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

Claire chatted to Miranda Lowther from the University of Bristol about gentle, delicate digital pores and skin for prosthetic limbs.

Miranda Lowther is a PhD researcher on the FARSCOPE-TU Centre for Doctoral Training, a three way partnership between University of Bristol, University of West of England, and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, the place she is pursuing her ardour for utilizing gentle robotics and morphological computation to assist individuals in healthcare. For her PhD, she is investigating how gentle e-skins and morphological computation ideas can be utilized to enhance prosthetic person well being, consolation, and high quality of life, by sensing and adaptation.