Dr. Giacomo Sasso
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Research
soft robotics, tactile sensing, tuneable optics, polymer science
Interests
Giacomo has a background in BioRobotics, Polymer Science and Imaging. He has worked in the Soft Matter Group (led by Prof. James Busfield) at Queen Mary University of London, and the SMART Group (led by Prof. Federico Carpi) at University of Florence. Giacomo's research focuses on the development of Intelligent Materials for Physical AI, Soft Robotics, Tunable Optics and Tactile Sensing.
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Intelligent Transport
2026
Reduced Graphene Oxide Transparent Electrodes Enabling Compact Soft Tunable LensesSasso G Lamoreux A Pugno N Busfield JJC Carpi F
Advanced Functional Materials,
Wiley vol. 36 (56)
19-06-2026 2025
DEA tunable lenses: expanding horizons by extending the focal rangeSasso G Koliolios E Remillard S Busfield JJC Carpi F
Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices (EAPAD) 2025.
12-05-2025 2023
Soft robotic patterning of liquidsSasso G Pugno N Busfield JJC Carpi F
Scientific Reports,
Springer Nature vol. 13 (1)
21-09-2023 2022
Fluid mixer with two degrees of freedom enabled by dielectric elastomer actuatorsSasso G Carpi F Pugno N Busfield JJC
In
Constitutive Models For Rubber Xii,
Taylor & Francis 504-507.
28-11-2022
Research Group
News
July 2026
3 July 2026
Engineers at Queen Mary University of London built a new colour-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time.
The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London, and it works ... [more]
