Everything that happens around the papers. Videos, press, and talks.
Videos
The Oxford researchers building 'brain-free' robotsfilm · 2026Vacuum-Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft ActuatorsAdvanced Science · 2026Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic BehaviorsAdvanced Materials · 2025Programmable granular entanglementmagnetic grains gripping tangle-prone objects · 2025Aerodynamic textiles that dimple on demandprogrammable surface dimpling · 2025Frequency Controlled Fluidic Oscillators for Soft RobotsAdvanced Science · 2024A worm-like robot moves by changing the friction between each segment of its body and the ground2022[Video title]youtube · [year]How Kirigami Turns Balloons into Shape-Shifting WondersAdvanced Materials · 2020
RADLab featured in ScienceVegaScienceVega · June 2026 · read ↗
Soft Robots Made Fast and CheapASME · May 2026 · read ↗
Best Extended Abstract at IEEE RoboSoft 2026 — Yuxuan Wang & Antonio Forte, selected from over 220 submissionsIEEE RoboSoft · Kanazawa · April 2026
New ultra-low-cost technique could slash the price of soft roboticsTechXplore · March 2026 · read ↗
New Fellows Welcomed to Pembroke — Prof. Forte, Tutorial Fellow in Engineering SciencePembroke College, Oxford · November 2025 · read ↗
Oxford Engineering researchers develop 'brain-free' robots that move in sync, powered entirely by airOxford Engineering Science · November 2025 · read ↗
The Need for Speed — textiles that dimple like a golf ballHarvard SEAS · October 2025 · read ↗
New academics at the Department of Engineering Science — Prof. Forte joins Oxford and Pembroke CollegeOxford Engineering Science · October 2025 · read ↗
Gripping Success with Both Hands — on programmable entanglement and The Weird Gripper CompanyKing's College London · September 2025 · read ↗
King's Engineering Team win national education excellence award (CATE)King's College London · August 2025 · read ↗
We do love nonlinear science! Stories from the front line of Functionality through Nonlinearity 2025King's College London · 2025 · read ↗
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientistsKing's College London · 2024 · read ↗
Complex motions, simple actuatorsHarvard SEAS · 2024 · read ↗
From 2D to 3D: how to inflate shapesKing's College London · read ↗
Expanding Opportunities — Antonio Forte recognised at the NMES Education AwardsKing's College London · July 2023 · read ↗
Engineering students learn mechanics, robotics and controls by making space roversKing's College London · read ↗
Antonio Forte awarded a UKRI Future Leaders FellowshipKing's College London · 2023 · read ↗
Meet Dr Antonio ForteKing's College London · read ↗
Discovering unexplored dimensions in porous metamaterialsPhys.org · March 2022 · read ↗
Unexplored dimensions in porous metamaterialsHarvard SEAS · 2022 · read ↗
Machine learning for morphable materialsHarvard SEAS · 2022 · read ↗
Programmable balloons pave the way for new shape-morphing devicesHarvard SEAS · 2020 · read ↗
Talks & events
Functionality Through Nonlinearity 2026FTN2026 was a blast! See you next year in Montreal (CA) for FTN2027! · conference ↗
The future of physical control: intelligence in mechanical matterinvited talk · FTN2026 Conference, KU Leuven · June 2026 · conference ↗Mechanical Metamaterials: blurring the line between machines and matterDistinguished Lecture · University of Southampton · May 2026
Nonlinear Physical Intelligence in Soft Machinesinvited talk · RoboSoft 2026 workshop · Kanazawa, April 2026 · workshop site ↗
Engineering Subject Dinner at Pembroke College, Oxfordinvited talk + dinner with the Gang. Amazing night :)Soft Robotics PhD Conferenceinvited talk · KU Leuven · November 2024Bertoldi Applied Mechanics Seminarinvited talk · Harvard University · October 2024
NILES2024 — IEEEkeynote · Nile University · October 2024Hamlyn Symposiuminvited talk · Imperial College London · June 2024AMOLF workshopinvited talk · AMOLF, Amsterdam · May 2024OncoEng Conferencekeynote · Imperial College London · January 20245th UK Robot Manipulation Workshopinvited talk · University of Oxford · January 2024Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering Seminarinvited talk · University of Oxford · November 2023Lighten workshopinvited talk · UCL · October 2023Shape Morphing Metamaterials Workshop, UKMMNinvited talk · University of Bath · September 2023Automorph Workshopinvited talk · Somerset House, London · June 2023Softlab Seminar Seriesinvited talk · University of Bristol · June 2022Lighten workshopinvited talk · UCL · May 2022SIAMM21keynote · February 2021Department of Mechanical Engineering seminarinvited talk · UCL · January 2021Department of Mechanical Engineering seminarinvited talk · University of Warwick · October 2020MSE2020keynote · September 2020EMI2020invited talk · Columbia University · May 2020 (cancelled due to COVID)Department of Mechanical Engineering seminarinvited talk · Boston University · March 2020Department of Bioengineering seminarinvited talk · Imperial College London · February 2020Moss Lab Seminar Seriesinvited talk · Boston University · January 2020
