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Workshops

3 April 2023 (Monday)

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[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