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Diana Cafiso

3rd year PhD student
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Soft BioRobotics Perception
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I am a Material Engineer working on 3D printable photopolymers for soft sensing. 

My expertise involves the development of conductive materials, 3D printing technologies and innovative fabrication approaches for mechanical soft sensors.


All Publications
2026
Cafiso D., Trunin P., Gay C., Beccai L.
3D-printed Soft Optical sensor with a Lens (SOLen) for light guidance in mechanosensing
Materials and Design, vol. 271
Article Journal
2026
Trunin P., Gay C., Nardin A.B., Exley T., Cafiso D., Beccai L.
Bidirectional Optical sensors for Actuation Tracking (BOAT) in soft lattice systems
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
Conference Paper Conference
2026
Trunin P., Cafiso D., Nardin A. B., Exley T., Beccai L.
MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant-inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors
IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics
Conference Paper Conference
2026
Exley T., Nardin A. B., Trunin P., Cafiso D., Beccai L.
Monolithic Units: Actuation, Sensing, and Simulation for Integrated Soft Robot Design
IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics
Conference Paper Conference
2026
Gay C., Trunin P., Cafiso D., Xu Y., Taghavi M., Beccai L.
Optically Sensorized Electro-Ribbon Actuator (OS-ERA)
ROBOSOFT 2026 - 9th IEEE RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics, pp. 526-531
Conference Paper Conference
Scientific Talks
2024
Beccai L., Joe S., Cafiso D., Bliah O., Magdassi S.
3D printed architected and porous structures for a new generation of soft sensors and continuum soft actuators
The 8th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment, ENGE 2024, November 24-27, Jeju, South Korea
Conference
2022
Cafiso D., Lantean S., Seonggun J., Beccai L.
3D Printing Approaches for Soft Robotics
AIV XXV conference, Napoli, 10-12 May 2022
Conference
Oral presentations
2024
Cafiso D., Bernabei F., Lo Preti M., Lantean S., Roppolo I., Pirri C., Beccai L.
Development of conductive aerogels for DLP-3D printed sensors.
2024 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2026
Indukumar G., Awais M., Cafiso D., Preti M., Beccai l.
Poster finalist
2021
Cafiso D., Chiappone A., Roppolo I., Carmagnola I., Septevani A. A.
Poster Award Additive Manufacturing