Jun.-Prof. Edoardo Milana, Junior Professor for Soft Machines at the University of Freiburg. Credit: Lucia Brunold Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots can already perform many tasks that would otherwise require humans. In this interview, Edoardo Milana, a junior professor of soft machines in the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg, explains how improved design and innovative mechanics are broadening the range of appli