The Floreano Lab (a.k.a. Laboratory of Intelligent Systems) merges biology and engineering to design future robotics systems and better understand nature. 

Check out also our YouTube channel, Flickr album, and follow us on Twitter. For more information on our approach, we suggest the MIT Press book Floreano & Mattiussi (2009) Bio-inspired Artificial Intelligence. 

Selected Recent Publications

J. Shintake, S. Rosset, B. E. Schubert, D. Floreano and H. Shea. Versatile soft grippers with intrinsic electroadhesion based on multifunctional polymer actuators, in Advanced Materials, vol. 28, num. 2, p. 231-238, 2016.
A. Maesani, P. Ramdya, S. Cruchet, K. Gustafson and R. Benton et al. Fluctuation-driven neural dynamics reproduce Drosophila locomotor patterns, in Plos Computational Biology, vol. 11, num. 11, p. e1004577, 2015.
R. Pericet-Camara, M. K. Dobrzynski, R. Juston, S. Viollet and R. Leitel et al. An artificial elementary eye with optic flow detection and compositional properties, in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 12, p. 20150414, 2015.
D. Floreano and R. J. Wood. Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones, in Nature, vol. 521, p. 460-466, 2015.
P. Ramdya, P. Lichocki, S. Cruchet, L. Frisch and W. Tse et al. Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behaviour in Drosophila., in Nature, vol. 519, p. 233–236, 2015.
D. Floreano, A. Ijspeert and S. Schaal. Robotics and Neuroscience, in Current Biology, vol. 24, p. R910-R920, 2014.
D. Floreano, R. Pericet Camara, S. Viollet, F. Ruffier and A. Brückner et al. Miniature curved artificial compound eyes, in PNAS, vol. 110, num. 23, p. 9332-9337, 2013.