Program

November 21st

9:00-9:30

Opening - VISIT TO THE HYDRODYNAMIC FACILITIES OF INTA

09:30-12:30

Chair: Cecilia E. García Cena

Underwater robot swarms: Systems of systems

09:30 - 10:10
Joao Sousa
U.Oporto

Future operations with multi-domain MUS: a system of systems perspective

10:10 - 10:50
Pablo Otero
U.Málaga

Acoustic Communication

10:50 - 11:20
COFFEE BREAK

11:20 - 12:00
Stefan B. Williams
U.Sydney

Challenges in Deploying Multi-Robot Systems for Exploration in Marine Environments

12:00 - 12:30
Shinya Aoi
U.Osaka

Gait generation of legged robots through neuromechanical interaction and bifurcation

12:30-13:50

Lunch

13:50-15:45

Chair: Daniel Garcia-Gonzalez

Soft Materials, Sensing and Novel approaches

13:50 - 14:30
Hirai Shinichi
U.RITSUMEIKAN

Non-electric Soft Robotic Hands for Underwater Grasping and Manipulation

14:30 - 15:10
Concepción Monje
UC3M

Novel approaches on soft robotic actuators and sensors

15:10 - 15:45
Mokarram Hossain
Swansea University UK

Recent advances of electro-active soft polymers as actuators, sensors, and energy harvesters

15.45-16.05

Break

16:05-18:00

Chair: Abdon Pena Francesch

Neuromorphic Solutions in bioinspired robotics

16:05 - 16:45
Rafael García
U.GIRONA

Next-Generation Sensing for Underwater Robotics: Bioinspired and Neuromorphic Solutions

16:45 - 17:20
Arnan Mitchell
RMIT Melbourne

Optical Microcomb based Integrated Photonic Systems for Data Communications, Precision Measurement and Machine Learning

17:20 - 18:00
Killian Stenning
Imperial College

Reconfigurable training and reservoir computing in an artificial spin-vortex ice via spin-wave fingerprinting

November 22nd

9:00-9:10

Opening

09.10-10.50

Chair: Jesus Martinez-Frutos

Computational tools for material and topological optimization

09:10 - 09:50
Niels Aage
Technical University of Denmark

Topology optimization: State-of-the-art and applications to soft robotics

09:50 - 10:20
Rogelio Ortigosa
Swansea uni

Accelerating the design and control of smart materials through multifunctional topology optimization, optimal control and machine learning techniques

10:20 - 10:50
Jun Wu
TU Delft

Space-time topology optimization for smart materials and advanced manufacturing

10.50-11.20

Coffee break

11.20-13.00

Chair: Daniel Garcia-Gonzalez

Arquitected & Multifunctional Materials

11:20 - 12:00
Fabrizio Scarpa
Bristol University

Hygromorph and poligromorph materials from bioprinting to 4D printing

12:00 - 12:30
Daniel García González
UC3M

Soft magneto-responsive materials: from biomedical applications to smart metastructures

12:30 - 13:00
Abdon Pena-Francesch
U.Michigan

Bioinspired Functional Materials for Adaptation to Marine Environments

13:00-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:10

Chair: Abdon Pena Francesch

Small soft robots: from nano to macroscopic approaches

14:30 - 15:10
Samuel Sánchez
IBEC BARCELONA

Self-propelled nanobots as the new generation of intelligent nanoswimmers

15:10  - 15:40
Katherine Villa
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia

Multifunctional microrobots powered by light energy

15:40 - 16:10
Maria Guix
U.Barcelona

Improving Biohybrid Muscles for Smarter, Stronger Soft Robots

16:10-16:30

Editorial perspective

16:10 - 16:30
Richard Murray

Special Issue in Advanced Intelligent Systems

17.00h

Challenge announcement