IROS-EPHRC 2019: IROS 2019 Workshop on Progress in Ergonomic Physical Human-Robot Collaboration THE VINETIAN MACAO Macau, China, November 8, 2019 |
Conference website | https://hri.iit.it/news/organizations/iros-2019-workshop |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=irosephrc2019 |
Submission deadline | September 1, 2019 |
2nd Full-day Workshop on Progress in Ergonomic Physical Human-Robot Collaboration.
November 8, 2019 - - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Macau, China
Call for Contributions
We would kindly like to invite you to participate in IROS 2019 Workshop on Progress in Ergonomic Physical Human-Robot Collaboration. We will welcome prospective participants to submit extended abstracts (up to 4 pages) to be presented as posters. The manuscripts should use the IEEE IROS two-column format. A PDF copy of manuscript should be submitted through our EasyChair platform. Each paper will receive a minimum of two reviews. The papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance to the workshop topics, contributions, technical clarity, and presentation. Accepted papers require that at least one of the authors register to the workshop.
Submission website: [Submit]
Important dates
- Submission deadline for extended abstracts: 1st of September, 2019
- Notification of acceptance: 1st of October, 2019
- Workshop Date: 8th of November, 2019
Organizers
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Wansoo Kim, Post Doc, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
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Luka Peternel, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
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Arash Ajoudani, Principal Investigator, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
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Dana Kulić, Professor, Monash University, University of Waterloo, Canada
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Eiichi Yoshida, Co-director, Intelligent Systems Research Institute (IS-AIST), AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
Topics of interest include
, but are not limited to:
- Physical Human-Robot Collaboration
- Human Modelling
- Human Ergonomics
- Physical Interaction Control
- Adaptation and Learning
- Industrial Robots
- Exoskeleton Robots
- Wearable Sensors
- Feedback Devices
- Shared Control
Objectives
Work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) and injuries are the largest categories of work-related risk factors in many industries and are associated with very large loss of productivity as regarding the aspect of economic sustainability. Presently various ergonomic assessment methods are implemented to prevent such risks and to provide a better working condition for the workers. Some of these measures include replacing humans with fully autonomous robots that typically account for the worker’s safety by through physical isolation or collision avoidance. However the recent trends in industry focus on introducing a new technological concept, where robots are expected to adaptively collaborate with the worker and physically interact with them. In such highly flexible and changing scenarios, it is difficult to pre-plan for ergonomic conditions of the worker. Therefore it is crucial that the collaborative robot is aware of the co-worker’s states in order to be able to reconfigure the working conditions in a way the human ergonomics will be accounted for.
The above-mentioned problem presents a novel challenging research topic for the community. We held a workshop at ICRA 2018 to introduce the concept and discuss the state of the art that could help forming the foundations for the new field. The conclusion of the workshop was that this is a relevant problem and research should be done to develop novel methods that can solve it.
The proposed workshop will first follow up by reviewing the progress of the research that was initiated in the previous workshop. Then, we will focus on how to incorporate known ergonomic factors into the concept of human-robot collaboration. In addition, we will also put attention on discussing potential novel ergonomic factors that can be used within this framework. We will examine novel control strategies and interfaces for adaptive behaviour of collaborative robots that can facilitate the desired ergonomic conditions. Finally, we will discuss and design appropriate validation methods that can be used for objective benchmarking within the field.
In summary, the workshop goal is to bring together researchers, industry engineers, human factors researchers and medical doctors of different backgrounds and provide an opportunity to discuss and solve challenges related to developing the concept of ergonomic human-robot collaboration.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to wan-soo.kim@iit.it.