STORM-BOTS (Soft and Tangible Organic Responsive Materials progressing roBOTic functionS) is a Marie Sklodowska Curie European Training Network (ETN) offering local and network training activities. By covering aspects of chemistry, physics, materials science, advanced manufacturing and robotics, as well as transferable skills, it will give the researchers the opportunity to participate in pioneering research, acquiring the necessary skills for a future career in the field of liquid crystal-based responsive actuators and surfaces.
This line of research is continued in the STORM-BOTS consortium, in which the SPM group trains two PhD students, Yasaman Nemati and Zixuan Deng.