Programme

Welcome and Ice-break activities

9:00 - 9:10 am

Session 1: Sensation and Perception

9:10 - 9:35 am Talk1:  Operator-Centered Human-Machine Interface for Robot Teleoperation

 Hajime Asama (The University of Tokyo)

9:35 - 9:40 am Q & A

9:40 - 10:05 am Talk2: The NimbRo Immersive Telepresence System Winning the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals: Human-Centric Evaluation and Lessons Learned

Sven Behnke (University of Bonn, Germany)

10:05 - 10:10 am Q & A

10:10 - 10:15 am Moderated discussion

Session 2: Interdisciplinary Advances: When Telecommunication Meets Teleoperation.

10:15 - 10:40 am Talk3: From Decommissioning to Sensation: A Journey Through Advanced Mechanical Manipulation and Vision-Based Tactile Technologies

 Angela Faragasso (Finger Vision)

10:40 - 10:45 am Q & A

10:45 - 11:10 am Talk4: Self-Evolving and Transformative Communications for Ubiquitous Intelligence

Lin Cai (University of Victoria, Canada)

11:10 - 11:15 am Q & A

Poster session, demonstration, and networking

11:15 - 12:00 am Teleoperation and Control Theme

• Poster1: TeleCoop-FIC: A Novel Dual-Arm Adaptable Impedance Control for Human-Robot Tele-Cooperation

• Poster2: Experimental Set-up and Protocol to Assess Eye-hand Coordination in Telemanipulation

• Poster3: Reducing Cognitive Load through a Data-Driven Shared Control Approach for Teleoperating Robot Swarms

• Poster4: Teleoperation System of Cable-driven Hyper Redundant Flexible Manipulator with Experimental Validation

• Poster5: Analyzing the Feasibility of the MUAT(Modularized Ultralight Arm Tracker) System for Humanoid Teleoperation

Lunch break and device demonstration

12:00 - 1:30 pm

Session 3: Coordinated Control Design

1:30 - 1:55 pm Talk5: Teleoperating humanoids: optimisation of controllers and delay compensation

 Serena Ivaldi & Quentin Rouxel (Inria Nancy Grand-Est & Loria, France)

1:55 - 2:00 pm Q & A

2:00 - 2:25 pm Talk6: Human-Centric Bilateral Bimanual Robotic Teleoperation: Motion Generation, Perception, and Intelligent Guidance

 Hongliang Ren (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

2:25 - 2:30 pm Q & A

2:30 - 2:55 pm Talk7: Bilateral Teleoperation of Soft Robots

 Nikhil Chopra (University of Maryland, USA)

2:55 - 3:00 pm Q & A

3:00 - 3:15 pm Moderated discussion

Session 4: Practical Application 

3:15 - 3:40 pm Talk8: Human-Centric Digital Twin Network in Future Tele-connected Industry

Yan Zhang (University of Oslo, Norway)

3:40 - 3:45 pm Q & A

3:45 - 4:10 pm Talk9: The Vicarios Virtual Reality Interface for Remote Robotic Teleoperation: Teleporting for Intuitive Tele-manipulation

 Domenico Prattichizzo (University of Siena and IIT, Italy)

4:10 - 4:15 pm Q & A

4:15 - 4: 30 pm Moderated discussion

Poster session and Award Ceremony

4:30 - 5:00 pm Robotics Applications and Security

• Poster6: A Robotic Leg Design Having Energy Recovery Capability

• Poster7: Innovative Care Services: Leveraging AI in Elderly Communities

• Poster8: Security Challenges in Telepresence Robots: Analysis and Development of Communication Protocols