BIOROB 2026
MedRob Workshop
Foundations of Health Data for Robotics
Building Standard Software Ecosystems for AI in Healthcare and Assistive Robotics
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WHERE:
IEEE RAS/EMBS 11th - BioRob 2026 Edmonton, CA
IEEE RAS/EMBS 11th - BioRob 2026 Edmonton, CA
WHEN:
1st August 2026
1st August 2026
(afternoon)
Submission Deadline: Extended to 17th July 2026
Notification: 22nd July 2026
Final version: 25th July 2026
Objective
This workshop addresses this gap by bringing together leading researchers and practitioners in healthcare robotics, assistive systems, human modeling, and AI. Drawing inspiration from the success of robotics software ecosystems, most notably ROS, the workshop focuses on how shared data representations, modular architectures, and community-driven standards can accelerate the translation of robotics technologies into real-world healthcare applications.
Opening
13:30 – 13:40
Talk 1: Robots Adapting Their Behaviors: Intelligent Socially Assistive Robots For Healthcare and Everyday Assistance
13:40 – 14:05 Goldie Nejat
Talk 2: Bio-inspired Myoelectric Control Maps for Natural Artificial Limbs Integration
14:05 – 14:30 Federico Masiero & Cristina Piazza
Talk 3: AI and Robotics Reshaping Rehabilitation
14:30 – 14:55 Robert Riener
Talk 4: Functional Biosignal Measurement: Bridging Human Motion and Robot Assistance
14:55 – 15:20 Shingo Shimoda
Talk 5: Advancing Assist-as-Needed: Human Intention as the Foundation of Healthcare Robotics
15:20 – 15:45 Kenji Suzuki
15:45 – 16:00 Poster Spotlights & Coffee Break
3 mins spotlights
Talk 6: Assessment, Modeling and Evaluation of Physical Human-Exoskeleton Interaction
16:00 – 16:25 Christian Mele
Talk 7: Physiologically Driven Human–Robot Interaction
16:25 – 16:50 Carlos A. Cifuentes
Talk 8: Towards practical brain-controlled assistive robotics using standard software ecosystems
16:50 – 17:15 Tom Carlson
Panel Discussion: Health Data in Robotics Applications – Towards Standardization
17:15 – 17:30 Organizers
Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
17:30 – 17:40 Organizers
Networking Apéro
18:00 – 19:00
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Cristina Piazza
Healthcare and Rehabilitation Robotics
TU Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Robert Riener
Sensory Motor Systems, Rehabilitation Robotics
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki
Translational Research in Rehabilitation Robotics
University of Tsukuba
Prof. Dr. Shingo Shimoda
Systemic Design of Human Intelligence
Nagoya University, Japan
Christian Mele
Systems Design Engineering for Assistive and Rehabilitative Robotics
University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. Dr. Carlos A. Cifuentes
Human-robot Interaction
University of the West of England, Bristol
Prof. Dr. Tom Carlson
Assistive Robotics
UCL, London, UK
Prof. Dr. Goldie Nejat
Assistive technologies for long-term care
U Toronto, Canada
Dr. Mia Jovanova
Digital biomarkers for disease prevention and management
HSG & ETH, Switzerland
Organizers
Dr. Diego
Páez-Granados
ETH Zurich &
Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF)
Switzerland
Monica Perez-Serrano
ETH Zurich & Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Switzerland
Assit. Prof. Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Cornell University, USA
Prof. Tetsuyo Watanabe
Kanazawa University, Japan
Prof. Francesca Cordella
Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy
Dr. Chris Awai
Data Analytics & Rehab Technology (DART), Lake Lucerne Institute, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
This work was partially funded by the Open Research Data program of the ETH Board, and Schweizer Paraplegiker Stiftung (2021-HS-348) within the Digital Transformation in Personalized Healthcare in SCI.
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