rechargeable Battery

Author(s): Ivan K. Ilic, Valerio Galli, Leonardo Lamanna, Pietro Cataldi, Lea Pasquale, Valerio F. Annese, Athanassia Athanassiou, Mario Caironi
Published in: Advanced Materials, 2023, ISSN 1521-4095
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211400

Edible, optically modulating, shape memory oleogel composites for sustainable soft robotics

Author(s): Qiukai Qi; Alexander Keller; Lihaoya Tan; Yogeenth Kumaresan; Jonathan Rossiter
Published in: Materials & Design, 2023, ISSN 0264-1275
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112339

A Sprayable Electrically Conductive Edible Coating for Piezoresistive Strain Sensing

Author(s): Valerio Francesco Annese, Pietro Cataldi, Valerio Galli, Giulia Coco, João Paulo Vita Damasceno, Alex Keller, Yogeenth Kumaresan, Pietro Rossi, Ivan K. Ilic, Bokeon Kwak, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Athanassia Athanassiou, Jonathan Rossiter, Dario Floreano, Mario Caironi
Published in: Advanced Sensor Research, 2023, ISSN 2751-1219
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202300150