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

Informations projet

ROBOFOOD

N° de convention de subvention: 964596

DOI

10.3030/964596

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 15 Decembre 2020

Date de début 1 Octobre 2021

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2025

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Coût total

€ 3 411 691,25

Contribution de l’UE

€ 3 411 691,25

Coordonné par

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Switzerland

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Livrables

Documents, reports (1)

Final Communication, DIssemination and Exploitation Report

Final reports on the outcome of activities in communication to the larger audience, dissemination of results to the scientific community, exploitation of results (including final business plan)

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3)

RoboFeed

Demonstration of design, fabrication and integration of edible actuators, sensors, energy sources, control, active and passive structures in an entirely edible mobile swimming robot suitable for use as feed in aquaculture (e.g. salmon farms) or delivery of supplements/medication to aquatic fauna

Creation of assembled, composite materials, to be used for the creation of edible robots and robotic food

Demonstration of assembly of the materials from T1.2 into assemblies that can be used for the creation of functional units.

Rescue RoboFood

Demonstration of design, fabrication and integration of edible sensors, actuators and structures in a fixed-wing drone, suitable for use in a rescue scenario with survivors isolated on a mountain top or other isolated locations, with edible wings coupled to non- edible motor and propeller.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Robofood Website

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

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Inkjet Printable Conductive Activated Carbon Ink from Sustainable Sources

Auteurs: João Paulo Vita Damasceno, Valerio Francesco Annese, Giulia Coco, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Numéro 7, 2025, Page(s) 4403-4412, ISSN 2637-6113
Éditeur: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c01509

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

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

Edible aquatic robots with Marangoni propulsion

Auteurs: Shuhang Zhang, Bokeon Kwak, Ruihao Zhu, Markéta Pankhurst, Lu Zhang, Remko M. Boom, Dario Floreano
Publié dans: Nature Communications, Numéro 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Éditeur: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59559-8

Edible Soft Actuators Based on Konjac Glucomannan for Underwater Operation

Auteurs: Ryo Kanno, Bokeon Kwak, Markéta Pankhurst, Jun Shintake, Dario Floreano
Publié dans: Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024, ISSN 2640-4567
Éditeur: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202300473

A Corn‐Based Electrically Conductive Glue for Integration of Edible Electronics

Auteurs: Noemí Contreras‐Pereda, Valerio Galli, Pietro Cataldi, Valerio Francesco Annese, Giulia Coco, Athanassia Athanassiou, Alessandro Luzio, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: Small Science, Numéro 5, 2025, ISSN 2688-4046
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202400373

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

Auteurs: Valerio F. Annese; Bokeon Kwak; Giulia Coco; Valerio Galli; Ivan K. Ilic; Pietro Cataldi; Dario Floreano; Mario Caironi
Publié dans: Advanced Sensor Research, 2023, ISSN 2751-1219
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202300092

Edible cellulose-based conductive composites for triboelectric nanogenerators and supercapacitors

Auteurs: Leonardo Lamanna; Giuseppina Pace; Ivan K. Ilic; Pietro Cataldi; Fabrizio Viola; Marco Friuli; Valerio Galli; Christian Demitri; Mario Caironi
Publié dans: Nano Energy, 2023, ISSN 2211-2855
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108168

A Coplanar Edible Rechargeable Battery with Enhanced Capacity

Auteurs: Valerio Galli, Valerio F. Annese, Giulia Coco, Pietro Cataldi, Vincenzo Scribano, Ivan K. Ilic, Athanassia Athanassiou, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: Advanced Materials Technologies, Numéro 9, 2024, ISSN 2365-709X
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202400715

An Edible Rechargeable Battery

Auteurs: Ivan K. Ilic, Valerio Galli, Leonardo Lamanna, Pietro Cataldi, Lea Pasquale, Valerio F. Annese, Athanassia Athanassiou, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: Advanced Materials, 2023, ISSN 1521-4095
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211400

Towards edible robots and robotic food

Auteurs: Dario Floreano, Bokeon Kwak, Markéta Pankhurst, Jun Shintake, Mario Caironi, Valerio F. Annese, Qiukai Qi, Jonathan Rossiter, Remko M. Boom
Publié dans: Nature Reviews Materials, Numéro 9, 2024, Page(s) 589-599, ISSN 2058-8437
Éditeur: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41578-024-00688-9

3D-printing of thermoplastic protein-based composites by fused deposition modelling

Auteurs: Quinten Steffens, Marije Vliek, Ruud van der Sman, Remko Boom, Lu Zhang
Publié dans: Journal of Food Engineering, Numéro 401, 2025, Page(s) 112660, ISSN 0260-8774
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2025.112660

Active Biopaste for Coral Reef Restoration

Auteurs: Gabriele Corigliano, Valerio Isa, Valerio Francesco Annese, Camilla Rinaldi, Maria Summa, Rosalia Bertorelli, Paolo Galli, Silvia Lavorano, Mario Caironi, Marco Contardi, Pietro Cataldi, Simone Montano, Athanassia Athanassiou
Publié dans: Advanced Materials, 2025, ISSN 0935-9648
Éditeur: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502078

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

Auteurs: Qiukai Qi; Alexander Keller; Lihaoya Tan; Yogeenth Kumaresan; Jonathan Rossiter
Publié dans: Materials & Design, 2023, ISSN 0264-1275
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112339

Printed Integrated Logic Circuits Based on Chitosan‐Gated Organic Transistors for Future Edible Systems

Auteurs: Giulia Coco, Valerio Francesco Annese, Valerio Galli, Ilaria Penna, Debora Russo, Marina Veronesi, Rita Scarpelli, Stefania Sabella, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, ISSN 1616-301X
Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202506452

The rise of transient robotics

Auteurs: Qiukai Qi, Valentina Lo Gatto, Alexander Keller, Remko Boom, Mario Caironi, Dario Floreano, Jonathan Rossiter
Publié dans: Device, Numéro 2, 2024, Page(s) 100554, ISSN 2666-9986
Éditeur: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2024.100554

A Sprayable Electrically Conductive Edible Coating for Piezoresistive Strain Sensing

Auteurs: 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
Publié dans: Advanced Sensor Research, 2023, ISSN 2751-1219
Éditeur: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202300150

Tuning the mechanical properties of starch-based cryogels with the aid of additives

Auteurs: Ruihao Zhu, Maarten A.I. Schutyser, Remko M. Boom, Lu Zhang
Publié dans: Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, Numéro 8, 2025, Page(s) 100548, ISSN 2666-8939
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpta.2024.100548

Organic Nontoxic Rechargeable Batteries in Food Packaging: A Feasibility Study

Auteurs: Valerio F. Annese, Valerio Galli, Giulia Coco, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics, Numéro 2, 2024, Page(s) 252-258, ISSN 2771-9529
Éditeur: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/tafe.2024.3392985

Edible Jumpers Powered by Shell Snapping

Auteurs: Bokeon Kwak, Juliette Hars, Dario Floreano
Publié dans: Advanced Materials Technologies, Numéro 10, 2025, ISSN 2365-709X
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202401230

A Carbon-Based NTC Resistive Temperature Sensor for Edible Electronics

Auteurs: Valerio Francesco Annese, Valerio Galli, Giulia Coco, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, Numéro 3, 2024, Page(s) 300-305, ISSN 2768-167X
Éditeur: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/jflex.2024.3436594

Conference proceedings (9)

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

Auteurs: Valerio Galli; Giulia Coco; Valerio F Annese; Mario Caironi
Publié dans: 2023 IEEE Conference on AgriFood Electronics, 2023
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cafe58535.2023.10291417

Edible Transistors: from Fabrication to Tips for Storage

Auteurs: Elena Feltri, Valerio Galli, Fabrizio Mario Ferrarese, Alessandro Luzio, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 2024, Page(s) 1-4
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/fleps61194.2024.10604074

GelBat: An Edible Gelatin-Based Battery

Auteurs: Chen, Hsing-Yu; Keller, Alexander; Conn, Andrew; Rossiter, Jonathan
Publié dans: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-3222-3
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10121947

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

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

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

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

Biodegradable Humidity Actuators for Sustainable Soft Robotics using Deliquescent Hydrogels

Auteurs: Alexander Keller; Qiukai Qi; Yogeenth Kumaresan; Andrew T. Conn; Jonathan Rossiter
Publié dans: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10122093

A Gelatin/Activated Carbon Multifunctional Coating for Future Edible Diagnostic Systems

Auteurs: Valerio F. Annese, Giulia Coco, Valerio Galli, Elda Sala, Mario Caironi
Publié dans: 2024 IEEE SENSORS, 2024, Page(s) 1-4
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/sensors60989.2024.10784659

Design and manufacture of edible microfluidic logic gates

Auteurs: Shuhang Zhang; Bokeon Kwak; Dario Floreano
Publié dans: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10122039

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

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