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Ludovic Daler is a roboticist whose work bridges bioinspiration, adaptive morphology, and hands-on education. His research centers on multi-modal locomotion—designing robots that can both fly and walk—and on perching mechanisms that allow aerial robots to conserve energy by landing on vertical surfaces. Daler’s most influential contribution is the development of a perching mechanism using a fibre-based adhesive (96 citations), enabling flying robots to remain stationary in constrained indoor environments without hovering. He also pioneered a bioinspired flying and walking robot with adaptive morphology (88 citations), capable of transitioning between flight and ground locomotion to navigate complex, cluttered spaces. His work on foldable, self-deployable pocket-sized quadrotors (54 citations) and Euler spring collision protection (49 citations) further advances the practicality and resilience of small aerial robots. Beyond hardware, Daler co-developed RoboGen (72 citations), an open-source platform for artificial evolution of robot designs, used in educational settings to teach evolutionary robotics. His research has been published in leading venues including *IEEE/RSJ IROS* and *Robotics and Autonomous Systems*, and his designs have been featured in popular science media for their potential in search-and-rescue and environmental monitoring.