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Maria-Camilla Fiazza is a pioneering roboticist whose work bridges bioinspired underwater robotics, surgical automation, and the ethical regulation of AI. Her research is defined by a rare versatility: she designs robots that learn from nature, validates them for clinical use, and shapes the policy frameworks that will govern their deployment. Her most cited work, “FILOSE for Svenning” (74 citations), introduced a flow-sensing bioinspired robot that mimics fish lateral-line perception, enabling context-aware navigation in fluid environments—a foundational contribution to biomimetic underwater robotics. In the medical domain, she led the preclinical validation of a semi-autonomous robot for transperineal prostate biopsy (15 citations), demonstrating how targeted, robot-assisted procedures can reduce invasiveness and improve accuracy. Fiazza also tackles the critical challenge of safety certification in surgical robots, advocating for “design for interpretability” to meet regulatory standards and build public trust. Her forward-looking analysis of the EU’s proposed AI regulation (2021) highlights her influence on the ethical governance of medical robotics. With a career spanning flow imaging, security protocols, and AI policy, Fiazza exemplifies how interdisciplinary thinking can advance both the science and the responsible deployment of autonomous systems.