Ordering your pizza and having it delivered in a few minutes by a drone? That could soon be routine. But what about having the drone itself for dessert, instead of sending it back? That would be entirely new technological territory with applications far beyond take-away meals. By combining food science and robotic science in a radically new way, the ROBOFOOD project has, for the first time, created robots that can be eaten and foods that behave like robots.

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From Food to Power: Hydrogel Thermoelectrics for Ingestible Electronics (EPFL)

3D-printing of thermoplastic protein-based composites by fused deposition modelling (WUR)

Edible Pneumatic Battery for Sustained and Repeated Robot Actuation (EPFL & UOB)

Nanocarbon Conductive Ink from Food Waste for Printed Resistive Loads (IIT)

Active Biopaste for Coral Reef Restoration (IIT)

Inkjet Printable Conductive Activated Carbon Ink from Sustainable Sources (IIT)

Printed Integrated Logic Circuits Based on Chitosan-Gated Organic Transistors for Future Edible Systems (IIT)

Edible aquatic robots with Marangoni propulsion (EPFL & WUR)

Designing 3D-printed wheat starch cryogels: Effect of geometry on mechanical performance (WUR)

Edible Jumpers Powered by Shell Snapping (EPFL)

A corn-based electrically conductive glue for integration of edible electronics (IIT)

The rise of transient robotics (UOB, WUR, IIT, EPFL)

Tuning the mechanical properties of starch-based cryogels with the aid of additives (WUR)

A Carbon-Based NTC Resistive Temperature Sensor for Edible Electronics (IIT)

A Coplanar Edible Rechargeable Battery with Enhanced Capacity (IIT)

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