Schedule
Time
Event
09:30 - 09:40
Opening: "Soft Robotics: A Gift from Nature"
Brian Lee (The University of Hong Kong)
09:40 - 10:05
"Soft Robotics as E-kagen Science"
Koichi Suzumori (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
10:05 - 10:30
"Fiber Jamming Gripper Mechanisms with High Protection Ability"
Kenjiro Tadakuma (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:25
"Collaborative Robotics with Continuum and Compliance"
Hongliang Ren (National University of Singapore)
11:25 - 11:50
"Smart flexible sensors based on organic electronics"
Paddy Chan (The University of Hong Kong)
11:50 - 12:30
Poster Spotlight
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:25
"Development of “Super” tendon-driven mechanisms using high tensile strength synthetic fiber ropes"
Gen Endo (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
14:25 - 14:50
"Bundled tube locomotive device: the first idea came from the movement of a microorganism"
Toshio Takayama (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
14:50 - 15:30
Poster Spotlight
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:25
"Soft magnetic microrobots: from individual actuation to swarm transformation"
Li Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
16:25 - 16:50
"Origami-Inspired Fabrication and the Development of Microrobotic Insects"
Pakpong Chirarattananon (City University of Hong Kong)
16:50 - 17:00
Award Ceremony and Closing