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Giacomo Frangipane is a leading figure in the emerging field of active matter and biohybrid robotics, where he designs microscopic systems that move, sense, and respond to their environment. His most influential work, “Light Controlled Biohybrid Microbots” (2023, 40 citations), demonstrates how biological actuators can be integrated into synthetic chassis and precisely steered using light, laying the groundwork for next-generation microrobots with applications in targeted drug delivery and microsurgery. Frangipane is also a key contributor to “The 2025 Motile Active Matter Roadmap” (29 citations), a comprehensive collaborative effort that maps the future of autonomous motion across scales—from molecular motors to cellular swarms. This roadmap has become an essential reference for researchers seeking to understand and engineer collective behavior in active systems. By bridging biology and robotics, Frangipane’s work offers a powerful vision of how living components can be harnessed to create programmable, self-assembling machines. His research not only advances fundamental physics but also opens practical pathways toward intelligent, light-responsive microsystems that could one day operate inside the human body.