Perla Maiolino

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Biography

Maiolino received her Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Genoa as well as her BEng and MEng. in Robotics and Automation. During her PhD she carried out research on the development and integration of distributed tactile sensor for robots, developing new technological solutions for artificial robot skin (CySkin). CySkin Technology has been shown at the “Robots” Exhibition at the Science Museum in London. From October 2017 to September 2018 she joined the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab (BIRL) at the University of Cambridge, pursuing research related to soft robotics and soft tactile perception. Currently she is Associate Professor and member of Oxford Robotic Institute at the University of Oxford.

Most Recent Publications

### An End-to-End Framework for Modeling Pneumatic Soft Robots Based on Differentiable Finite Element Methods

An End-to-End Framework for Modeling Pneumatic Soft Robots Based on Differentiable Finite Element Methods

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### Touch-to-Touch Translation - Learning the Mapping Between Heterogeneous Tactile Sensing Technologies

Touch-to-Touch Translation - Learning the Mapping Between Heterogeneous Tactile Sensing Technologies

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Improving Tactile Gesture Recognition with Optical Flow

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### Optical Waveguide-based Spider Web Enables Resilient Impact Detection and Localization

Optical Waveguide-based Spider Web Enables Resilient Impact Detection and Localization

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### Diffusion-based Inverse Observation Model for Artificial Skin

Diffusion-based Inverse Observation Model for Artificial Skin

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News

[05 Mar 2026

Oxford Engineering students power Dark Blue varsity victories](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-students-power-dark-blue-varsity-victories)

[04 Mar 2026

Study reveals unexpected long-term decline in energy use in small off-grid solar home systems](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/study-reveals-unexpected-long-term-decline-in-energy-use-in-small-off-grid-solar-home-systems)

[02 Mar 2026

Engineering Alumnus Paul M. Hubel named the 2026 Edwin H. Land Medal Recipient](https://www.optica.org/get_involved/awards_and_honors/awards/award_winner_press_releases-2a8be47a26a5ec81e9523c90ea425bbc-156f3d3faaa7084e1bc156a90f05be89/2026_edwin_land_medal_winner/)

[27 Feb 2026

Reception at no. 11 Downing Street marks anniversary of Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/reception-at-no-11-downing-street-marks-anniversary-of-oxford-cambridge-growth-corridor)