RoboSoft Workshop at RSS 2014
Robotics Science and Systems Conference
Workshop on “Advances on Soft Robotics”
Sunday July 13, 2014, 8:30 – 18:00, Room Wheeler 106
University of California Berkeley
The one day Workshop on “Advances on Soft Robotics” at RSS 2014 will gather experts across multiple fields in the scientific community of soft robotics. The workshop is organized to be part of the series of scientific events planned in the framework of RoboSoft Coordination Action (European Commission funded project under FP7-ICT-2013-C, Future and Emerging Technologies FET-Open scheme, http://www.robosoftca.eu/) aimed at bringing together researchers to enable the step-change in technologies and standards needed to advance soft robotics.
Invited talks, contribution paper talks and roundtable sessions will discuss the development of general theories, new and non-conventional approaches and techniques for most of the technologies involved in soft robotics, like smart soft materials, soft (muscle-like) actuators, soft sensors, modelling and control of soft robots, energy harvesting, design principles for soft robotics and morphological computation. Thanks to the high interdisciplinarity of the field of soft robotics the event will gather together researchers of different scientific background and potential stakeholders.
Main Topics
- Soft materials and soft actuators
- Modeling and simulation techniques of soft bodies
- Fabrication and control of soft bodies
- Energy storage and harvesting soft devices
- Soft sensors
- Stretchable electronics
- Scientific problems related with soft-bodied robots
- Interdisciplinary interactions with biological/medical sciences, material sciences, chemistry, etc.
- Soft robotics applications
Workshop Program
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RSS2014 Workshop on “Advances on Soft Robotics” - July 13, 2014 |
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Talk |
Speaker |
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8.30 – 8.35 |
Opening |
Laura Margheri, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna RoboSoft Project Management |
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8.35 – 8.50 |
RoboSoft: A Coordination Action for Soft Robotics |
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Invited talks |
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8.50 – 9.10 |
Soft Robotics and Integrated Soft Systems |
Adam Stokes, Edinburgh University |
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9.10 – 9.30 |
Soft-Matter Electronics, Multifunctional Materials, and Fabrication Methods for Soft Robots |
Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Contribution papers |
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9.30 – 9.40 |
Shared Design Tools to Support Research and Development in Soft Robotics |
Conor Walsh, Harvard Biodesign Lab |
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9.40 – 9.50 |
Experimental Characterization of a 2-DOF Soft Robotic Platform for Architectural Applications |
Bratislav Svetozarevic, ETH Zurich |
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9.50– 10.00 |
How to Create Self-Sensing Air Muscles from Conductive Fibers |
David Remy, University of Michigan |
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10.00 – 10.30 |
- Coffee break - |
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Invited talks |
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10.30 – 10.50 |
Morphological computation in soft robots by using thermoplastic materials |
Surya G. Nurzaman, ETH Zurich |
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10.50 – 11.10 |
Design, Materials, and Power Systems for Autonomous Soft Robots |
Mike Tolley, Harvard Microrobotics Lab |
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11.10 – 11.30 |
GeckoGripper: A Soft Robotic Gripper using Gecko-Inspired Elastomer Micro-Fiber Adhesives |
Metin Sitti, Carnegie Mellon University |
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11.30 – 11.50 |
Open discussion, Q&A |
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11.50 – 15.00 |
- Lunch break - Final match of the FIFA World Cup - |
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Invited talks |
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15.00 – 15.20 |
Bio-Inspired Smart Pneumatic Artificial Muscles with Integrated Soft Artificial Skin Sensors |
Yong-Lae Park, Carnegie Mellon University |
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15.20 – 15.40 |
Towards soft-smart skins: a biomimetic soft robotics approach |
Jonathan Rossiter, University of Bristol |
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Contribution papers |
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15.40 – 15.50 |
Soft Tunable Whisker-like Sensors |
Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology |
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15.50 – 16.00 |
Characterizing an elastomeric strain sensor at large strains and strain rates |
Yiğit Mengüç, Harvard Microrobotics Lab |
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16.00 – 16.10 |
Structurally Compliant Orthotics |
Tim Swift, Otherlab |
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Invited talks |
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16.10 – 16.30 |
Softworm robots: 3D-printed crawling machines |
Barry Trimmer, Tufts University |
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16.30 – 17.00 |
- Coffee break - |
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17.00 – 17.20 |
Contributions of Compliance and Shape to Locomotion and Manipulation |
Ronald Fearing, University of Berkeley |
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17.20 – 17.50 |
Open discussion, Q&A |
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17.50 – 18.00 |
Closing remarks |
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Program Committee
Cecilia Laschi, RoboSoft CA Coordinator, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Fumiya Iida, ETH Zurich, Switzerlad (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Jonathan Rossiter, University of Bristol, UK (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Laura Margheri, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy (laura.margheri@sssup,it - contact person)
