David Hardman
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David Hardman

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University of Cambridge
RoboticsMechatronicsSoft sensors
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A Survey on Soft Robot Adaptability: Implementations, Applications, and Prospects
2025
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Resume
Academic Achievements
  • - Published in Adv. Sci.: Automated Benchmarking of Variable-Property Soft Robotic Fingertips to Enable Task-Optimized Sensor Selection, August, 2025
  • - Published in Sci. Robot.: Multimodal Information Structuring with Single Layer Soft Skins and High-Density Electrical Impedance Tomography, June, 2025
  • - Co-authored in Adv. Sci.: Sensorized Skin with Biomimetic Tactility Features based on Artificial Crosstalk of Bimodal Resistive Sensory Inputs, September, 2023
  • - Co-authored in Adv. Intell. Syst.: Learning-Based Damage Recovery for Healable Soft Electronic Skins, October, 2022
  • - Co-authored in NPG Asia Mat.: Self-healing ionic gelatin/glycerol hydrogels for strain sensing, February, 2022
Research Experience
  • - Junior Research Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Oct 2024 – Present
  • - EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow, Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Oct 2024 – Present
  • - Visiting Researcher, Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab, EPFL, Jun 2024 – Sep 2024
  • - PhD Student, Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Oct 2020 – Jun 2024
  • - Consultant (Health Tech), The Technology Partnership, Mar 2023 – Jun 2023
  • - Teaching Assistant, Cambridge Centre for International Research, Jun 2021 – Jul 2022
  • - Undergraduate Researcher, Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Jul 2019 – Sep 2019
  • - Engineering Intern, Densitron Technologies Ltd, Jul 2017 – Dec 2017
  • - Tutor, Kumon UK, Mar 2013 – Sep 2016
Education
  • - PhD in Bio-Inspired Robotics, University of Cambridge, 2020-2024
  • - MEng in Mechanics, Materials and Design, University of Cambridge, 2019-2020
  • - BA in Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2016-2019
Background
  • A Henslow Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in robotics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Most of my days are spent building tactile sensors and artificial skins in Cambridge’s Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, where I am an affiliated lecturer and hold an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship. Interests include mechatronics & soft robotics, tactile perception & artificial skins, medical automation, additive manufacturing, and large-scale experimentation.
Miscellany
  • In my spare time, I enjoy playing badminton and tennis, and I’m a member of the world-famous Magic Circle.