A big thank you to our co-organisers Andrew T. Conn, Christoph Keplinger, Giacomo Moretti, Gianluca Rizzello, Philipp Rothemund for making this event possible!

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🚀Submit Your Poster or Demo Abstract!🚀
Junior researchers are invited to share their innovative research or demo with the RoboSoft community. Submissions are accepted via the workshop webpage until March 28, 2025. 3/4

How can materials innovation for advanced actuation and sensing technologies drive the future of soft robotics? Join us for an engaging, interdisciplinary discussion that bridges robotics, engineering, and materials science. 2/4

Thank you very much, @quisebell.bsky.social! 🙏Following in your footsteps 😉✨

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the ten interviewed research leaders for their time and shared wisdom. Finally, I would also like to thank my co-authors @alex-fratzl.bsky.social, Ksenia Keplinger and Christoph Keplinger. 5/5

We believe that in diverse and inclusive environments, robotics teams across the world promoting a sense of belonging and psychological safety may display even higher motivation and commitment to their work, leading to higher productivity, enhanced creativity, and more disruptive innovation. 4/5

We identify 7 main benefits of diverse & inclusive teams: improved performance & productivity, comprehensive problem-solving, disruptive innovation & creativity, broader applicability & relevance of research, reduced bias in technology, attraction & retention of talent, fairness & social justice.3/5

We highlight existing scientific literature, analyze citation metrics of robotics papers over the past 25 years, reflect on our personal experiences from working in a diverse and inclusive environment, and share insights from interviews with ten established research leaders in robotics. 2/5