Evandro Bernardes

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Evandro Bernardes is a leading innovator at the intersection of soft robotics and optical sensing, whose work is redefining how machines perceive and move through their environments. His research masterfully bridges two critical challenges: achieving centimeter-level accuracy in robot localization and engineering compliant, reconfigurable structures. In his highly cited 2020 work (25 citations), Bernardes developed a breakthrough indoor positioning system using just two infrared LEDs and a three-photo-detector sensor, offering a low-power, easily embeddable alternative to complex, power-hungry systems—a critical advance for large-scale industrial mobile robotics. Complementing this, his 2021 study (16 citations) on origami-inspired "bendy straw" structures introduced a novel class of soft, multistable robotic joints. By mimicking the geometry of a flexible drinking straw, he created cylindrical structures that can snap between stable states, enabling new forms of soft, adaptive, and energy-efficient actuation. Bernardes’s work stands out for its elegant simplicity: transforming everyday physics and geometry into powerful, practical robotic solutions. His dual focus on precise sensing and novel soft mechanisms positions him as a key figure shaping the future of autonomous, adaptable robots.