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What we do in EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Marie Curie International Training Network on Soft, Self-responsive, Smart MAterials for RoboTs? Check the video youtu.be/2LrVGNCM9XY?si… With Bram Vanderborght Leone Costa Aleix Costa Huijiang Wang Engineering Dept BruBotics VUB Empa

This week in the picture RezaKashef from BruBotics VUB VUB on enabling autonomous healing in soft robots youtu.be/_4p9ZlSayJM?fe…

Our coordinator Bram Vanderborght explained the role of SMART training network in smart materials for soft robots during opening event Belgium for eu presidency #zieonsdoen

How we make robots more sustainable? By using self healing materials! instagram.com/reel/C2SZjpoiM… #eicshinto SMARTitn

Today, our lab welcomed @dewibrubet, a #BrIAS fellow, for his engaging art on #origami and #oribotics. Awesome exploration of how nature and tech can come together in such a cool way!

Deze maand de coverstory in Eos Wetenschap vzw over zachte robots met onze zelfherstellende robots en zeepaardstaartjes van IDLab eoswetenschap.eu/technologie/kl….

This week Francesca Furia from FYSC_VUB presents her phd work on additive manufacturing of self-healing materials youtu.be/MMwyJxBGZI0?si…

Our project manager Fatma Demir (BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB) presented how to go towards sustainable research management with learnings from the SMART project during #BrIAS seminar youtube.com/live/TXU3ajIbo…

Seppe Terryn did the #sciencepitch DOCVILLE Filmfest, presenting our research on sustainable robots by self healing materials for a room full of filmmakers! Wtnschp Research VUB VUB FWO SMARTitn

I'm thrilled to announce that the final piece of my PhD has been published! Huge thanks to my co-authors for their exceptional contributions. Excited for the positive impact this review will bring to the scientific community! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

.Ellen Roels was finalist of the NCTAM best phd thesis award. Congratulations. Find here more info about her work on self healing soft robots with integrated sensors. youtu.be/Q1KIYl6ynDM?si…

Supporting the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies forum on sustainable robotics technologies with our self healing soft materials research. #eicshinto

Session 3 of Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies on Sustainable Materials and Applications (Production)  ◦Alix Partridge (University of Bristol) ◦Joost Brancart (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) ◦Seppe Terryn (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

SMARTitn Early Stage Researchers are in focus on the poster "Empowering future leaders with the SMART project" for Multiple Career Pathways of Researchers in #MSCA2024BE in Mons Belgium! BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB

Seppe Terryn on self healing soft robots at #itfflanders2024 #EICShinto

Exciting day at VUB hosting high school students for a STEM workshop on creating a soft-robotic finger! Inspiring the next generation of innovators with hands-on learning. 🚀🤖 @smartitn BruBotics VUB #shinto #STEM #FutureEngineers #SoftRobotics

We had the pleasure to present the EU_EIC_followers project SHINTO to EIC president Michiel Scheffer on how self healing materials can make more sustainable products. #EICShinto

New paper by FYSC_VUB, imo-imomec and BruBotics VUB Diels–Alder Network Blends as Self-Healing Encapsulants for Liquid Metal-Based Stretchable Electronics From FWO sbo project SUBLIME pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Bram Vanderborght Joost Brancart