[Postponed] #Workshop 2: From Soft Robotics to Non-Roboticists: Interdisciplinary collaborations to employ Soft Robotics

Soft robotics is a thriving new field in robotics, which proposes to use soft materials to build intelligent systems. This includes the use of silicone, polymers, hydrogels, and numerous smart materials, which can translate a wide range of stimuli into morphological changes. As a results soft robotics is able to offer solutions to challenges that are not solvable with conventional rigid robots. Furthermore, the inherent compliance of soft structures has the potential to increase safety in human-robot interaction, improve the handling of delicate produce, facilitate non-invasive surgery, boost energy efficiency in locomotion, enrich haptic interfaces, and improve many other applications.

Consequently, soft robotics has the great potential to introduce robotic solutions to research spaces that weren't able to take advantage of robotic systems because of they rigidity and inherent danger. The goals of this workshop is to introduce non-roboticists to the field of soft robotics, to explore potential applications in academic research, and, most importantly, to identify possible interdisciplinary collaborations.

We are looking therefore for experts from research fields that have the potential to take advantage of soft robotic technologies in their own field. This includes, among others, experts in
- Medicine
- Rehabilitation
- Social Science
- Psychology
- Entertainment
- Biology
- Education
- Philosophy
- and others

You can sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-2-from-soft-robotics-to-non-roboticists-tickets-215836973197
We are looking very much forward to seeing you:

Date: Dec 3, 2:00-4:00 PM

Schedule:

2:00 - 2:10 Welcome
2:10 - 2:30 Short introduction to Soft Robotics
2:30 - 3:15 Discussion between Soft Robotics and Non-roboticist in topic-related sub-groups
3:15 - 3:45 General discussion of results from the groups
3:45 - 4:00 Final conclusion