Thrishantha Nanayakkara is Professor of Robotics at Imperial College London and Director of the Morph Lab, specialising in soft robotics, embodied intelligence and human–robot interaction. He is also a co-founder of robotics ventures including Permia Sensing and EvoTouch, and editor of the Handbook on Soft Robotics, with extensive research spanning robotics, mechanical intelligence and the interaction between humans, machines and their environments.
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