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

Informazioni relative al progetto

ROBOFOOD

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 964596

DOI

10.3030/964596

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 15 Dicembre 2020

Data di avvio 1 Ottobre 2021

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2025

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Costo totale

€ 3 411 691,25

Contributo UE

€ 3 411 691,25

Coordinato da

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Switzerland

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Risultati finali

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

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Inkjet Printable Conductive Activated Carbon Ink from Sustainable Sources

Autori: João Paulo Vita Damasceno, Valerio Francesco Annese, Giulia Coco, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Numero 7, 2025, Pagina/e 4403-4412, ISSN 2637-6113
Editore: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c01509

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

Autori: Ruihao Zhu, Jáchym Jarkulisch, Maarten A.I. Schutyser, Remko M. Boom, Lu Zhang
Pubblicato in: Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, Numero 102, 2025, Pagina/e 104003, ISSN 1466-8564
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2025.104003

Edible aquatic robots with Marangoni propulsion

Autori: Shuhang Zhang, Bokeon Kwak, Ruihao Zhu, Markéta Pankhurst, Lu Zhang, Remko M. Boom, Dario Floreano
Pubblicato in: Nature Communications, Numero 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Editore: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59559-8

Edible Soft Actuators Based on Konjac Glucomannan for Underwater Operation

Autori: Ryo Kanno, Bokeon Kwak, Markéta Pankhurst, Jun Shintake, Dario Floreano
Pubblicato in: Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024, ISSN 2640-4567
Editore: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202300473

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

Autori: Noemí Contreras‐Pereda, Valerio Galli, Pietro Cataldi, Valerio Francesco Annese, Giulia Coco, Athanassia Athanassiou, Alessandro Luzio, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: Small Science, Numero 5, 2025, ISSN 2688-4046
Editore: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202400373

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

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

Edible cellulose-based conductive composites for triboelectric nanogenerators and supercapacitors

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

A Coplanar Edible Rechargeable Battery with Enhanced Capacity

Autori: Valerio Galli, Valerio F. Annese, Giulia Coco, Pietro Cataldi, Vincenzo Scribano, Ivan K. Ilic, Athanassia Athanassiou, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: Advanced Materials Technologies, Numero 9, 2024, ISSN 2365-709X
Editore: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202400715

An Edible Rechargeable Battery

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

Towards edible robots and robotic food

Autori: Dario Floreano, Bokeon Kwak, Markéta Pankhurst, Jun Shintake, Mario Caironi, Valerio F. Annese, Qiukai Qi, Jonathan Rossiter, Remko M. Boom
Pubblicato in: Nature Reviews Materials, Numero 9, 2024, Pagina/e 589-599, ISSN 2058-8437
Editore: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41578-024-00688-9

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

Autori: Quinten Steffens, Marije Vliek, Ruud van der Sman, Remko Boom, Lu Zhang
Pubblicato in: Journal of Food Engineering, Numero 401, 2025, Pagina/e 112660, ISSN 0260-8774
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2025.112660

Active Biopaste for Coral Reef Restoration

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Advanced Materials, 2025, ISSN 0935-9648
Editore: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502078

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

Autori: Qiukai Qi; Alexander Keller; Lihaoya Tan; Yogeenth Kumaresan; Jonathan Rossiter
Pubblicato in: Materials & Design, 2023, ISSN 0264-1275
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112339

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

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

The rise of transient robotics

Autori: Qiukai Qi, Valentina Lo Gatto, Alexander Keller, Remko Boom, Mario Caironi, Dario Floreano, Jonathan Rossiter
Pubblicato in: Device, Numero 2, 2024, Pagina/e 100554, ISSN 2666-9986
Editore: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2024.100554

A Sprayable Electrically Conductive Edible Coating for Piezoresistive Strain Sensing

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Advanced Sensor Research, 2023, ISSN 2751-1219
Editore: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202300150

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

Autori: Ruihao Zhu, Maarten A.I. Schutyser, Remko M. Boom, Lu Zhang
Pubblicato in: Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, Numero 8, 2025, Pagina/e 100548, ISSN 2666-8939
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpta.2024.100548

Organic Nontoxic Rechargeable Batteries in Food Packaging: A Feasibility Study

Autori: Valerio F. Annese, Valerio Galli, Giulia Coco, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics, Numero 2, 2024, Pagina/e 252-258, ISSN 2771-9529
Editore: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/tafe.2024.3392985

Edible Jumpers Powered by Shell Snapping

Autori: Bokeon Kwak, Juliette Hars, Dario Floreano
Pubblicato in: Advanced Materials Technologies, Numero 10, 2025, ISSN 2365-709X
Editore: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202401230

A Carbon-Based NTC Resistive Temperature Sensor for Edible Electronics

Autori: Valerio Francesco Annese, Valerio Galli, Giulia Coco, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, Numero 3, 2024, Pagina/e 300-305, ISSN 2768-167X
Editore: 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

Autori: Valerio Galli; Giulia Coco; Valerio F Annese; Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: 2023 IEEE Conference on AgriFood Electronics, 2023
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cafe58535.2023.10291417

Edible Transistors: from Fabrication to Tips for Storage

Autori: Elena Feltri, Valerio Galli, Fabrizio Mario Ferrarese, Alessandro Luzio, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 2024, Pagina/e 1-4
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/fleps61194.2024.10604074

GelBat: An Edible Gelatin-Based Battery

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

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

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

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

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

Biodegradable Humidity Actuators for Sustainable Soft Robotics using Deliquescent Hydrogels

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

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

Autori: Valerio F. Annese, Giulia Coco, Valerio Galli, Elda Sala, Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE SENSORS, 2024, Pagina/e 1-4
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/sensors60989.2024.10784659

Design and manufacture of edible microfluidic logic gates

Autori: Shuhang Zhang; Bokeon Kwak; Dario Floreano
Pubblicato in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2023
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft55895.2023.10122039

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

Autori: Valerio F Annese; Giulia Coco; Valeri Galli; Pietro Cataldi; Mario Caironi
Pubblicato in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 2023, Pagina/e 1-4
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220412