RoboSoft First Plenary Meeting
March 31-April 1, 2014; Pisa - Italy
The first plenary meeting has been organized on March 31-April 1, 2014 at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy.
The RoboSoft Plenary Meeting has involved the members of the RoboSoft Community, external experts, representative scientists of different disciplines and students. 60 people from 20 international institutions participated in the event and contributed to the consultations.
Programme of the meeting
| March 31, 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Room |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Registration | Aula Magna |
| 9:15 - 9:45 |
RoboSoft: Welcome and Introduction |
Aula Magna |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Invited Talk: Paolo Dario |
Aula Magna |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Teasers (I) |
Aula Magna |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Poster Session & Coffee Break | Aula Magna Storica |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Invited Talk: Rolf Pfeifer (AI Lab, University of Zurich) “Soft robotics - the next generation of intelligent machines” |
Aula Magna |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Assignment of Working Groups | Aula Magna |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break (free time) | |
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Working Groups Parallel Sessions | Aula Magna |
| Smart Materials, Soft Actuators and Soft Sensors (Coordinator: Barbara Mazzolai, IIT) |
Aula 3 | |
| Control Architectures and Paradigms for Soft Robots (Coordinator: Helmut Hauser, University of Zurich) |
Aula 6 | |
| Energy Harvesting and Stretchable Electronics (Coordinator: Jamie Paik, EPFL) |
Aula 8 | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Poster Session & Coffee Break | Aula Magna Storica |
| Break (free time) | ||
| 20:00 - ... | Social Dinner at Antica Trattoria il Campano | |
| April 1, 2014 | ||
| Time | Session | Room |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Invited Talk: Robert Shepherd (Cornell University) “Innovative solutions for design and manufacturing of soft components and systems” |
Aula Magna |
| 9:45 - 10:45 |
Teasers (II) |
Aula Magna |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Poster Session & Coffee Break | Aula Magna Storica |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Invited Talk: George Jeronimidis (University of Reading) “Materials strategies and systems for Soft Robotics” |
Aula Magna |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Working Group Parallel Session | |
| Smart Materials, Soft Actuators and Soft Sensors (Coordinator: Barbara Mazzolai, IIT) |
Aula 3 | |
| Control Architectures and Paradigms for Soft Robots (Coordinator: Helmut Hauser, University of Zurich) |
Aula 6 | |
| Energy Harvesting and Stretchable Electronics (Coordinator: Jamie Paik, EPFL) |
Aula 8 | |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break (free time) | |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Wrap-up of Working Groups | Aula Magna |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Concluding Remarks |
Aula Magna |
Downloads
{phocadownload view=file|id=2|text=Plenary Meeting Agenda (PDF, 336KB), updated March 27.}
{phocadownload view=file|id=5|text=Proceedings (PDF, 1.2MB), added March 28.}
Contact
For further information, please email to Laura Margheri (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
