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