ROBOFOOD

The overarching objective of the RoboFood project is to lay the scientific and technological foundations for the development of truly edible robots and robotic food, which can in turn provide novel functionalities and services for human and animal health, society, and the environment... Ordering your pizza and having it delivered in a few minutes by a drone? That could soon be routine. But what about having the drone itself for dessert, instead of sending it back? That would be entirely new technological territory with applications far beyond take-away meals. By combining food science and robotic science in a radically new way, the RoboFood project will for the first time create robots that can be eaten and foods that behave like robots. Such edible robots could deliver lifesaving nutrition to humans in emergency situations; they could supply vaccines and supplements to endangered animal