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Petr Trunin

PhD student
PhD Student Fellow
Soft BioRobotics Perception
Petr Trunin
Research center
About

Currently working on the soft sensors for proprioception and tactile sensing.

Education

Title: Masters in Nanoelectronics
Institute: Higher School of Economics
Location: Moscow
Country: Russia
From: 2020 To: 2022

Title: PhD in Engineering
Institute: Open University
Location: Genova
Country: Italy
From: 2023 To: null

Experience External

Title: Junior Researcher and Soft Robotics Engineer
Institute: Moscow State University of Medicine
Location: Moscow
Country: Russia
From: 2021 To: 2022

Title: Engineer
Institute: Future Forms LLC
Location: Moscow
Country: Russia
From: 2018 To: 2022

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
Koolani M., Bamford S., Trunin P., Muller-Cleve S.F., Lo Preti M., Mastrogiovanni F., Beccai L., Bartolozzi C.
An event-based opto-tactile skin
Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 19
Article Journal
2026
Lo Preti M., Buxiu W., Trunin P., Nazeer M.S., Beccai L., Maiolino P., Laschi C.
A Two-Stage Characterization Pipeline and Open-Source Framework for Reproducible Tactile Sensing
Advanced Intelligent Systems
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
Advanced Science
Scientific Talks
2026
Trunin P.
Monolithic soft robots
Monolithic Soft Systems: Co-design components, tools, materials, and fabrication strategies for next-generation robotics
Workshop/Symposium
Awards and Achievements
2026
Trunin P.
Best Workshop contribution: Sensing-Rich Soft Bodies as a Substrate for Physical AI
Organized Events
2026
Lo Preti M., Trunin P., Maiolino P., Beccai L., Laschi C.
Benchmarking and Reproducibility in Soft Tactile Sensing