About

Fumiya Iida is a Professor of Robotics at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mechanical engineering at Tokyo University of Science (Japan, 1999), and his PhD in Informatics at University of Zurich (2006). Currently he serves on the editorial board of the Soft Robotics Journal, Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Bio-Inspired Robotics Section), and is a program committee member for international conferences and workshops.

Research

Fumiya’s research is primarily focused on:

• Robotics and biology at their intersection
• Rapid prototyping of dynamic mechatronic systems
• Bionic sensor and motor technologies
• Computational control optimization techniques
• Understanding adaptivity and autonomy in animals
• Developing adaptive, resilient, and energy-efficient robotic applications
• Legged robot locomotion
• Evolutionary robotics
• Embodied artificial intelligence