ROBOTICSNovember 28, 20251 min read21 views

Robot Talk Episode 135 – Robot anatomy and design, with Chapa Sirithunge

Claire chats with Chapa Sirithunge about the symbiotic relationship between robot design and human anatomy, exploring how each field informs the other.

Claire chatted to Chapa Sirithunge from University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa.

Chapa Sirithunge is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow in robotics at the University of Cambridge. She has an undergraduate degree and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa. Before joining the University of Cambridge in 2022, she was a lecturer at Sri Lanka Technological Campus and a visiting lecturer at the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka. Her research interests span assistive robotics, soft robots and physical human-robot interaction. In addition to her research, she founded Women in Robotics Cambridge to help young minds navigate their path into robotics.

Source: Robohub

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