ICRA18-ActiveTouch: ICRA18 Workshop - Active touch for perception and interaction: How nature inspires robotics Brisbane, Australia, May 25, 2018 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/icra18activetouch |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icra18activetouch |
Active touch for perception and interaction: How nature inspires robotics
In this one-day workshop we will bring together experts from the diverse range of disciplines involved in natural and artificial touch, encompassing engineers, biologists, psychologists and computer scientists
Workshop Scope
Robots with a biomimetic level of tactile perception and interaction capability would transform our economy and society, with applications ranging from assistive robots in factories and at home, social interaction, healthcare and disaster rescue. The natural sense of touch that inspires technology is not limited merely to the anatomy of the sensory organs, but encompasses also the active behaviours and habits in using touch to interact with the environment, both in humans and animals. This workshop will encompass recent progress in the area of active touch for perception and interaction from the perspective of how nature inspires robotics.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Format: Authors should submit an extended abstract (2 pages recommended) as a PDF in the standard ICRA conference format, in order to present a poster or short talk at the workshop.
Demonstrations: Attendees of the workshop who would like to do a demonstration should also submit an abstract detailing their demonstration, marked 'Demonstration' in the title.
List of Topics
- control of tactile sensors integrated with robotic devices such as robot hands
- new trends in biomimetic tactile sensing technology that facilitate active touch
- morphological computation that benefits active touch
- psychophysics and neuroscience of active touch in humans, rodents and other animals
- role of covert and overt attentional mechanisms in active touch
- interplay between active touch and other sensory modalities e.g. vision, proprioception
Organizers
Nathan Lepora (Univ Bristol / Bristol Robotics Lab) - biomimetic sensor fabrication and active touch
Van Ho (Japan Adv Inst of Science and Tech) - human and artificial touch
Hongbin Liu (Kings College London) - tactile robotics in medicine
Lorenzo Natale (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) - humanoid touch
Gordon Cheng (Technische Universitat Munchen) - biomimetic touch
Contact
Nathan Lepora (Univ Bristol / Bristol Robotics Lab) - email: n.lepora 'at' bristol.ac.uk