Workshop Schedule

David I. Gonzalez Aguirre, Principal Engineer and Robotics Team Lead @ Intel Labs' Intelligent System Research Lab

Talk: Empowering Human-Robot Teams: Revolutionizing Semiconductor Production with Cobot Assistance

Contributed papers 

• An Exploratory Study on Crack Detection in Concrete through Human-Robot Collaboration - Junyeon Kim, Tianshu Ruan, Cesar Alan Contreras, Manolis Chiou (Link)

• Toward Human-Robot Teaming: Learning Handover Behaviors from 3D Scenes - Yuekun Wu, Yik Lung Pang, Andrea Cavallaro, Changjae Oh (Link)

• Utilizing Vision-Language Large Models as Action Models for Intent Recognition and Assistance (Extended Abstract) - Cesar Alan Contreras, Manolis Chiou, Alireza Rastegarpanah, Michal Szulik, Rustam Stolkin (Link)

Break: 10:45 – 11:00 

Natasha Banerjee, Professor of Computer Science & Engineering @ Wright State University

Talk: Enhancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Automation and Robotics Through Awareness of Human-Object Interactions

Contributed papers

• Saliency-Based Attention Shifting: A Framework for Improving Driver Situational Awareness of Out-of-Label Hazards - Yousra Shleibik, Jordan Sinclair, Kerstin Haring (Link)

• Adaptive Compliance Control for User Centric Resistance in Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots - Kiwon Yeom

Lunch: 12:30 - 13:30

Poster Session

Yiannis Demiris, Professor, Personal Robotics Lab @ Imperial College London

Talk: Human-Robot Teaming for Assisted Living

Break: 15:15 – 15:30

Tom Carlson, Professor of Assistive Robotics @ University College London 

Talk: Variable Autonomy for Brain-Machine Interfaces

Closing remarks, Networking & Poster Session