Workshops
3 April 2023 (Monday)
MORNING | AFTERNOON |
[W2a] Ocean Soft Robots: Exploration and Data Challenges (Understanding the Ocean: How Can We Help?) Organizers Simona Aracri (CNR, Italy) Ditzia Susana Garcia Morales (Institute of Assembly Technology Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Zurong ZHANG (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jan Peters (Institute of Assembly Technology Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Francesco Giorgio-Serchi (University of Edinburgh, UK) Prof Annika Raatz (Institute of Assembly Technology Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Corrado Motta (CNR, Italy) Roberta Ferretti (CNR, Italy) Francesca De Pascalis (CNR, Italy) Massimo Caccia (CNR, Italy) https://www.spp2100.de/robosoft2023 | [W2b] Ocean Soft Robots: Exploration and Data Challenges (The Data Challenge for Soft Robotics in Marine Sciences) Organizers Simona Aracri (CNR, Italy) Ditzia Susana Garcia Morales (Institute of Assembly Technology Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Zurong ZHANG (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jan Peters (Institute of Assembly Technology Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Francesco Giorgio-Serchi (University of Edinburgh, UK) Prof Annika Raatz (Institute of Assembly Technology Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Corrado Motta (CNR, Italy) Roberta Ferretti (CNR, Italy) Francesca De Pascalis (CNR, Italy) Massimo Caccia (CNR, Italy) https://www.spp2100.de/robosoft2023 |
[W3] Soft Robots for Environmental Intelligence Organizers Barbara Mazzolai – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Mirko Kovac – Imperial College London and Empa Material Science Institute https://bsr.iit.it/robosoft-2023 | [W4] Soft Robotics and Embodied Intelligence Organizers Chapa Sirithunge, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK Arsen Abdulali, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK Fumiya Iida, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK Josie Hughes, School of Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland Matteo Cianchetti, BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Imperial College, UK https://birlab.org/embodied-intelligence-and-soft-robotics-workshop-at-robosoft-2023/ |
[W5a] Modelling Challenges for Soft Robots towards Real-World Applications Organizers Concepción A. Monje, RoboticsLab, Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain Egidio Falotico, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy Joshua Pinskier, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia Michael Y Wang, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Chao Chen, Laboratory of Motion Generation and Analysis, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia David Howard, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia Xing Wang, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia Hansi Weeratunge, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia https://sites.google.com/view/sr-rw23/ | [W5b] Field Deployable Soft Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities Organizers Concepción A. Monje, RoboticsLab, Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain Egidio Falotico, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy Joshua Pinskier, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia Michael Y Wang, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Chao Chen, Laboratory of Motion Generation and Analysis, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia David Howard, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia Xing Wang, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia Hansi Weeratunge, Soft Robotics Cluster, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, Australia https://sites.google.com/view/sr-rw23/ |
[W7a] Additive Manufacturing and Novel Fabrication Techniques of Small-Scale Soft Robotics Organizers Theo Calais – Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore Francesca Furia – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Ellen Roels – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Edoardo Milana – University of Freiburg, Germany https://www.smartitn.eu/robosoft-workshop-2023/ | [W7b] When Soft Robots get Small: Current Trends and New Perspectives in the Fabrication, Design and Application of Small-Scale Soft Robots Organizers Edoardo Milana, University of Freiburg, Germany Benjamin Gorissen, KU Leuven, Belgium Stefano Palagi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy Kevin Chen, MIT, USA Joon-Wan Kim, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan https://www.smallsoftrobots-workshop.com |
[W9] Soft Grippers: From the Labs to the Market Organizers Koichi Suzumori, Tokyo Instute Of Technology, Japan Cosimo Della Santina, TU Delft, The Netherlands Shingo Maeda, Tokyo Institute Of Technology, Japan Vito Cacucciolo, Omnigrasp and Politecnico Di Bari, Italy https://softrobots.org/ | [W1] Workshop on Functional Adaptiveness in Soft Sensors and Sensing Technology Organizers Nhan Huu Nguyen (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) Quikai Qi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Helmut Hauser (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) https://sites.google.com/view/workshop-robosoft2023/ |
[W10] Towards Sustainable Solutions: The Design, Application, and Future of Soft Robotics in Health Care and Rehabilitation Applications Organizers Natalie Tanczak, PhD Researcher Future Health Technologies (FHT), Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (RELab), ETH Zurich, Switzerland Dr Olivier Lambercy, Senior Scientist & Co-Director of the RELab Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (RELab), ETH Zurich, Switzerland Future Health Technologies (FHT), Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore Dr Simone Kager, Post-Doctoral Researcher Future Health Technologies (FHT), Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (RELab), ETH Zurich, Switzerland https://relab.ethz.ch/scientific-events/robosoft-2023-singapore.html | [W11] Soft and Social Robotics for Improved Human Centred Applications Organizers Ruby Marshall, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland Alexandre Colle, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland Alix Partridge, The National Robotarium, Scotland Adam Stokes, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland https://softandsocial.wordpress.com/ |
[W12] Bi- and Multi-Stability in Soft Robots Organizers Prof. Amir Gat, Technion, Israel Prof. Robert Shepherd, Cornell , New York Ezra Ben Abu, Technion , Israel Dr. Yoav Matia, Cornell , New York https://www.bimultistabilityworkshop.com/ | [W15] Bio-Inspired Soft Aerial Robotics Organizers Pham Huy Nguyen, EMPA, Imperial College London André Farinha, EMPA, Imperial College London Fabian Wiesemüller, EMPA, Imperial College London Sukho Song, EMPA, Imperial College London Mirko Kovač, EMPA, Imperial College London Anibal Ollero, GRVC Robotics Lab, University of Sevilla Salua Hamaza, BioMorphic Intelligence Lab, Department of Aeronautics, Delft University of Technology https://www.soft-aerial-robotics.com/ |
[W13] Mechanical and Fluidic Control of Untethered Soft Robots Organizers Michael Ishida (UC San Diego, USA) Benjamin Shih (Harvard University, USA) Daniel J. Preston (Rice University, USA) Michael T. Tolley (UC San Diego, USA) https://sites.google.com/eng.ucsd.edu/bioinspired/publications/roso-2023-workshop | [W14] Reduced-Order Modelling for Soft Robots Organizers S.M.Hadi Sadati, King’s College London, UK You Wu, MathWorks, USA Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, University of Toronto, Canada Christos Bergeles, King’s College London, UK https://sites.google.com/view/robosoft2023-workshop-rom/home |
*Subject to changes