Dr. Sirithunge received her bachelors and PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka. After her graduation in 2020, she worked as a lecturer at University of Moratuwa and Sri Lanka Technological Campus. She joined University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate in 2022. She currently works as a Marie-Curie fellow at University of Cambridge. Her research interests are embodied social agents, bio-inspired robots, soft robots and human-robot interaction. Beyond her research, Dr. Sirithunge is actively involved in community outreach activities aimed at making robotics research more accessible to a broader audience. 

Dr. Yue Xie received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, The University of Adelaide, Australia, in 2021. She is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include bio-inspired optimization, artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence, and soft robotics. 

Mrs. Narges is a machine learning engineer and a researcher serving as a principal technician at University of Cambridge. Her research interests include computer vision, robot dynamics and control. 

Ms. Zhang is a PhD student in Engineering at University of Cambridge. She is a cohort of AgriFoRwArds CDT. Her research interests include robot arm control, food manipulation.