Soft Robotics Workshop at ICRA 2023
Soft Robotics: Fusing function with structure
London, Friday, 2 June 2023
Session: FW16
Soft Robotics Workshop at ICRA 2023
Soft Robotics: Fusing function with structure
London, Friday, 2 June 2023
The advent of soft material technologies in robotics has brought many distinct advantages, such as inherent compliance, safety, high manoeuvrability, and reconfigurability. Along with these advantages, the past years have seen many interesting applications for soft robots in areas such as surgical robotics, extreme environments, and logistics and material handling. Despite these rapid developments, many challenges that are key to the widespread adoption and efficient utilization of novel soft material technologies are still outstanding.
The main objective of this workshop is to serve as a focal point for discussing this grand challenge of “Fusing Function with Structure in Soft Robotics’’. The workshop will host talks, short presentations, an Early Career Researchers Showcase and a panel discussion and will involve soft robotics researchers specializing in the broad domains of soft actuation, sensing, functional materials, manufacturing, and physical intelligence.
Speakers
Prof. Christoph Keplinger
| Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems |
| The University of Hong Kong |
| University of Bristol |
| Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems |
| Northwestern University |
| The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) |
| The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa (Italy) |
Agenda
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 08:45-11:00 | Session 1: Invited talks |
| 10 mins: Workshop Opening Prof. Christoph Keplinger, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) Title: Self-sensing high-performance actuators for fast and efficient soft robots. Dr. Ka Wai Kwok, The University of Hong Kong Dr. Helmut Hauser, University of Bristol Dr. Thomas George Thuruthel, University College London (UCL) Title: Deep visual models for control of soft robots. | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Session 2: Lightning talks and Discussion(10 talks x 5 mins) |
| List of talks selected from an open call for participation are at the end of the program. | |
| 12:15 – 13:20 | Lunch Break |
| 13:20 – 15:30 | Session 3: Invited Talks |
| Dr. Ryan Truby, Northwestern University Dr. Philipp Rothemund, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) Title: Bistable elements for the embodied control of fluid flow in soft robots. Dr. Zhu Jian, Chinese University of HongKong (CUHK)- Shenzen Title: Bioinspired soft actuators and robots. Prof. Arianna Menciassi and Dr. Linda Paterno, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) |
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Networking/Coffee Break |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Session 4: Early Career Researchers’ Showcase |
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Dr. Shinsuke Nakashima, University of Tokyo Title: Active Self-healing Legged Robot with Liquid Metal Tendon. Mr. Huijiang Wang, University of Cambridge Title: Sensorized Universal Gripper using Healable Conductive Hydrogels for Safe Human-Robot Interaction Dr. Yilun Sun, TU Munich Title: Automatic Design of Soft Robotic Structures Using Topology Optimization Methods |
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| 16:45 – 17:45 | Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks |
Lightning Talks:
| S. No |
Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoonbyoung Chai (Korea University), Hajun Lee, Yeonwoo Jang, Junghyo Kim, Jaewoon Kwon, Jiyun Kim and Sungjoon Choi |
Model Identification of Pseudo Rigid Body for Hybrid-Soft Robots |
| 2 | Xin An (Tsinghua University), Yafeng Cui, Hao Sun, Qi Shao, and Huichan Zhao |
Active-Cooling-in-the-Loop Controller Design and Implementation for an SMA-Driven Soft Robotic Tentacle |
| 3 | Boyuan Du (Tsinghua University), Chao Tang, Boyuan Du, Songwen Jiang, Qi Shao, Xuguang Dong, Xin- Jun Liu, and Huichan Zhao* |
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub- centimeter scale |
| 4 | Ahad M. Rauf (Stanford University), Jack S. Bernardo and Sean Follmer |
Auxetic Flexible PCBs for Scalable Layer Jamming and Embedded Sensing |
| 5 | Yiyi Pan (Tsinghua University), Xin- Jun Liu, Huichan Zhao |
Stretchable and conformable variable stiffness device through an electrorheological fluid |
| 6 | Yingqi Li (University of Hong Kong), Chi-Hin Mak, Kui Wang, Mengjie Wu, Justin Di-Lang Ho, Qi Dou, Kam-Yim Sze, Kaspar Althoefer, Ka- Wai Kwok. |
Learning-based Shape Sensing of a Soft Optical Waveguide Sensor |
| 7 | Yixin Wang (Tsinghua University), Xin-Jun Liu and Huichan Zhao |
Modeling and Optimization of Pressure Dynamics For Soft Pneumatic Actuators |
| 8 | Cem Suulker (QMUL), Sophie Skach and Kaspar Althoefer |
Integrating Elastic Bands to Enhance Performance for Textile Robotics |
| 9 | Mike Y. Michelis (ETH Zurich), Yelena Luap, Jonas Wust, and Robert K. Katzschmann |
Soft-Rigid Tail for High-Current Unmanned Underwater Vehicles |
| 10 | Manu Srivastava (Clemson University) and Ian D. Walker |
On Compliant Backbones in Tendon Driven Continuum Robots (TDCRs) |
Organizer
Dr. Hareesh Godaba, (Corresponding organizer)
| Lecturer in Engineering, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, UK. |
| Email: h.godaba@sussex.ac.uk |
| Website: www.hareeshgodaba.com |
Dr. Ahmad Ataka
| Lecturer, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. |
| Email: ahmad.ataka.ar@ugm.ac.id |
| Website: ahmadataka.bitbucket.io |
Prof. Kaspar Althoefer
| Professor and Director, Centre for Advanced Robotics@Queen Mary, Queen Mary University of London. |
| Email: k.althoefer@qmul.ac.uk |