Robot Talk Episode 118 – Soft robotics and electronic skin, with Miranda Lowther

by Robot Talk

25 April 2025

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Claire chatted to Miranda Lowther from the University of Bristol about soft, sensitive electronic skin for prosthetic limbs.

Miranda Lowther is a PhD researcher at the FARSCOPE-TU Centre for Doctoral Training, a joint venture between University of Bristol, University of West of England, and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, where she is pursuing her passion for using soft robotics and morphological computation to help people in healthcare. For her PhD, she is investigating how soft e-skins and morphological computation concepts can be used to improve prosthetic user health, comfort, and quality of life, through sensing and adaptation.

Robot Talk is a weekly podcast that explores the exciting world of robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines.

Robot Talk Episode 118 – Soft robotics and electronic skin, with Miranda Lowther

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