Cosimo Della Santina

Cosimo Della Santina is an Associate Professor in the Cognitive Robotics department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Delft University of Technology, and also serves as a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Munich. He is best known for his work on model-based control of soft robots, nonlinear dynamics, and the intersection of physics and intelligence in artificial mechanical systems. He has been recognized with the 2020 Georges Giralt PhD Award, the 2023 IEEE RAS Early Career Award, and an ERC Starting Grant in 2024.