Assistant Professor: Emanuela Del Dottore
Dr. Emanuela Del Dottore, with a background in Computer Science (University of Pisa) and a Ph.D. in Biorobotics (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa), bridges biology and robotics to design bioinspired control strategies. She has helped establish plant-inspired robotics and growing robots within the Soft Robotics Community and now focuses on computational models for distributed robot control. Her goal is to develop adaptive, compliant, and efficient robotic systems capable of exploring and monitoring complex, unstructured environments.
We are thrilled to welcome Emanuela Del Dottore to our team!
Dr. Emanuela Del Dottore holds a background in Computer Science (University of Pisa) and a Ph.D. in Biorobotics (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa).
She has experience in both industry and research, with expertise in soft robotics, embedded and intelligent systems, programming, image processing, and data analysis. Specializing in unconventional (bioinspired) computing for robot control, she has contributed to the establishment and growth of plant-inspired robotics and growing robots as emerging research fields within the Soft Robotics Community. Her work bridges biology and robotics, focusing on the behavioral analysis of living systems to extract functional principles and translate them into novel control and decision-making strategies.
Currently, her research investigates bioinspired computational models for distributed robot control. Her long-term goal is to derive functional rules from natural organisms—ranging from plants to animals—and embed them in robotic systems, enabling compliance, efficient computation, and adaptability in complex, unstructured environments.