The 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will take place from 13-17 May, in Yokohama, Japan. The event will feature plenary and keynote talks, technical sessions, posters, workshops and tutorials. Plenary speakers There are three plenary talks at the conference this year: Yoky Matsuoka – How to Turn a Roboticist into a
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The 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will take place from 13-17 May, in Yokohama, Japan. The event will feature plenary and keynote talks, technical sessions, posters, workshops and tutorials.
Plenary speakers
There are three plenary talks at the conference this year:
Yoky Matsuoka – How to Turn a Roboticist into a Corporate Explorer
Sami Haddadin – The Great Robot Accelerator: Collective Learning of Optimal Embodied AI
Sunil K Agrawal – Rehabilitation Robotics: How to Improve Daily Functions in People with Impairments?
Keynote talks
There will be 15 keynote talks, given by:
Lianqing Liu – Biosyncretic sensing, actuation and intelligence for robotics
Dawn M. Tilbury – Digital Twins for Manufacturing Automation
Claudio Pacchierotti – Beyond Force Feedback: Cutaneous Haptics in Human-centered Robotics
Yu Sun – Medical Robotics for Cell Surgery – Science and Applications
Yasuhisa Hirata – Adaptable AI-enabled Robots to Create a Vibrant Society – Moonshot R&D Projects in Japan
Calin Belta – Formal Methods for Safety-Critical Control
Manuel Catalano – Robots in the Wild: From Research Labs to the Real World
Harold Soh – Building Guidance Bridges with Generative Models for Robot Learning and Control
Lorenzo Sabattini – Unleashing the power of many: decentralized control of multi-robot systems
Myunghee Kim – Human-wearable robot co-adaptation
Yoko Yamanishi – Emergent Functions of Electrically-induced Bubbles and Intra-cellular-Cybernetic Avatar
Kensuke Harada – Robotic manipulation aiming for industrial applications
Iolanda Leite – The Quest for Social Robot Autonomy
Rong Xiong – Integration of Robotics and AI: Changes and Challenges
Mariana Medina-Sánchez – Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Transforming Gynecological Care
Tutorials
The tutorials will be held on Monday 13 May and Friday 17 May.
Tutorial on Ergodic Control
Connected Robotics Platform for ROS Deployment in Real-world Network Settings
How to manage fleets of robots with open source software
Riemann and Gauss meet Asimov: 2nd Tutorial on Geometric Methods in Robot Learning, Optimization and Control
Cloud and Fog Robotics: A Hands-on Tutorial with ROS2 and FogROS2
Choreographic swarms: From scripting to emergent expressive behaviors to CONNECT humans and robots
Workshops
The workshops will also be held on Monday 13 May and Friday 17 May. There are 73 to choose from this year.
Debates on the Future of Robotics Research
Workshop on Field Robotics
Continuum and Soft robotics for medical applications with rising stars on the stage
Agile Robotics: From Perception to Dynamic Action
6th Workshop on Long-Term Human Motion Prediction
2nd HERMES Workshop: Multi-Robot Sensing & Perception in Extreme Environments
Towards Collaborative Partners: Design, Shared Control, and Robot Learning for Physical Human-Robot Interaction
Society of Avatar-Symbiosis through Social Field Experiments
3rd Workshop on Future of Construction: Lifelong Learning Robots in Changing Construction Sites
What does Responsible Robotics mean?: Stretching roboticists’ horizons from an academic, government and philosophical perspective
Workshop on Ontologies and Standards for Robotics and Automation
Exploring Role Allocation in Human-Robot Co-Manipulation
C4SR+: Continuum, Compliant, Cooperative, Cognitive Surgical Robotic Systems in the Embodied AI Era
Dynamic Duos: Human-Robot Co-Worker Adaptation in Manufacturing
Autonomy in Robotics Surgery: State of the art, technical and regulatory challenges for clinical application
2nd Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging ICRA-RAMI
Back to the Future: Robot Learning Going Probabilistic
Bioinspired, soft and other novel design paradigms for aerial robotics
Impulsive motion in soft robotic and microrobotic systems
Agile Movements II: Animal Behavior, Biomechanics, and Robot Devices
Bimanual manipulation: On kitchen challenges
The robotics, psychology and neuroscience of body augmentation
Sustainable Soft Robots: Working with the Environment
Robotics and Sustainability: A Bidirectional Relationship
2nd Workshop on Mobile Manipulation and Embodied Intelligence (MOMA) Integrating Perception, Learning and Control for Full Autonomy
(Re)designing the tree of robotic life: a game of alternative timelines
Advancing Sustainable Food Systems through Agri-Robotics Innovations
Co-design in Robotics: Theory, Practice, and Challenges
Robot Trust for Symbiotic Societies
Soft Continuum Manipulators: Bottlenecks and Applications
Advanced human-robot interfaces based on physiological signals and sensory stimulations
Assistive Systems: Lab to Patient Care
MAD-Games: Workshop on Multi-Agent Dynamic Games
Workshop on Robot Ethics – Ethical, Legal and User Perspectives in Robotics and Automation (WOROBET)
Applications and Future Directions of Affective Technologies
ProxyTouch: Whole-body Proxy-Tactile Architectures for Industrial and Service Applications
Bio-inspired robotics and robotics for biology
A Future Roadmap for Sensorimotor Skill Learning for Robot Manipulation
Robotics and Automation in Nuclear Environments
3D Visual Representations for Robot Manipulation
Advancements in Trajectory Optimization and Model Predictive Control for Legged Systems – 2nd Edition
Robots for Understanding Natural Ecosystems
Cooking Robotics: Perception and motion planning
Robot Software Architectures (RSA24)
Multi-Object Grasping: Progress and Prospects
First Workshop on Vision-Language Models for Navigation and Manipulation
Radar in Robotics: Resilience from Signal to Navigation
Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic end-effectors: asset or useless bias?
Workshop on Resilient Off-road Autonomy
Breaking Swarm Stereotypes
Translational research in medical robotics: From Lab Bench to Clinical Use – How to?
4th Workshop on Representing and Manipulating Deformable Objects
Loco-Manipulation: Algorithms, Challenges & Applications
Cognition across species: from nature to robotic application
Unconventional Robots: Universal Lessons for Designing Unique Systems
Accelerating Discovery in Natural Science Laboratories with AI and Robotics
Human-Robot Companionship for Healthcare and Wellness: Which Form of Companionship for What Type of Care?
Humanoid Whole-body Control: From human motion understanding to humanoid locomotion
RoboNerF: Neural Fields in Robotics
ViTac 2024: Robot Embodiment through Visuo-Tactile Perception
Supervised autonomy: how to shape human-robot interaction from the body to the brain
Robots and roboticists in the age of climate change
Human-Centric Multilateral Teleoperation: Perception, Telecommunication, and Coordination
Innovations and Applications of Human Modeling in Physical Human-Robot Interaction
How to Ensure Correct Robot Behaviors? Software Challenges in Formal Methods for Robotics
Advancing Wearable Devices and Applications through Novel Design, Sensing, Actuation, and AI
Wearable Intelligence for Healthcare Robotics (WIHR): from Brain Activity to Body Movements
Emerging Technologies in Smart Exoskeleton Systems
Expanding Frontiers of Sim2Real: Robotics, biomechanics, plasma physics, chip design, and beyond
Nursing Robotics: a new field emerging from the integration between robotics and nursing science
Speed-dating to long-term relationships: Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language
Workshop on Human-aligned Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Agents and Robots
2nd Workshop on NeuroDesign in Human-Robot Interaction: The making of engaging HRI technology your brain can’t resist
You can see the programme overview here, with a detailed programme available here.
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