Soft Robots and Wearables for Flexible and Interactive Automation
Workshop at IEEE CASE 2024, Bari
WHEN: SEPTEMBER 1, 2024. 10.00 – 17.30
WHERE: The Nicolaus Hotel, Bari. Room T9, second floor.
HOW TO ATTEND: registration €60 on conference website or in person at 09 am on floor -1.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Top-tier researchers on soft robotics and human-centered robotics from all-over the world. Diversity in background, gender, career stage.
SHINGO MAEDA
Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP
MONICA MALVEZZI
Università di Siena, IT
FRANCESCO FERRO
PAL Robotics, ES
LINDA NAPOLETANO
Deep Blue, IT
VITO CACUCCIOLO
Politecnico di Bari, IT
YUNJIE YANG
Edinburgh University, UK
LUCIA BECCAI
IIT, IT
NAOKI HOSOYA
Shibaura Institute of Technology, JP
EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS
HIROKI SHIGEMUNE
Shibaura Institute of Technology, JP
DANIELE CARADONNA
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, IT
SIMONE DE CAROLIS
Politecnico di Bari, IT
| TIME | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 10:00 | The organizers | Opening |
| 10:30 | Vito Cacucciolo, Politecnico di Bari (IT) | Soft actuators and soft grippers for flexible automation |
| 11:00 | Shingo Maeda, Tokyo Institute of Technology (JP) | Self-motion of soft materials |
| 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00 | Monica Malvezzi, Università di Siena (IT) | Modeling, designing, and prototyping compliant robotic grippers and fingers for grasping and manipulating tasks in unstructured environments |
| 12:30 | Francesco Ferro, PAL Robotics (ES) | TBA |
| 13:00 | Linda Napoletano, Deep Blue (IT) | Human Automation Teaming |
| 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 | Lucia Beccai, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IT) | Tactile sensing, actuation and gripping enabled by 3D printing of porous elastic structures |
| 15:00 | Yunjie Yang, Edinburgh University (UK) | Flexible tomography and machine learning for soft robotic perception |
| 15:30 | Naoki Hosoya, Shibaura Institute of Technology (JP) | Soft sensors and actuators for prospective agriculture |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | Early career scientists session | |
| 16:30 | Hiroki Shigemune, Shibaura Institute of Technology (JP) | Origami based soft robotics technologies contributing to Society 5.0 |
| 16:45 | Daniele Caradonna, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (IT) | Exploiting the Snap Effect of Soft Arms for Pick-and-Place Tasks |
| 17:00 | Simone De Carolis, Politecnico di Bari (IT) | Sensing in electroactive soft grippers |
| 17:15 | The organizers | Closing remarks |
ORGANIZERS
FEDERICO RENDA
KHALIFA UNIVERSITY, UAE
FRANCESCO GIORGIO-SERCHI
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, UK
SHINGO MAEDA
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JP
VITO CACUCCIOLO
OMNIGRASP AND POLITECNICO DI BARI, IT