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

CASE workshop agenda final

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