Cecilia Laschi (born 1968) is an Italian roboticist specializing in soft robotics and bio-inspired robotics, including the design of robot manipulators based on octopus tentacles and the biomedical applications of soft robotics.[1][2][3][4] She is Provost’s Chair Professor of robotics at the National University of Singapore (NUS), head of the Soft Robotics Lab and co-director of the Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology and Innovation at NUS, on leave as professor in the BioRobotics Institute from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Italy, and editor-in-chief of the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.[5][6]
Education and career
editLaschi was born in 1968 in Follonica.[3] After earning a laurea (the Italian equivalent of a master's degree) in computer science from the University of Pisa in 1993, Laschi completed a PhD in robotics at the University of Genoa in 1998.[6]
After doing her doctoral research at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, and continuing there to eventually become chair of industrial engineering, she took a leave in 2020 to take her present position at the National University of Singapore.[3]
Recognition
editLaschi was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2023, "for contributions to soft robotics".[7][8] The University of Southern Denmark gave her an honorary doctorate in 2023, "for her outstanding research within bio-inspired robots and soft robotics".[9]
References
edit- ^ Bernardini, Lisa (4 March 2023), "Cecilia Laschi, la scienziata italiana pioniera dei "soft robot"", VNY, La Voce di New York (in Italian), retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ Q&A: Prof Cecilia Laschi on soft robotics and the octopus, National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering, 18 February 2022, retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ a b c Senserini, Lina (28 November 2022), "Cecilia Laschi, la signora dei robot...morbidi: La scienziata follonichese, da due anni a Singapore, racconta come è nato il suo visionario progetto della soft robotics e perché ha lasciato l'Italia", Maremma Oggi (in Italian), retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ Malfetano, Francesco (24 June 2019), "Cecilia Laschi, la scienziata e il suo octopus gigante immagine dell'Italia nel mondo", Il Messagero (in Italian), retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ "Cecila Laschi", Staff, National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering, retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ a b Cecilia Laschi, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ Soft robotics pioneer Prof Cecilia Laschi elevated to IEEE fellow, National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering, 24 November 2022, retrieved 2024-07-22
- ^ "Honorary professor Cecilia Laschi: "For a long time I really wanted to be a dolphin trainer"", Meet the researcher, University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Engineering, retrieved 2024-07-22
External links
edit- Cecilia Laschi publications indexed by Google Scholar